Under time pressures, Ken and I went to climb “Wham Ridge” on Vestal Peak. Check out the trip report here.

Some quick pics from the climb:

The rest of my time in Colorado was restful, thankfully. Ken had to work and I didn’t feel like asking anyone else to stay with them, plus, I just really felt like getting a hotel downtown and hanging out here meeting up with folks who had the time to come down. So, I went to “The Curtis” hotel which is across from the Performing Arts center downtown and got a room. Nice place – modern with goofy humor placed all about. When I left the elevator, a framed portrait of dadgum “Vanilla Ice” greeted me as the elevator speaker played some sort of connection to him and the floor. I didn’t really understand it, but I appreciated the comedy of it. The Curtis was nice break from the various dumps of hotels I’d been staying in since returning from China. This place couldn’t touch the Crowne Plaza in Shenzhen or the Shangri-La in Hong Kong, but it was still comfortable and relaxing.

(above) ‘Round town.