My Climbing Family http://climbingfamily.com/blog Rock Climbing and Ice Climbing with family and friends Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:38:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Quandary Cristo Couloir March 28 http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2012/04/02/quandary-cristo-couloir-march-28/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quandary-cristo-couloir-march-28 http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2012/04/02/quandary-cristo-couloir-march-28/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:35:06 +0000 Charles Miske http://climbingfamily.com/blog/?p=148 I got up a little earlier on Wednesday March 28, so I could attempt the Cristo Couloir on Quandary, a 14,265′ mountain just outside Breckenridge Colorado. I arrived at the main trail parking at 6:45 and spent fifteen minutes changing … Continue reading →

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]]> http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2012/04/02/quandary-cristo-couloir-march-28/feed/ 0 Quandary East Ridge March 26 2012 http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2012/04/01/quandary-east-ridge-march-26-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quandary-east-ridge-march-26-2012 http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2012/04/01/quandary-east-ridge-march-26-2012/#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:32:57 +0000 Charles Miske http://climbingfamily.com/blog/?p=142 Did a quick training hike on 14,265′ Quandary outside Breckenridge Colorado on Monday March 26 2012. Started about 7:30 and took approximately 2:08 (two hours eight minutes) to hit the summit in spite of wind gusts between 30 and 60 … Continue reading →

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]]> http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2012/04/01/quandary-east-ridge-march-26-2012/feed/ 0 Quandary With Dallin – 10 year old on Colorado Fourteener http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2012/03/16/quandary-with-dallin-10-year-old-on-colorado-fourteener/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quandary-with-dallin-10-year-old-on-colorado-fourteener http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2012/03/16/quandary-with-dallin-10-year-old-on-colorado-fourteener/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:24:35 +0000 Charles Miske http://climbingfamily.com/blog/?p=137 Did Quandary in Colorado. 14,265′ on July 9, 2011. Round Trip just under 6 hours – not bad for a 10 year old boy’s first Fourteener. Garmin Stats Here. We had a ton of fun, and got to see goats … Continue reading →

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]]> http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2012/03/16/quandary-with-dallin-10-year-old-on-colorado-fourteener/feed/ 1 Everest Ridge Climb March 10 2012 http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2012/03/13/everest-ridge-climb-march-10-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=everest-ridge-climb-march-10-2012 http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2012/03/13/everest-ridge-climb-march-10-2012/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:59:30 +0000 Charles Miske http://climbingfamily.com/blog/?p=131 Ryan and I had planned to climb Everest Ridge of Mount Timpanogos for over a year now. We attempted it last year as an overnighter by going up the Battle Creek Trail and getting lost in the snow a little … Continue reading →

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]]> http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2012/03/13/everest-ridge-climb-march-10-2012/feed/ 2 Mixed Climbing Training in Ouray http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2012/03/03/mixed-climbing-training-in-ouray/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mixed-climbing-training-in-ouray http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2012/03/03/mixed-climbing-training-in-ouray/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:09:33 +0000 Charles Miske http://climbingfamily.com/blog/?p=113 Today I participated in a mixed climbing (basically rock climbing with ice climbing gear) training session. A few days ago when I realized my original plans for this weekend wouldn’t work out well, I contacted San Juan Mountain Guides to … Continue reading →

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]]> http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2012/03/03/mixed-climbing-training-in-ouray/feed/ 1 Converting Dual-Point Crampons to Mono-Point http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2012/03/01/converting-dual-point-crampons-to-mono-point/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=converting-dual-point-crampons-to-mono-point http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2012/03/01/converting-dual-point-crampons-to-mono-point/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 03:57:45 +0000 Charles Miske http://climbingfamily.com/blog/?p=98 I’ve been climbing on the Petzl M-10 Crampons for a few years now, and with all the different ice and mixed climbing I’ve done I’ve always used them in the stock dual-point configuration. At the Ouray Ice Fest 2012 this … Continue reading →

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]]> http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2012/03/01/converting-dual-point-crampons-to-mono-point/feed/ 0 Swan Mountain Traverse Wall – June 18 2011 http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2011/12/31/swan-mountain-traverse-wall-june-18-2011/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=swan-mountain-traverse-wall-june-18-2011 http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2011/12/31/swan-mountain-traverse-wall-june-18-2011/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:46:12 +0000 Charles Miske http://climbingfamily.com/blog/?p=78 I was watching the kids while Angie was away, so we went out to play at the Swan Mountain Traverse Wall between Dillon and Frisco Colorado. First we hiked and scrambled around some. This is important for kids to get … Continue reading →

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]]> http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2011/12/31/swan-mountain-traverse-wall-june-18-2011/feed/ 3 Ice Climbing in Ouray December 2011 http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2011/12/31/ice-climbing-in-ouray-december-2011/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ice-climbing-in-ouray-december-2011 http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2011/12/31/ice-climbing-in-ouray-december-2011/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:25:12 +0000 Charles Miske http://climbingfamily.com/blog/?p=82 Trip to Ouray with friend Ryan Hamilton. Two days of Ice Climbing in the Schoolroom and Scottish Gullies. We tested gear by Petzl, Grivel, Scarpa, GoPro and more. Ouray – end of 2011 At the foot of the ice in … Continue reading →

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]]> http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2011/12/31/ice-climbing-in-ouray-december-2011/feed/ 2 Rock Canyon “The Wild” 5.6 – August 11, 2011 http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2011/10/24/rock-canyon-the-wild-5-6-august-11-2011/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rock-canyon-the-wild-5-6-august-11-2011 http://climbingfamily.com/blog/2011/10/24/rock-canyon-the-wild-5-6-august-11-2011/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:40:30 +0000 Rick Miske http://climbingfamily.com/blog/?p=12 Going back in time a bit, this was a climb with the boys on August 11th of 2011. I was supposed to go climbing with my friend Ryan, but I had the boys since Angie was in CO wrapping things … Continue reading →

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