Rewritten

January 14, 2018
Eldorado Canyon
Rewritten

Laura and I have been slowly working on checking off many of the classic climbs in Colorado. Since we had a free day this weekend, we decided that Rewritten in Eldorado Canyon was the ticket. Highly rated as one of the best climbs around; we loaded up the gear and set out early to get to the popular climb before a line formed on the route.

We chose to do an alternate start, deciding to climb directly up a 5.9 crack rather than a dangerous and hard to protect 5.7 slab to reach the first belay. I struggled to climb well just like I always do on the first pitch of most climbs, but settled in nicely and absolutely loved the entire route. Laura took the gear from me and did a great job leading the second and third pitches of the route so she could continue improving her leading and anchor building skills.

The fourth pitch is a traverse with very thin hands and feet and feels pretty exposed. I had a blast on this section, but was sure to protect it well so if Laura were to fall, she wouldn’t have a big swing. We chose to take the arête to the summit; this was my favorite part of the entire climb. Super exposed, fun and clean climbing!

After climbing down from the summit, we loaded up gear and went out on a recon mission for our next climbs in the canyon. We will be back to this amazing place in Colorado many times.