Climbed the East Face (F7) of the Morning After with Bill W and Mark O. Bill led each pitch (4 pitches, I think). Mark and I followed on separate ends of our doubled rope. After bagging the arch that is the summit (over and under), we then downclimbed via the south ramp and the "peculiar flakes" (although there was a decent rap anchor at the summit).
Tony B also joined but opted for scrambles on the Eyes of the Canyon. Started at 6:08 am, finished around 8:39 am. Not a particularly fast outing, but the weather was perfect, so it was nice to just take our time this morning.
Only got three hours of sleep as I'd been at work until 1:30 am! Amazed that I got up for this.
StreakBlueB and rock shoes
Friday, September 23, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Green
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.
Started at 5:57 pm. Hiked fairly hard for most of the ascent. Only ran a few sections. Had my head up on the lookout for bears after seeing a bear on Saddle Rock last week (I had missed the sign at the trailhead mentioning that a bear had been sighted at 5:00 pm this evening near the trailhead!).
Quite a change with the ladybugs at the summit. They had previously been isolated to the trunk of a single tree. Today, they were spread out around the summit area more - mostly in small groups on smaller tree branches but some on rocks as well. Since they were spread out, there seemed to be more, but probably not. Wonder if the recent wet weather had anything to do with them spreading out.
Worked pretty hard on the descent but not all out (19:47).
0:00 - Gregory TH
8:39 - Amph/Saddle Rock
23:44 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
41:25 - Green summit
50:58 - started down
1:10:45 - Gregory TH
HokaStinson
Started at 5:57 pm. Hiked fairly hard for most of the ascent. Only ran a few sections. Had my head up on the lookout for bears after seeing a bear on Saddle Rock last week (I had missed the sign at the trailhead mentioning that a bear had been sighted at 5:00 pm this evening near the trailhead!).
Quite a change with the ladybugs at the summit. They had previously been isolated to the trunk of a single tree. Today, they were spread out around the summit area more - mostly in small groups on smaller tree branches but some on rocks as well. Since they were spread out, there seemed to be more, but probably not. Wonder if the recent wet weather had anything to do with them spreading out.
Worked pretty hard on the descent but not all out (19:47).
0:00 - Gregory TH
8:39 - Amph/Saddle Rock
23:44 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
41:25 - Green summit
50:58 - started down
1:10:45 - Gregory TH
HokaStinson
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Third Flatiron, Green
From Chautauqua, standard approach to the Third, up the Third, down the SW Chimney, up to the Northeast Ridge trail (had a permit), Greenman, Green; down Greenman, Northeast Ridge, down to the First/Second Flatiron trail, back to Chautauqua.
Started at 3:56 pm. Just as I parked, I saw Jeff V pull in behind me. Jeff joined me up to the base of the Third, which kept me running more and running harder than had I been solo. I stopped to change shoes at the base, then Jeff generously carried my running shoes and pack up to the back side of the Third and waited for me. I made good time on the face but never felt like I was pushing things. 9:24 up the face is probably a PR for me (previous best may have been 10:10 on 10/15/03).
The weather was a bit iffy nearing the top, and I felt a few rain drops and a few rumbles of thunder. Downclimbed cautiously but was pretty comfortable. I just don't know the downclimb that well to move much faster. I've gotten from the summit to the bottom of the raps, doing 3 raps, in around 10 minutes before. It probably took me around 16 minutes to do that via downclimbing on this day.
Met back up with Jeff and switched back to my running shoes. Then chased Jeff and an oncoming storm to the top of Green. Pretty tedious work getting up to the Northeast Ridge trail from the back side of the Third. The rain was steady (but not too heavy) by the time I topped out (a couple of minutes behind Jeff). Met back up with Jeff on the descent. Nice running in the rain for a bit.
0:00 - Chautauqua
18:25 - East Bench
19:35 - starting up the Third
28:59 - summit of the Third (so, 9:24 for the face)
41:59 - bottom of the SW chimney
1:10:01 - summit of Green
1:37:39 - Chautauqua
StreakBlueB
Started at 3:56 pm. Just as I parked, I saw Jeff V pull in behind me. Jeff joined me up to the base of the Third, which kept me running more and running harder than had I been solo. I stopped to change shoes at the base, then Jeff generously carried my running shoes and pack up to the back side of the Third and waited for me. I made good time on the face but never felt like I was pushing things. 9:24 up the face is probably a PR for me (previous best may have been 10:10 on 10/15/03).
The weather was a bit iffy nearing the top, and I felt a few rain drops and a few rumbles of thunder. Downclimbed cautiously but was pretty comfortable. I just don't know the downclimb that well to move much faster. I've gotten from the summit to the bottom of the raps, doing 3 raps, in around 10 minutes before. It probably took me around 16 minutes to do that via downclimbing on this day.
Met back up with Jeff and switched back to my running shoes. Then chased Jeff and an oncoming storm to the top of Green. Pretty tedious work getting up to the Northeast Ridge trail from the back side of the Third. The rain was steady (but not too heavy) by the time I topped out (a couple of minutes behind Jeff). Met back up with Jeff on the descent. Nice running in the rain for a bit.
0:00 - Chautauqua
18:25 - East Bench
19:35 - starting up the Third
28:59 - summit of the Third (so, 9:24 for the face)
41:59 - bottom of the SW chimney
1:10:01 - summit of Green
1:37:39 - Chautauqua
StreakBlueB
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Green (PR)
From Gregory TH, Gregory, Ranger, West Ridge, Green; down Greenman, Saddle Rock, Amphitheater.
Started at 5:52 pm. Finally no more soreness in the legs. Ran pretty hard up Gregory, past the lodge, past the Greenman junction, and up to the last, steep log steps before things lay back on Ranger. Walked those steps and never really got going again until the West Ridge, hiking pretty much everything up to the four way junction. Did dig pretty hard on the final push up the West Ridge, though.
