Green Mountain Loop

Climbing at G1 w/Stefan

Morning Trail Run

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Mark Oveson devised this Top Ten Easy Climbs In A Day (TTECIAD) link-up because he wanted something like Roach's Top Ten which didn't require him to carry a rope. He tried it just once and conditions and fitness conspired to doom that effort, though he still did ten climbs, just not these ten. Mark wrote it up and it appears in Haas' Flatirons guidebook and because of that I suspect it has been done a few times, though I'm not aware of any. This was a super fun outing, though my dot-rubber soles were not much help for all the off-trail stuff. Had a bit of trouble finding the first route and had to call Mark to guide me there. After that things went smooth and I met Sheri twice and she brought me some snacks and drinks. After the tenth climb my knees were shot and I was having some IT band troubles in my left knee. But what hurt the worst was my feet. These Spins don't have soles thick enough for a fat scrambler like myself.

The climbs I did were:

Southeast Ridge of Central Shanahan Crag
Syzygy on the Slab
East Face South Side on Seal Rock
Tiptoe Slab on the Front Porch
Angel's Way
East Face South Side of the Fifth Flatiron
Regular East Face of the Third Flatiron
Winky Woo on the Third Flatiron
South Sneak on the Second Flatiron (and continued up South Face to summit of Second)
Fandango to Baker's Way to the North Arete on the First Flatiron.

Of course I also downclimbed the Southwest Chimney on the Third, twice, and the Southwest Face on the First, along with the other downclimbs.  It seemed like a lot of climbing by the time I finished.

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