Well its been a super long time since I've done a post, so it is definitely time for an update. I've been focusing all my recent energies on putting up new climbs around the FOCO area. This process has involved a lot of hiking only to find crap rock in the Poudre Canyon and west of Rustic. I have had a lot of success in the widow makers, which is a talus field in the middle of the Narrows of the PC, only 30 minutes from town with plenty of high quality blocks. This place was picked over years ago by a few FOCO climbers including, Michael Engelstad, Colin Horvat, Paul Nadler and more. This crew put up most of the best lines, but plenty still lurk. Me and Brett Hoffman added a few boulders by digging rocks out from underneath starts and trying some of the weirder highball climbs. Videos of these climbs can be seen at (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex-J_qUtMy0)
I also went out to Carter Lake for the first time since last year and tried this super hard mini project on the backside of the Kahuna boulder. The climb is incredibly crimpy and involves using super high feet for the crux, so I found it fit me pretty well. Someone has gotta go get the second ascent!! I'm pretty confident the grade is V11 or maybe just hard V10. The video can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3Yuy4jen4
Email me at Samjohnroth@gmail.com for info about the WIDs or other climbs, or if you just wanna go climb.
First Ascent Tick List:
Carter:
Speed trap v11
Horsetooth:
Kahlua roof v5
Poudre:
Point break v8
Cranium v7
Mandible v9
Black widow v7
Cracky layback v7
Fire in the hole v5
Launch pad v4
Compression session v7
New York strip v5
Grade A beef v7
mossy arête v3
marble slab v4
Slice and dice v7
