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Red Rocks > Black Velvet Peak > Black Velvet Wall, 5.9-5.12a > Prince of Darkness, 5.10c, 6 Pitches > Climber's Log|
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| Dave S | Prince of Darkness  Date Climbed: May 15, 2009 | |
| Climbed with Justin M in a day trip from LA! Great climbing! Left LA at about 6:30am, started climbing at 12:30 (just as the climb went into the shade!), and was back at the car at about 8 pm. The previous weekend I led the odd pitches on DOWT, so this time I got to lead the even pitches, meaning I was lucky enough to get the awesome second pitch and the fun moves on the 6th pitch. After pizza at Rocco's, made it back to LA around 2:30am. Great day!! | |
| Posted May 17, 2009 12:01 am | ||
| bfrench | POD | |
| Crazy fun. | |
| Posted Apr 30, 2009 10:10 pm | ||
| bighornmonkey | Really enjoyed it Date Climbed: Apr 5, 2009 | |
| I had a blast on this route! The route goes straight up and is very well protected. Gear up to 1.25 inches is plenty + a lot of quickdraws. Climbed with my friend Rudy who did all the leading. I thought it would be beyond my climbing ability but I was happy with my performance (having not climbed in over a month). A lot of crimpers which made my fingers and toes sore on that chilly/breezy day. We had 70M half ropes. Going up we linked P1+P2. We came down in 4 rappels (connected P6+P5, and P2+P1). The difficulty is sustained and the exposure really cool! | |
| Posted Apr 6, 2009 2:34 pm | ||
| Groundswell | Newbie Epic | |
| climbed this once early in my climbing career. 92 i think. led pitches 1, 3, 5 and partner tyler led other pitches. felt good but ran out of light. decided to rap Turkeys in the dark. pretty epic trying to swing back and forth looking for belays, bolts, anything with only the lights from Luxor. some climbers at base left headlamps for us to make it back to car. good times. | |
| Posted Mar 18, 2009 3:44 pm | ||
| AJones | Great Climb | |
| This was a pretty fun climb; my recollections of the day - I was cold and my kidneys were sore from the hanging belays. I thought all the pitches were pretty straightforward. Rapelling done was the crux - man, do those ropes come whizzing down when you pull them. Scared the beejesus out of me. | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2009 2:15 pm | ||
| TRP | Prince of Darkness | |
| It's the same moves over and over and over. not much of a prince | |
| Posted Dec 7, 2008 12:59 pm | ||
| forjan | PoD Date Climbed: Nov 8, 2008 | |
| Didn't get too far on this one. Climbed it with Will. Had a long desert approach as we mistakenly parked at on a dirt pullout just next to Hwy 160. This made for a late start on the route on an already short day (dark by 5PM). Did the first two pitches and bailed off. Pitch 2 was sustained. | |
| Posted Nov 10, 2008 1:00 pm | ||
| Dow Williams | Prince of Darkness Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2008 | |
| Not my best day to be sure. Just did Secret Tryst (5.11b) in Lime Kiln Canyon the day before, a very painfull limestone route. My fingers and toes were in no mood. However, it got better as the day progressed, we both enjoyed our last leads, pitches 5 and 6. Dream of Wild Turkeys is a much better route, but POD is worth doing if too many folks are on DWT. Most of my gear from .3 to 1" came in handy. | |
| Posted Oct 14, 2008 11:02 am | ||
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