Ole #6

Ole #6

Of all the forms of climbing, traditional mixed climbing has to be one of the weirdest, least comfortable, and least popular disciplines. Scratching around on rock with ice gear that could pop without warning above gear that is usually placed in rock to chossy for any rock climber to bother with requires a bit of a different personality. Even more rare is the climber who goes out and seeks out new routes of this type. This fall, a handful of local Colorado Springs climbers diligently went up Pikes Peak almost every weekend in search of new routes, or at least routes that hadn't yet been climbed with tools and 'poons. One such climb put up by some friends of mine was named Ole #6. When the uber-psyched Noah McKelvin contacted me about giving this thing a go I couldn't say no. I was able to onsite the whole route, while Noah took a couple exciting but safe alpine-whips.

-Heres a short video I put together about out climb!

Ole #6 - Mixed Climbing on Pikes Peak from Buster Jesik on Vimeo.