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Pikes Pick: Trusting the nubs when rock climbing in Colorado Springs

Pikes Pick: Trusting the nubs when rock climbing in Colorado Springs

On a recent day trip to Parachute Rock off Rampart Range Road, I scaled Miss Bliss, a 5.8-rated sport climb that requires trust in your feet. This beauty was very nubby. Tiny bumps raised from the surface of the rock. From the wall, they looked like nothing. But to my feet, they were God-sent holds. A family climbing a nearby route talked and laughed with us about the nubby trust exercise. At the end of the day, our new slogan was “In Nubs We Trust.”



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