Archive | July, 2009

NFP app update – WIP

23 Jul

Work continues on unabated on the NFP application from my earlier rough sketch.  The general framework of using WordPress as CMS and then adding in the NFP functionality as a plug-in is working out although there was the usual one week “I want to rip my hair out” period when I really had to dig deep to understand how to get the plug-in working fully.  With that hurdle surmounted fingers type joyfully and the mind wanders to finish putting the basic user frame work into place.

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Cary Granite

12 Jul

Rob Kepley and I headed out Saturday for The Black Wall at Mt. Evans, CO for a day of alpine climbing.  Our goal was to ascend the three pitch splitter crack Cary Granite and then pick off an easier climb like Cannonball Corner.

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Lumpy Action

1 Jul

My buddy Rob Kepley and I were up at Lumpy Ridge last Saturday, June 27, for a nice day of climbing in the moderate temps and gorgeous setting of Rocky Mountain National Park.  It had been nearly a year since I was last up at Lumpy and as luck would have it that trip was also with Rob.  After picking him up in Westminster we quickly knocked out the 1.5 hour drive and then ambled out of the parking lot after racking and packing for the roughly one hour approach to the Book vicinity.  We warmed up on Joy and Tribulation which is a one pitch variation to the top of Fantasy Ridge that sits just left of harder routes like Between the Sheets.

Climbers on Bookend formation routes Lumpy Ridge near Estes Park, CO.

Climbers on Bookend formation routes Lumpy Ridge near Estes Park, CO.

After hemming and hawing for what seemed an eternity about our next route we hiked over to the Book and tried Corner Pump Station.  I had heard much about this route lately as Rob tried to onsight it last year and it has a reputation for being a quality climb.  Well, I failed on my onsight attempt, but it was a great battle and nuggets of knowledge were obtained for a future redpoint attempt.  I’ll be back for sure as this was a quality climb.