June Colorado Climbing

Kenton at the top of the descent from Melvin's Wheel

June 1 climbed at South Platte Buffalo Creek area with Derek. We climbed Vegomatic (5.8) and Central Corner (5.10a). The second pitch of Vegomatic was tougher than expected with an offwidth/squeeze chimney section that Derek led. Central Corner was fun and heady getting over the final roof. I didn't manage to do it without hanging twice on gear. Lesson learned: if I'm nervous, I should place some gear that I really trust as high as possible and just go for the move.

June 2 we climbed at Lumpy Ridge Bookmark area. We climbed Melvin's Wheel (5.8) and Twiggy's Crack (5.8+). Melvin's was tons of fun. Definitely a challenging second pitch (which Derek led). Third pitch felt run out to me even though the climbing was very easy. We really ran up Twiggy's because we were worried about approaching thunderstorms.

Kenton at the top of Melvin's Wheel first pitch