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Avocado Gully Speed Record
Think you are fast at climbing ice? How about sending Avocado Gully in Redstone in under 9 minutes car to car? Hard to believe, but here is some incredible footage of Rock & Ice publisher Duane Raleigh doing just that when the route was in huge condition last April. Don’t try this at home!
Avocado Gully Speed Ascent (8:59ctc) from Rock & Ice on Vimeo.
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Bulldog Creek Dog Walk (IV WI 4+)
Hayden Carpenter and Tom Bohanon recently repeated an obscure ice climb on the south side of Mt Sopris. Given a brief mention in Jack Robert’s ice guide, Bulldog Creek Walk is described as being 100 meters of WI 4. What they found was seven pitches of ice in a remote setting that makes for one […]
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Certianly sick Duane!! Incredible conditioning to move that fast for the whole thing. Good Job! I get lured by the speed sometimes too but now, seeing what perfection looks, I’m not sure I’d survive there long;)