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Tell me your story, and I'll tell you mine.

Yeah, did this to a link up (eventually) with the first pitch of the naked edge. It was a gnarly climb to say the least! You can protect the lower bit (before the piton) with some nuts (placed from the ground) and then a small cam (don't remember what it was). Sick climb! really eases up after the first bouldery bit. .... Lets see, after that pitch .... I don't remember .... there was a shitty overhangy cave thing with tons of pigeon poo in it..... then something ..... then the naked edge, whcih I recall being super mega sick! Eldo Rocks!

One of my first 5.10 leads was the first pitch.
We used to just jump up to the jugs and clip a funky aluminum hanger on a nasty 1/4 inch spinner. Once past the move to the right that pitch yields rather more easily.
I don't remember the pitches up to the meadow but the finger crack pitch off the meadow sure was nice!
I love Eldo too!

I remember T2 being committing right off the ground. Pulling through that roof and not much gear as I recall. It was one of my first 5.10 leads too. Back in the Day....

We're old gits!
This was the easiest of the 5.10s. Just a couple of moves, fixed gear, not real sustained. For full value at the grade you had to go for Black Walk, XM, Outer Space, or Grandmother's Challenge.

Come on Day, are you waiting for an engraved invitation or something?

I'd tell you mine, but it has nothing to do with El Dorado Canyon. . . .

heidiramma wrote:I'd tell you mine, but it has nothing to do with El Dorado Canyon. . . .

Don't be shy.

Outerspace is sick too! My first day in Eldo involved the Yellow Spur (it was windy as all get out on the super exposed 2nd to last pitch! woo hoo!) and then ran over and got on Outerspace! Freakin' nuts! It was soo good! And that was how I got to experience the beauty of Eldo! I love Colorado!

Jordan Wood onsight free soloed this about a year ago. I remember him telling me one of the upper 5.9 pitches that was really loose spooked him pretty good. I liked the route, but I roped up for it however.

yes, I did T-2 back in 1980..which seems like yesterday...at one time there were even rocks piled up at the start so you could jump up to the first jug!...then later did the pitch first pitch of Jules Verne...