Visitors to Colorado: Shelf Road to Eleven Mile

Fishing and Climbing

The second days adventure included Bobby, Nathan, Tyler and newly appearing Ben.  After feasting on breakfast and handing out the proper attire of the day.  We all packed up and tried to find somewhere where the weather was dry.  The only place that I knew of having the faintest of possibilities was Shelf r\Road.  And as luck would have it as we pulled into the Galleries parking lot, the cloud broke and the sun was shining. Continue reading “Visitors to Colorado: Shelf Road to Eleven Mile”

Visitors to Colorado: Garden of the Gods Climbing

Nathan high on the south gateway rock

Nathan, Tyler and Bobby (Nathan’s friend) were doing their cross-country road trip and were able to spend several days in Colorado. They spent the beginning of the week up in Boulder with all the nice weather while hanging out with Tattoo Artists in Sushi restaurants. They ended up getting to Colorado Springs on Friday just as the first bad weather of the year began in full force. Continue reading “Visitors to Colorado: Garden of the Gods Climbing”

Shelf Road: The Gym

On “Deeper Shade of Soul” at The Gym – 5.13b

The last Sunday in March, a trip was organized to head down to Shelf Rd and get on some harder stuff. Pascal and Mirthe had finally moved to the USA a couple weeks ago and they had some climbing projects in mind. I invited Tom from work, which also joined in the Sunday fun. We all started the day with a nice stop at the friendly “Canyon City Coffee Café” and the continued on to “The Bank” parking lot.

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