May 25, 2021
Eldorado Canyon
Touch n’ Go to Anthill Direct, 5.9, 5 pitches
Laura and I took advantage of a beautiful day Tuesday to start getting back into climbing shape. We have a few alpine rock objectives this summer and haven’t climbed much recently. I had climbed Touch n Go with Roland a few years back but we bailed and headed over to Yellow Spur due to crowds on Anthill. When I suggested we climb the very fun Touch n’ Go to start off our day, Laura agreed and we were set. It is a good, steep crack climb that leads to the second pitch of Anthill Direct. I lead the pitch and Laura followed, meeting me at the anchors and passing by to set a belay at the base of the second pitch of Anthill. Climbing Anthill, I lead the second pitch and Laura took the runout 5.6 section. It was evident that we haven’t climbed much lately as our transitions were very slow and our route finding and anchor building was not efficient either. We made it through the climb and I really enjoyed looking out over Boulder and the green fields as I belayed Laura. We finished the climb in about 5 hours – too slow! Today was a good reminder that we need to brush up our skills and climb way more before we head back into the alpine.
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