Comments on: Las Vegas – Red Rocks http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/04/26/las-vegas-red-rocks/ The latest reports of world wide rock & ice climbing (and other extreme) fun and adventure! Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: István http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/04/26/las-vegas-red-rocks/#comment-13981 István Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:38:06 +0000 http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=18741#comment-13981 Magnificent place! :shock:
Congratulations, to the climbing! ;-)

]]> By: Pete http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/04/26/las-vegas-red-rocks/#comment-13980 Pete Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:24:18 +0000 http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=18741#comment-13980 Do you know I have no idea where we were! I can’t recall the name – and we were using a guidebook borrowed from Niall Grimes so I don’t even have that anymore to reference. Sorry.

]]> By: Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/04/26/las-vegas-red-rocks/#comment-13979 Terry Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:09:37 +0000 http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=18741#comment-13979 Let me guess – you were headed up Black Velvet canyon :?:

]]> By: Pete http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/04/26/las-vegas-red-rocks/#comment-13978 Pete Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:00:34 +0000 http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=18741#comment-13978 Our longest day was mostly night! We started in the dark with 1.5 hours of off-road driving to get to the parking described. We finished at nearly midnight having descended in pitch dark with only a single mini-maglite between us to see with! We used the distant vertical beam of light emanating from the top of the Luxor pyramid as a beacon to orient ourselves towards where we thought we had left the car! :shock: We were guided by Egyptian gods you might say… The route was worth it though! :mrgreen: A fantastic adventure! :razz:

]]> By: Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/04/26/las-vegas-red-rocks/#comment-13977 Terry Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:37:39 +0000 http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=18741#comment-13977 Yeah, the climb is bit of a sandbagger at 5.8 :twisted:

That pitch looks impossible from below and above but you get some clue to the solution by looking closely at the right wall – there are enough in-cuts in the ‘desert-varnished’ rock to see you through :cool:

Yes, Red Rocks is brilliant and I’d go back tomorrow. Apparently, we went about the best time of year. Easter might have been touch cooler but would have been crowded – it was crowded enough anyway :| But it did hit 35C just as we left.

Vegas too was a treat and eye-opener. Whereas our longest mountain day was 9 hrs car to car, I spent 11 hrs walking around Vegas on day off, although that did include going to see ‘The Beatles’ at Planet Holywood :love:

]]> By: Pete http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/04/26/las-vegas-red-rocks/#comment-13976 Pete Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:35:49 +0000 http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=18741#comment-13976 The last picture looking down the Queen pitch of Dark Shadows looks awesome! What is the grade? It looks fearsomely steep!

Red Rocks is a brilliant place – and one we will certainly go back to … soon! I’m surprised really that it isn’t a more celebrated/visited venue for UK climbers, all of those Peak District sandstone devotees would love it! Although I think mid to late April is at a bit of a risk of being too hot isn’t it? We went just before Xmas and the temperatures were perfect (except for the unexpected snow on day 1! :freeze: ). Plus, Vegas was in special festive spirit with all sorts of stuff in the US Holiday vibe! :razz:

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