Bouldering,top rope, sport, trad, soloing, and now buildering. Every time I think I have tried every possible type of climbing I learn of another exciting venture. Today we were suppose to climb the chimney route of the first Flat Iron, celebrating our summit by smoking a fine cigar. However, mother nature had other plans for us. She lifted her skirt and let the rain come down.
Discouraged, we ventured into Whole Foods for a quick pick me up in the form of ice cream, the solve all of man kind. With our newly found energy and determination, we set our sights on the campus Colorado University.
Now, a college campus might seem like an unlikely climbing destination, however CU is listed on Mountain Project to have at least 28 climbs.
Buildering.
The climbing of buildings, which in turn, makes you feel like Spiderman minus the spandex outfit, unless of course, you happen to be climbing in spankies.
Many of the campus buildings are covered in sheet rock, offering a wide variety of very sustained, crimpy traverses and problems. The engineer building is covered in the unmistakable white of chalk and houses one of the most pumpy traverses I have ever attempted. Even the mannly, muscly men were forced to succumb to its power.
The moral of this story is that regardless of bad weather, there is ALWAYS, and I do mean always, some where to climb!
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