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# Vedauwoo
- URL: https://blog.novaugust.net/vedauwoo/
- Published: 2014-11-07T04:07:49.000Z
- Updated: 2015-08-22T21:14:52.000Z
- Author: Matt Enlow
- Tags: Climbing, @ken_hilton307, post, Laramie, trad climbing, Vedauwoo, #Import 2026-06-21 14:43

Ah, trad climbing.

I took a week to work remotely (aka, climb) down in Laramie, where I spent time with loved ones and in loved places.

For the first time in a year, I wore tape gloves because I needed them, not because they make you look tough when you order a beer.

![Tape gloves](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/IMG_1282.JPG)

Wednesday I got out with Sarah Rea, and we did laps on **Lower Progressive** (5.9) until the backs of my hands were puffy and my knees cried out in protest.

My pants survived the encounter, but I still ended up with scabs underneath. It's sharp out there kids.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/20141030_153609.jpg)

Thursday, Ken and I broke in my new rack over at Blair III.

We climbed **A Dream of Fat Antelope** (5.9), **Random Crystals** (5.8+), and **Sweet Variation** (5.7). All three had twenty feet or so of easy 5.5 climbing, and then hit a headwall with a good crack for each.

Fat was the first one we did; it was the most "climby" and straightforward of trio. After the scramble there's an uncomfortable duckwalk right, a high foot that made me pause, and a great crack straight up.

Random Crystals had a fun two crack system for its headwall, which required another high foot to get started. Sweet Variation had a tiny crack whose tricky parts I skipped by climbing surprisingly good face holds.

![Nautilus](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/IMG_1295.JPG)

Saturday Ken and I got after it again. I put up a Voo classic, **Plumb Line** (5.9+). It was fantastic overhanging hands, 2's the whole way. It was short, though; it ended just as I got into my rhythm.

After that we did **Skull** (10a), which was a great way to find out I'm not a *real* trad climber. Thanks for putting it up Ken.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/IMG_1312.JPG)