Andre mid-crux on the Milk Bone.
My good friend and resident DC hardman Andre (a.k.a. “Princess) flew in for the week last Thursday. After hearing me rave about the paradise city that is Golden and the overflowing plethora of rock we’ve got out here he decided to finally come see for himself. One can only subsist on the pink and blue routes of Earthtreks Climbing Center for so long.
Not a moment was wasted – we drove straight from the airport to Boulder Canyon to get that boy on some granite! Unfortunately, the weather had other plans, so we bailed a few miles south to Eldorado Canyon for a late evening romp up the ever-classic Yellow Spur (5.10 4-6 pitches).
The next day I continued the Front Range tour with a visit to Milk Bone, a super rad 5.13a sport route Chris Weidner and Matt Samet put up in the Flatirons overlooking Boulder. Cass, Les, and I had put in a burn each a week prior, and it was so good we left our draws hanging on the route. Milk Bone starts with a few steep moves, then pulls out onto a big tufa feature which you desperately slap and crimp your way up for four bolts, a poor rest leads to another hard sectio pulling a lip, after which 5.11 climbing gets you to the anchors. Andre took Read more…
