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Posted by jfox on 12/1/2007
Enter the Dragon
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Andy climbing the crux rock/ice step on the Dragon's Tooth Couloir, Flattop Mountain, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO  4/7/2007

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woodchuck07 says:

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Let me guess: winds about 40mph, temps in low teens and with weather coming in, you got yourself outa there fast! Looks so awesome. I can feel the frostbite on my fingers just looking at it.

by woodchuck07 on Sat, 2007-12-01 20:44

Jimn72 says:

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I climbed that with Chad Peele when he worked at Colorado Mountain School and we got allthe way to the top of the climb and tried to dig under the part you have to tunnel through and there was a dead elk wedged in there. We had to down climb and then got stuck in a bad thunderstorm. Epic to make a long story short, started climbing in the dark, got back to the car in the dark.

by Jimn72 on Sat, 2007-12-01 22:20

climbingtrash says:

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Nice pic jfox. Ahhh...that spin-drift looks like it's pleasing. (one of the reasons I don't ice climb)



by climbingtrash on Sun, 2007-12-02 02:56

Andy says:

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It was actually a spectacular weather day. Once we broke through the inversion it was awesome. I shot a video: http://www.andyintherockies.com/trip/8/Flattop_Mountain_Dragons_Tooth_Couloir.htm

by Andy on Mon, 2007-12-03 23:28

woodchuck07 says:

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Ahh, spindrift.....love the smell, the feel of it in the nostrils. Smells like,,,,Victory!

by woodchuck07 on Sun, 2007-12-02 18:11

climbingtrash says:

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Looks like the Colonel agrees with you WC.



by climbingtrash on Sun, 2007-12-02 19:24

woodchuck07 says:

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Robt Duval at one of his best.(Great Santini is #1) Truly, the Apocalypse is Now!

by woodchuck07 on Sun, 2007-12-02 20:44

jfox says:

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Yes, this is a spectacular climb! The dead elk carcass was still wedged in there on climbers right, so we moved to the left and climbed the ~15' vertical snow/ice step into the rocks seen in this picture. As for the weather, it got better the higher we climbed!

Thanks for the positive comments!

j

by jfox on Mon, 2007-12-03 17:29

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