Colorado Day 3

Day 2 was a rest day/look at elk day but Day 3 was surprisingly productive. I dragged my sister, her husband, and their six month old boy up to Emerald Lake in RMNP. We started hiking at 9:15. It took us awhile to get up there and I had very little info about the bouldering so I was skeptical about finding the boulders. But luck was on my side today as we stumbled upon the main bouldering area of Emerald Lake. I didn’t know what anything was but I climbed a lot of cool warm ups and moderates. Anna and Nathan had to head out around 11:30 since Emmett was getting grumpy. I later discovered the Whispers boulder and the Kind boulder just a bit further down the hill. I was climbing solo all day with one pad so that kept things interesting. Especially climbing a line on the backside of the whispers boulder (35+ ft). I onsighted most problems today but I didn’t climb anything harder than V6 or V7. I climbed the Kind three times since it was fun and I didn’t have much else to do. I worked on Whispers of Wisdom but with one pad it was a lost cause.

I’m looking forward to some Mt Evans action with my friend Roman tomorrow!

Here are some shots from the hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park.