{"id":2115,"date":"2014-10-13T00:48:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T04:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/?p=2115"},"modified":"2015-09-02T15:19:39","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T19:19:39","slug":"destinations-8-9-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/?p=2115","title":{"rendered":"Destinations #8, 9 & 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

As predicted back when we decided to spend an extra day at Joe\u2019s Valley, we found ourselves having to hack a destination from the trip\u2019s hit list due to limited time. Sorry Wild Basin, Colorado. We\u2019ll visit you some other time.<\/p>\n

Then we figured what the heck, why not hack another destination and spend a nice three whole days in Rocky Mountain National Park? After all, it is our trip and we made up the rules so we can modify them if we want, right? Right. See ya Clear Creek, Colorado – another destination for another day.<\/p>\n

So now that we\u2019ve got destination\u2019s 8 and 9 out of the way, it\u2019s time for the grand finale: Durango, Colorado. We\u2019d heard of the great plethora of rock in Durango from fellow climbers. There\u2019s even a bouldering guidebook for it. And we\u2019ve always liked the town the few times we\u2019ve driven through it on the way to Ouray and Telluride. We were excited for destination #10.<\/p>\n

We arrived in Durango around 3pm on Friday. The protocol we\u2019ve fallen into on this trip has been to arrive at the destination late in the day. We spend the remainder of the day scoping the climbs we had picked out from the guidebook and\/or videos. This way, the next day could be spent just climbing, not hunting around for stuff or getting stuck at the first boulder we see that looks amazing. <\/p>\n

Durango was a little different. I\u2019m not sure what fire got under our butts that day (maybe the REALLY great cup of coffee we scored in Pagosa Springs?), but we literally drove into town, found the local climbing shop, bought the guidebook, drove to the boulders while flipping through it\u2019s pages as fast as possible looking for good lines, parked and haphazardly packed up the kids and pads, speed-hiked the all-uphill 25 minute approach, threw the pads down and just started climbing any and everything we could get our hands on. As Paul summarized rather brilliantly on the dark hike out, \u201cI felt like a dog, running around and pissing on everything!\u201d (Note: For those that haven\u2019t hung around Paul or I enough to hear the vulgarities start spewing while we\u2019re climbing, to \u201cpiss\u201d on a climb is a climber\u2019s way of saying he or she \u201cclimbed it with ease.\u201d Or as in, \u201cthat climb was piss-easy\u201d meaning, \u201cthat climb was extremely easy.\u201d)<\/p>\n

Annnnyyyywaaaay, vulgarities aside, the boulders were fun. Really fun! We climbed the next day too, until threatening clouds rolled in and started to thunder, lightening and rain on us. From there we topped the day off with burgers and a brew in town and a visit to the Narrow Gauge Railway museum for the kids timed perfectly with the train\u2019s arrival from Silverton. Good climbing, good food and beer and a no-kidding operating authentic steam engine all in the same day???!!! Durango is awesome!!!! This made for a stellar ending to a superbly stellar trip. Now back to Tucson.<\/p>\n

We tried our best to shoot video of this trip. More so to capture the boys at their adorable ages than us and our earth-shattering sends. \ud83d\ude09 The climbing video probably sucks anyway since it\u2019s mostly all from a tripod. We hope to put together a little summary post soon, video included. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n


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\nA beautiful vista approaching Pagosa Springs from the east<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nMe warming up on the Petrified Boulder at Sailing Hawks in Durango. Our warm-up lasted probably a total of 10 minutes\u2026<\/center><\/p>\n


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\n\u2026and then we were trying the adjacent v5, Petrified Prow<\/strong>, which Paul sent and I did not. I was basically flash-pumped the whole 2 hours we had to climb that night!<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nCute boys<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nand cool boulders<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nGoogle \u2018Durango bouldering\u2019 and this climb will come up, Sunday Stroll v6<\/strong>. Paul flashed it. I worked out the moves but wasn\u2019t able to get on it the following day on account of the rain. Excellent line.<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nThese guys ran around just as much if not more than us adults, gathering leaves<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nand after closer inspection I realized that some of the pretty colorful leaves they were grabbing was poison ivy. Eek!<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nAnd thus we learned that the boys have their mama\u2019s genes of poison ivy immunity, cause dad was the only one who broke out. Poor dad, good thing it\u2019s the end of the trip!<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nPaul making quick work of Legacy of the Kid v9<\/strong>, send!<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nDurango landscape<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nAnother excellent line, Last Tango in Durango v6<\/strong>. Same as above, Paul sent that first evening. I came close and then wasn\u2019t able to return the following day on account of the rain.<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nThe following day we warmed up and then tried this just as it started to rain, Something Wicked This Way Comes, v6<\/strong>. Static and sweet movement required. <\/center><\/p>\n


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\nAlthough I was bummed not to have gotten to try Sunday Stroll<\/strong> and Last Tango in Durango<\/strong> again, sending this baby was a nice little consolation prize. And since Paul had sent literally every problem he had tried upon arrival, including this one, we were off for burgers and brews downtown! Wooo!<\/center><\/p>\n

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