Nick and I headed up to Estes Park on Saturday to do some climbing at Jurassic Park, a crag that sits above Lily Lake near Highway 7. We got two routes in before a storm poured a bunch of rain and some sleet on us and soaked everything. This photo is of a lady climbing The Edge of Time, a 5.9 route that was above mine and Nick’s ability when we tried it last October, and I ripped my pants, elbow and one of my ass cheeks crashing through the tree just to the guy’s left in the photo. We didn’t do it this time, as we got stormed off about 20 minutes after I took this photo with Nick’s camera.
The 2007 Colfax Marathon was going on Sunday, and I stopped by the intersection of Broadway and Colfax to snap the cliche runner in front of the capitol building photo. Last year, when I was running the marathon, I was still in good spirits about here, which I think was close to Mile 14. No way in hell I’m doing that again.
We took Josh up to Horsetooth Reservoir and met up with Aaron and Krista to act like we knew how to boulder. Here’s a shot of Aaron nailing the Penny Lunge for the first time ever. Had I waited a fourth of a second, I would have had a really great shot here. 
Here’s Nick starting the Penny Lunge, with Krista, Josh and I spotting him. There’s really no way to do it besides jumping completely off the rock and throwing both hands for the top. 
He hung on to the top hold for just a second before coming off. Nick’s going to have to get it next time. He was so close …
Here’s another shot from the top. Nick’s trying to one-hand the dyno, which is actually tougher, in my humble amateur opinion.
Lee and I went climbing at Lumpy Ridge in Estes Park on Saturday. Unfortunately, I left my camera in the truck, so this is the only shot I got: The sun rising along Highway 93 between Golden and Eldorado Springs.
I did poach this photo off MountainProject.com, though (courtesty Jason Seaver). We climbed a route called the White Whale on the Left Book, under the red arrow in the photo.
On Sunday, Nick and I drove up to Horsetooth Reservoir to do some toproping on the cliffs there with Aaron and Chris. Here’s Nick on some 5.8 line on Duncan’s Ridge, I believe.
Here’s Aaron near the top of the same climb, with Nick belaying him. 
He smiles because he likes the climbing.
Nick and I went out to Golden after work on Wednesday and climbed a couple routes on North Table Mountain. The last one wasn’t in the guidebook, and it was 5.9ish or 5.10ish. After flailing around on it like a scared Cub Scout for a while, I finally finished it in the dark. Which would have given me a great opportunity to get a sweet photo of the moon rising over the cliffs, except I don’t have a monopod, so it came out pretty shitty-looking.
