Thursday Short Run, Little Dry Creek

I have not posted to my blog in forever, so here I am before Google deletes me. 

 

Sunday 2/3 Cragmoor to Freeway Run

Just so we're clear, I'm officially retired on weekends, I just work during the week.

I have to say I committed some awesome code check-ins today (Monday, a day later), but occasionally I see the cool things my dirtbag online outdoor friends are doing and feel the sting of envy (FYI "dirtbag" is not bad, it's a term of endearment that means anyone who is living the dream. I'm talking to you, REI blog censors).

Sometimes maybe the outdoor dreamers wish they had a job and/or a job that paid more, and I get that. The ones I know deserve it, by providing inspiration for their sponsor's fans and customers.

Maybe we can agree that our chosen paths give us the best we can have at the moment. And and that is pretty damned good.

Sunday 11/4 Flatirons Romp

At some point after doing the same climb hundreds of times, you may run out of nouns. Run. Scramble. Outing. Romp. This day involved 3 laps on Freeway, etc. For whatever reason, there were tons of people up the on Second Flatiron and I had to get creative with my routes, meandering all over the place to avoid people. A perplexing number of climbers had trad racks (lots of climbing gear on their climbing harness) and yet were on Freeway, where almost nobody uses a rope or gear.

Weather was gloomy but it never rained. Just some cold winds.

Climbers on the First Flatiron, as viewed from Sunset Flatironette.

I walked over to the base of the First, and a rope dropped from above. It's OK, I yelled "rope" for them so nobody got hit in the head : \

Sunset Flatironette, below. The left face is a 4th-class north ridge (which is what I climb) or a 5.4 south ridge, or the steep right side 5.7.

Freeway again!

Moar laps:

The gully below is that just north (climber's right) of Freeway Ridge. It's fun, and if you don't want to do the jump or are just looking for something different, I recommend it. You can veer left and rejoin the ridge after the jump, or head straight up the gully through the trees and then left to the final two slabs, or better yet, climb up and right and then take a sharp left to rejoin Freeway.

Looking back towards home: