Hardgumbi's Lament

This is crack #1 in the photo, with a tree growing out of it halfway up. Scramble up the gully a short ways and climb the first crack on your left. The rock is high quality, but since the Castle doesn't get too much traffic, there may be some gardening in the crack. It is fingers and thin hands, with abundant face holds.

Perhaps this crack and others on the Garrison were climbed decades ago, but I thought I'd put it on the map as a VFA (virtual FA). We climbed it in the late '80s/early '90s. If anyone has conflicting information, please let me know.

Quite a few folks I think were referring to this formation on the lower right side of the Castle as the Garrison, so I'll continue to use that designation.

Descend to the south down the mountaineer's gully.

South Platte rack. It gets wider at the top.