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| iwlclmeverest | Epic  Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2004 | |
| Via Red Wall. Great climb, but didnt get off the wall till 9 at night. Best night sky I have ever seen. The vary large leader fall just added to the epic. Cheers | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2006 4:59 pm | ||
| edlins | Kiener's in 20 Hours Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2006 | |
| long day, semi-epic, trip report | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2006 4:48 pm | ||
| downbooties | The Keyhole Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2003 | |
| I don't remember the exact date because I was on a roadtrip. Started around 0200 after catching a few hours of sleep in my chevy metro. Passed a friendly guy from NM on the way up. When I got to the Boulderfield, the campers there looked sad because it was too stormy to summit that day. Being a stubborn Alaskan, I pushed on and it was a little sketchy in some areas without my axe and crampons. I had to jam body parts in icy cracks to move up and down in some places and there was one area where ice crystals blew in my eyes. It made for good memories, but the summit was too stormy to see any views, which is unfortuate. Around my return to the keyhole, I met the NM guy again. I think he was worried about my safety so I walked down with him. | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2006 7:28 pm | ||
| Tajji | The Trough Route Date Climbed: May 28, 2006 | |
| I climbed the Trough from Glacier Gorge TH. Great weather held until late in the descent - I had a calm and sunny summit all to myself! | |
| Posted May 28, 2006 11:23 pm | ||
| Ryan Kowalski | A failed mission Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2004 | |
| My bud Scott and I hauled all of our climbing crap up to do Keyhole Ridge to find out that all the access ramps were covered in new snow, still managed to eke out the normal route though | |
| Posted May 20, 2006 3:48 am | ||
| roozers42 | Keyhole Route Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2005 | |
| 1st time - full moon, perfect weather! | |
| Posted May 15, 2006 3:35 pm | ||
| Aspen | Route Climbed: Keyhole -- with BLOOD in my urine! Date Climbed: Aug 23, 1999 | |
| My team and I set out from the University of Denver to take Longs Peak. I didn't know I was on the verge of being severely dehydrated. So after high-altitude hiking onward and dodging rock spiders on the boulderfield I felt the need to relieve myself and when I did...OMG...my urine was blood red. I drank as much as I could and continued onward to the summit. Fortunately, I didn't have a kidney infection and the clear yellow urine returned 24 hours later :D Wooo Hoooooooo! I'd never hike again without properly hydrated! :) Knight | |
| Posted May 15, 2006 6:16 am | ||
| ClearSkiesAhead | Through the Keyhole Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2004 | |
| One of the longest climbs on a fourteener for me yet. Started at 3am and was back to the car at 3pm. Long day. | |
| Posted Apr 27, 2006 9:22 pm | ||
| bmcnary1 | Route Climbed: Keyhole Route Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2005 | |
| Would be much better without the people. The 2 others in my party turned around at the boulder field. Barely missed sunrise on the peak beause we could not sleep in the car in the parking lot. Started way too early, or should I say late. | |
| Posted Apr 18, 2006 9:41 pm | ||
| slowpoke | North Face (Old Cables) Date Climbed: Apr 16, 2006 | |
| Beautiful, sunny, Easter 2006. I spent 16 hrs. of it getting up and down on the North Face route. Varied snow conditions. Warm temps and very little wind. | |
| Posted Apr 18, 2006 12:44 am | ||
| daverobb | Route Climbed: Southside Variation Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2000 | |
| Long day. 17 hrs due to bushwacking, and long approach. Connected with the main route at the Keyhole final slab. | |
| Posted Apr 16, 2006 6:26 pm | ||
| chaderizer | Awesome | |
| Awesome hike, got an early start on a weekday, and beat the crowds on the way up. Dedicated to my late friend and coworker Melanie. Threw out a few m+m's for her on the summit. | |
| Posted Apr 14, 2006 4:49 am | ||
| TM | heavenly place | |
| I love Long's, and the cirque around chasm lake. Heavy!! Have enjoyed climbing on the Diamond, skiing the Trough, and camping in the boulderfield on the way to hiking the Keyhole. A special place. | |
| Posted Apr 10, 2006 5:17 am | ||
| dunsum | Notch Couloir Date Climbed: Jul 3, 1992 | |
| Car to car solo ascent - mainly an excercise in ignorance. | |
| Posted Apr 4, 2006 10:24 am | ||
| sammyjay | summer climb on a saturday | |
| There were a lot of people, but I certainly wasn't expecting a Wilderness experience. Before we left I spent weeks pumping up my group of high school kids about the importance of safety, hydration, warm clothes, and the like. They were all appalled and a little frightened I think, when we saw a dude just after Chasm lake wearing nothing but shorts and a tank top with a liter of Coke in one hand just after sunrise. Talk about a 'teachable moment'.... | |
| Posted Mar 27, 2006 2:38 pm | ||
| altitude14er | Keyhole Route via Long's Peak Trailhead Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2005 | |
| I climbed from trailhead to summit in 5 hours. What a workout. Don't expect to get any solitude on this one! It is a "social climb" My summation? Long's Peaks difficulty is overrated but enjoyable. | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2006 5:17 pm | ||
| Bill562 | Trough Date Climbed: Feb 25, 2006 | |
| Camped at Black Lake. Good mixed climbing though in the Trough -rock, snow and ice. Turned around where the Bulls Eyes start. | |
| Posted Mar 9, 2006 5:37 am | ||
| NanitaD | First of Ten Date Climbed: Sep 8, 1979 | |
| My first time up Longs Peak was via the Keyhole route with a group from the Loveland Mountain Club. Since then I have climbed the Keyhole Ridge, Cables, Kepplinger's Couloir and the Keyhole route for a total of 10 times to the summit out of 14 attempts. When we summited Keplinger's in April we were the only ones on the summit...a rarity on Longs. My last time to the summit was by the Keyhole route, solo. Each ascent holds special memories for me. | |
| Posted Mar 9, 2006 5:02 am | ||
| MarieP | Kiener's Route Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2005 | |
| Beautiful day! | |
| Posted Mar 6, 2006 4:28 pm | ||
| Rocky Alps | Keyhole Route Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2005 | |
| It was pretty easy-going until the Keyhole. After that it was fun scrambling and amazing views all the way up to the summit, especially looking down into Glacier Gorge. Despite efforts to start early enough, the group I was with wasn't acclimatized to the elevation and had to go quite slow, which caused us to get caught in the middle of a lightning storm on the way back down. See "En'lightning' Experience" trip report for details. | |
| Posted Mar 4, 2006 7:58 am | ||
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