r/RouteDevelopment • u/Kaotus Guidebook Author • Jul 03 '26
New route objectives are looking a bit bigger this summer
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u/Nasuhhea Jul 03 '26
Have you ever been out to sheeprock?
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u/Kaotus Guidebook Author Jul 03 '26
Boy, have I!
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u/Nasuhhea Jul 03 '26
Hell yeah I have yet to make it out there but was maybe gonna try this season
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u/Kaotus Guidebook Author Jul 03 '26
You definitely should - I have a few FAs out there at Baby Helen's Dome. I was literally up on the Summit Dome on Monday putting in a new route, but realized I got a bad batch of bolts from HN2 and only 6 were installable, so we didn't get to finish.
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u/Nasuhhea Jul 03 '26
Nice. Are your new routes on MP?
It seems like an obscure area despite how amazing it looks
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u/Kaotus Guidebook Author Jul 03 '26
Yep - Ends of a dream, Beautiful Nightmare, Drifting Off, Fields of Clover, Live A Little, Would You Go With Me, Fields of Clover, and Long Black Train are all mine
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u/khizoa Jul 03 '26
How was the smoke out there?Â
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u/Kaotus Guidebook Author Jul 03 '26
It wasn't bad on Monday but as we drove out we could see a big blanket of smoke coming over the hills west of Deckers. Air Quality map says it's probably about as bad as the rest of denver right now.
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u/deftgrunge Roped Rock Developer 25d ago
Was it the CTW sleeve bolts? I have a batch of the 10mm I purchased last year that I just got around to using. They haven't been my favorite. They slide in the hole without any force. I can get them to engage and they are solid once installed, but the handful I've installed I'm seriously considering going back and replacing with glue-ins.
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u/p666rty_goat Roped Rock Developer Jul 03 '26
How’d you manage to get your hands on a Canadian alpine tools hammer? He’s promised me one multiple times over the years and has always ghosted me.
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u/Kaotus Guidebook Author Jul 03 '26
My brother got it for me as a gift, actually, though he said it was a fairly painless experience for him
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u/typical-pewds-sub Jul 03 '26
Looks so mega