Rock Climbing The Matron Flatiron with my Wife, Boulder, Colorado [4K UHD Cinematic Presentation]
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- Опубликовано: 6 янв 2022
- Over the unseasonably warm and dry start of our Winter Vacation my wife Andie and I decided to do a cool adventure rock climb up the East Face of a lessor known Flatiron, The Matron, just south of Boulder near Eldorado Springs, strangely near the start of the recent Marshal fire! My sister was at that Costco when the fire literally blasted over the area, truly a war zone, minimal air to breath, visibility at 20' and winds gusting over 100MPH carrying dangerous flying debris!
The Matron is one of my favorites flatirons, it has a longish approach, roughly 3 miles, making this climb less crowded and wild felling. The rock formation is spectacular and the position is epic on its narrow ramp to the sky, the opportunities to place protection to secure the rope are limited so be ready to feel like you're soloing on easy class 5 terrain. The start of the climb is quite spicy for a 5.6 rating and not recommended for soloing, which I did a couple years ago and will NOT repeat. In this video I did not take the path of least resistance knowing I was on a rope, it can be climbed much easier, especially that first pitch but still. . . The Drone footage was captured years ago from property high in the town of Eldorado Springs. There was a tragedy that day, I dropped my phone out of my chest pocket and it took a 200' free fall over the north edge, I found it 1/2 working on the north side descent trail. Screen, touch and plug were not operational, I am now quite good at "hey Siri" commands after over 2 weeks of practice. I had next day insurance!!! with T-Mobile. They never stet up Apple care for my phone, hell ensued. . . I wish I had verified apple care the moment I got the phone, hint, hint. All the video was saved to i cloud and retrieved!
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DISCLAIMER: The Expedition(s) documented on this channel are for entertainment purposes only, NOT FOR Explicit Instruction or Route Execution. I have had MANY NEAR DEATH experiences and a couple serious accidents over 30 years of Backcountry adventures, the RISKS are very REAL. I do not recommend or encourage attempting the routes or strategies shown in these videos, and assume no personal responsibility if you choose to do a similar outing. As always, hike, bike and climb at your own risk. Know Your LIMITS and stay within them if you expect to avoid any accidents. even then. . . 
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Great Videos. Thank you for sharing,
Your contents brings joy and happiness to people.
Keep uploading good videos. Then presence will be highlighted and successfull. Have a great day friend ...
Thank you Brother, I have few subs but for me, these friends and my adventures have been a great success already but, I do hope your right as well! Cheers
Nice to see you produce this video with your lovely wife! Fantastic quality as always. Easily had me until the end to see if you'd locate your phone! lol!
And it was POUNDED, actually bent. No touch, no plug for power and no working screen, mag safe charged it and the actual phone worked with “hey Siri”. It was high time to get the wife in there, she gets a little jealous so, that move kept me out of the dog house! And came out nice!
This was awesome. thanks for explaining what you are doing also.
Thanks 🙏, it was a great day climbing with my wife glad you liked it! Karl
Another one I did in high school in 1974. This rock is like a book canted up at a 50 degree angle with a spine that narrows down in the center part to 8 feet. The spine is easy to climb but there's not always good places to put in your protection. The scary thing is if you are leading this climb and you fall, you might peel over the edge of the spine and there it's dead vertical for about 300 feet. Hard to ascend back up to the east face spine in that case. Kinda spooky when you're in the thick of it. You have to make sure you fall down the spine for however long until your last protection.
You tell this like it was yesterday. Amazing how adrenaline enhances the memory. Good stuff!
Good description. Yes, rock climbers and mountaineers seem to have vivid recalls of their most intense adventures. It's true for me. Karl
Fantastic, my friend !!! :-) :-)
Thank-you brother, Just wish it was in the Dolomites. . .
Hey Karl. Great video as always. Nice to see “The Mrs” in this one. She’s a braver lady than me!
She is a very strong gym climber and has been training for 10 years now. She says, “Hi!” Honestly, we are not too brave, just properly trained and experienced. True bravery is feeling scared and pushing through the fear. We can all be brave, hopefully just not foolish,like myself on occasion. . . Glad to hear from you Paul
Love this, I remember base jumpers parachuting off there on a hike up bear peak one time up shadow canyon. Strange in I would expect some crazy vids of you up lumpy ridge in rmnp like batman behind, bowels of the owls and some sundance sneaks. Some things name this feature the moon tower or the matron but whatever it's very cool.
There was a time when my main focus was trad in the “Park”, being older and less patient I have grown more to love moving faster with lighter loads scrambling and hitting peaks so I can see more every trip
great video as always
Love the content!
I would be glad to run up a flat iron with you next spring or something cool. I do envy some of the stuff you climb, I think cranking up some super giant antena would be great fun! But. . .
Yes, great to see more of the personal side, including Mrs. was a nice idea. Please consider a couple workout segments, would love to see how you train. And would be a great way to build a bond with us viewers as well! Thanks again 👍
Great idea Eric, my channel will be changing, I’m hearing this more and it will be more fun! My subs are my friends and I’m going to move forward with that style of communication in mind. More engaging my audience and less, reporting/documenting, still maps and such of course. I have also been asked to do a gear guide. I’m trying to come up with some unique ideas to cover both gear and fitness in separate videos. I’m not going to point at specific gear/products too much, more of a focus on specific gear attributes I find to be most useful in various situations, ie shoe types on various terrain, pack features I use most. On the training front, something similar, some workout recommendations for sure but more on the theory of what body/fitness attributes make the most versatile, efficient and strong mountaineer. See you soon Brother
Funny I just passed by this rock today while hiking S Boulder Peak :). Great to see your wife in the video Karl. Climb on
It one of the best. The is only one cooler and we’ll be visiting it at some point. Those peaks are no joke, I assume you did shadow canyon. That is my favorite front range trail, especially during a moist spring. Cheers Jun!
Awesome stuff. Love that you and your wife climb together
She pretty good too, especially in the gym doing 12’s, she’s been training for 10years now with me and a pro trainer for a couple years too.
That looks amazing that's such a unique looking rock👍 great video stay safe
IMO it is the second coolest flatiron of them all. The Maiden is 1# and it is wild. I did shoot some video of it last year with my wife but was not satisfied with it, camera issues. I’ll be doing a video of it eventually. The insane rappel off the top is completely free hanging! Thank you for your support
great video Karl super cool your wife came with you. i think I started following you on a video you did last year soloing this climb I definetly had to do this one.
I’ll take you if you want, could be just your video. Mine is done 2x. That solo was sketchy, it was cold, north side start, on-sight attempt, and that first pitch is not 5.6, easily 5.9 the way I did it in this video but there are somewhat easier ways. . . My wife is a killer in the gym, been training 2x a week for almost 10years, since we met.
@@KarlDeckerPresents wow!!! thats a lot of climbing yeah she definetly got it
What length rope, size cams, and nuts do you.recommend? Thank-You for another great video brother!
I used a 60m, and small cams up to .75 or 1 and a full set of nuts. Really the best pro was the double size slings. There’s a nice horn to sling 1/2 way up the first pitch and why I decided to Huck it over the overhang at the top instead of going right on an easy ramp. That pitch is more like 5.8 min and while the rest is way easier maybe 1-2 5.6 moves I think I only set 8 pieces of pro for the entire climb and only saw a few more places I could have set gear. Really the gear was mainly for anchors.
The Flatirons are boring, and not very interesting. Plus there's a ton of poison ivy, sharp sticks, and no good views. I recommend never going here, ever!
Plus you might drop your phone!
@@KarlDeckerPresents Yes, I forgot to mention, there's more gravity there too, just bad all around.