The Word from Mount 7

Click To Play The Red Man climbs Sour Mash and Crimson Crystalis in Red Rock, Nevada. This film can also be viewed at: The Red Man

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I’ve posted an album of pictures from our trip to Yosemite and Red Rocks at: 2007 Climbing Trip Photos for all you all with some time on your hands. My bro has another album at: Brother’s Climbing Pics

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Juniper Canyon Cloud Tower Area Crimson Crystalis 5.8 8 pitches November 5th, 2007 C. and R. Gmoser, K. Mager and M. Delesalle This must be the most popular multi pitch route in Red Rocks and it deserves to be. It is steep, not too hard and it has excellent climbing all the way up. The [...]

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Pine Creek Canyon Risky Business 5.10b 2 pitches November 4th, 2007 R. and C. Gmoser This is 3 routes right of Dark Shadows.  It starts out with some run out face climbing past two bolts.  Once past the crux you can place a few small cams behind the small flake.  The climbing is easier from [...]

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Black Velvet Canyon Black Velvet Wall Sour Mash 5.10a 6 pitches November 3rd, 2007 R. and C. Gmoser This is another outstanding route on the Black Velvet Wall. The climbing is more varied and, I found, a little harder overall, than on Dream of Wild Turkeys. Prepare for rope drag on the second pitch with [...]

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Black Velvet Canyon Black Velvet Wall Dream of Wild Turkeys 5.10a 11 pitches November 1st, 2007 R. Gmoser, O. Sofer, K. Mager and M. Delesalle This is an outstanding route on excellent rock. It follows natural weaknesses up the impressive Black Velvet Wall. The 2nd pitch is incredible. The fourth pitch has an offwidth which [...]

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First Creek Canyon Alcohol Wall Gin Ricky 5.10c 2 pitches October 31st, 2007 R. Gmoser, O. Sofer, F. Camire and Sandy This climb offers 55m of top quality finger crack in a clean right facing corner. The crux is slick and strenuous because it is hard to stick your right foot. There is excellent protection [...]

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First Creek Canyon Lotta Balls Wall Black Magic 5.8 2 pitches October 31st, 2007 R. Gmoser and O. Sofer This climb has a fun first sequence that is protected with bolts.  After this we climbed up to the second belay station on Lotta Balls and rapped down.

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First Creek Canyon Lotta Balls Wall Lotta Balls 5.8 2 pitches October 31st, 2007 R. Gmoser and O. Sofer An excellent climb.  You will remember it for the climbing on the little balls.   These were described by one of our friends as erect nipples.

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Pine Creek Canyon Cartwright Corner 5.10a 3 pitches October 30th, 2007 R. Gmoser and O. Sofer In the guidebook, Red Rock Canyon a Climbing Guide, this is a 5 star 5.10b route with four pitches. The book says the first pitch is a little less than excellent which is no lie. This pitch climbs up [...]

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