Checked out the lady bug situation. Maybe fewer than when I looked a couple weeks ago.
Ran down at a pretty decent effort. The Mafates were giving me a blister (up and down - right foot, second toe), though, so I held back a bit.
Can't seem to find a faster time for myself for this route, so I'll call it a PR. Kinda weak given my performance up on Ranger, though. I think my time up Gregory was probably 30 seconds to a minute faster than I've run it before. Previous PR was 44:13 on 7/25/07 (I think).
0:00 - Gregory TH
16:30 - Gregory/Ranger
39:15 - Ranger/West Ridge
43:09 - Green summit
45:50 - started down
1:08:19 - Gregory TH
HokaMafate
Started at 5:52 pm. Finally no more soreness in the legs. Ran pretty hard up Gregory, past the lodge, past the Greenman junction, and up to the last, steep log steps before things lay back on Ranger. Walked those steps and never really got going again until the West Ridge, hiking pretty much everything up to the four way junction. Did dig pretty hard on the final push up the West Ridge, though.
Checked out the lady bug situation. Maybe fewer than when I looked a couple weeks ago.
Ran down at a pretty decent effort. The Mafates were giving me a blister (up and down - right foot, second toe), though, so I held back a bit.
Can't seem to find a faster time for myself for this route, so I'll call it a PR. Kinda weak given my performance up on Ranger, though. I think my time up Gregory was probably 30 seconds to a minute faster than I've run it before. Previous PR was 44:13 on 7/25/07 (I think).
0:00 - Gregory TH
16:30 - Gregory/Ranger
39:15 - Ranger/West Ridge
43:09 - Green summit
45:50 - started down
1:08:19 - Gregory TH
HokaMafate
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Third Flatiron
Started at 6:34 am. With Bill W, Mark O, and Adam M. Legs still pretty dead/sore from Pikes. Fortunately, we took it pretty easy. Jogged a bit on the approach. Casual on the face and on the downclimb. At the bottom of the SW Chimney, went back up to the standard descent trail. Once off the talus, jogged easy back to Chautauqua.
Originally was thinking I'd take a rope to rap off but I chose to leave it behind. Felt very comfortable on the downclimb.
0:00 - Chautauqua
24:18 - East Bench
40:04 - summit
47:06 - started down
1:05:42 - bottom of SW Chimney
1:30:59 - Chautauqua
Originally was thinking I'd take a rope to rap off but I chose to leave it behind. Felt very comfortable on the downclimb.
0:00 - Chautauqua
24:18 - East Bench
40:04 - summit
47:06 - started down
1:05:42 - bottom of SW Chimney
1:30:59 - Chautauqua
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Eagle/Sage
From the Eagle TH, Eagle, Sage, Boulder Valley Ranch TH, Sage, Eagle, Eagle TH (so CCW lollipop).
Started at 7:56 pm. 36:20. 3.7 miles per the OSMP maps. Tried to keep it nice and easy.
HokaStinson
Started at 7:56 pm. 36:20. 3.7 miles per the OSMP maps. Tried to keep it nice and easy.
HokaStinson
Monday, August 15, 2011
Green
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down West Ridge, Ranger, (up) Greenman, Saddle Rock, Amph.
Started at 5:56 pm. Was trying not to put much stake into how this run went, but I hoped to restore a bit of confidence. After my demoralizing trip up Green on Friday, I started out much easier on this one.
Given my pace and effort up Amph, I figured I was going to top out Amph in around 9 minutes, so I was surprised to see 8:13. On up to Greenman, I wasn't feeling particularly strong or fast, but I guess I was moving along pretty well. On Greenman, did reasonably well keeping the run going as much as I could, but I still thought I was moving slowly. At the top of the two short switchbacks (start of the long switchback) above the log steps, I saw 36:01 and knew I could at least get under 40. Managed to run it in from there (except the last few steps before climbing the summit boulder). Not a PR, but I felt much better about this one.
Decided I needed to burn a few extra calories so ran the longer descent route, which I enjoy quite a bit. Wasn't really planning to work hard on the descent, but I just started rolling and ended up running it pretty hard the entire way. Probably not the best for my legs at this point but good for my head.
0:00 - Gregory TH
8:13 - Amph/Saddle Rock (dup split here, but I'm pretty sure I saw 8:13)
22:21 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
39:05 - Green summit
40:36 - started down
1:07:43 - Gregory TH
HokaStinson
Started at 5:56 pm. Was trying not to put much stake into how this run went, but I hoped to restore a bit of confidence. After my demoralizing trip up Green on Friday, I started out much easier on this one.
Given my pace and effort up Amph, I figured I was going to top out Amph in around 9 minutes, so I was surprised to see 8:13. On up to Greenman, I wasn't feeling particularly strong or fast, but I guess I was moving along pretty well. On Greenman, did reasonably well keeping the run going as much as I could, but I still thought I was moving slowly. At the top of the two short switchbacks (start of the long switchback) above the log steps, I saw 36:01 and knew I could at least get under 40. Managed to run it in from there (except the last few steps before climbing the summit boulder). Not a PR, but I felt much better about this one.
Decided I needed to burn a few extra calories so ran the longer descent route, which I enjoy quite a bit. Wasn't really planning to work hard on the descent, but I just started rolling and ended up running it pretty hard the entire way. Probably not the best for my legs at this point but good for my head.
0:00 - Gregory TH
8:13 - Amph/Saddle Rock (dup split here, but I'm pretty sure I saw 8:13)
22:21 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
39:05 - Green summit
40:36 - started down
1:07:43 - Gregory TH
HokaStinson
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