ALPINE FEVER - PART 2 -- Bouldering Video from Colorado

ALPINE FEVER !

Here is the second part of the alpine bouldering series shot in the summer of 2011. This short features hard classics as well as many first ascents from Lincoln Lake on Mt. Evans. Check it out .. 

   

-JG

ALPINE FEVER -- Bouldering Video from Colorado

Alpine Fever is a series of short videos that Ivo Penchev and myself shot in the summer of 2011. Set in the Colorado Rockies, it will include scenery and climbing from both Rocky Mountain National Park and Mt. Evans.

 

 

Here is the first part from RMNP ...

Keep an eye out for the next two parts:

http://www.lovechclimbing.com

http://vimeo.com/ivopenchev

http://vimeo.com/johngass

- JG

Hueco video

Here's a short clip from the trip down to Hueco...

- JG

Hueco 4

Last photo update of the 2011-2012 Hueco trip...

 Brion Voges working out the moves on Daniel Woods' House of Doom v13, unrepeated

This break has been amazing. I've got a lot of footage from the trip and will be releasing a few videos in the coming weeks.

Now it is time to return to the daily grind. Excited to get back to the kitchen and back out into the Colorado mountains....

- John G

Hueco 3

A couple more pictures from the Hueco trip...

Waiting to get into Hueco Tanks.. the daily routine for climbers without reservations to North Mtn

Giovanni Traversi on Crown of Aragorn v13 (East Spur)

Brion Voges working on Yellow Diamonds v13 (East Mtn)

Brad Weaver sending Full Throttle v13 (East Mtn)

Hueco 2

Quick photo update of the trip so far..

Enjoyin' time spent in the desert outside of El Paso, with good people and fun rock climbs.

A few more pictures over at Brion's page (http://brionvoges.tumblr.com)

Sunrise over West Mtn, Hueco Tanks

Sunset from the Hueco Rock Ranch

Nate Drolet, Hueco guide, climbing on Jigsaw Puzzle (East Spur)

 Brion Voges and Sam Davis working out the moves on Crook by the Book - -

 
 Brad Weaver climbing Coeur de Leon at the East Spur - -

Screen shot of Frogger at the East Spur

Keep the psyche !!

Hueco 1

  Finally escaped work for a few weeks.

The kitchen at The Corner Office Restaurant and Martini Bar in Denver, CO is my new home away from home. At least for around 40 hours a week. Serving global comfort food, I get the chance to work first hand with a lot of great food and chefs who have been in the industry for a long time..

Enough kitchen talk for now though.

On Tuesday I met up with Brion Voges and we began the 20+ hour drive from Chattanooga, TN to Hueco Tanks. Driving for a long period of time is something I have gotten used to over the last few years, and it's not so bad once you just get in the car and go..

View of Juarez, Mexico from I-10; driving through El Paso, TX

After driving through the night we pulled up to the gate at Hueco around 8am and found ourselves waiting in line for a couple of hours until we got access into the park and to North Mountain!! With only a few hours of sleep in the last 30, needless to say we were both tired. We decided to climb anyway. I'll save the details of our short session, by just saying that not much went down. That didn't matter though; psyche was and is high.

We will be here for another 10 days and both of us have new camera gear.. keep an eye out for plenty of pictures here and at Brion's page (brionvoges.tumblr.com)

Video coming out in the next month or so.

A few screen shots : : :

More on the way..