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Co-host slags Henry over Breakfast fail
He was part of Ten's Breakfast project, which went terribly wrong. Now Dr Andrew Rochford has declared he was thoroughly disappointed about what happened with the show, saying that it became "unworkable".
He has politely laid the blame squarely at the feet of co-presenter Paul Henry.
"There are a lot of people with theories about what went wrong. My personal theory is somebody who was publicised for pointing out the white elephant in the room became the white elephant in the room," Rochford said.
The trio on air - Rochford, Henry and Kathryn Robinson - did not jell. Rochford said they tried to work with Henry as best they could.
"Look, he was himself. And everybody else tried to be themselves and make a show that added something to the morning," he said.
Rochford said he tried everything to make the show work, before quitting his role five months before the show was cancelled in November.
"From the beginning when I knew I was going to be part of this, I took it very seriously," Rochford said.
"I was thoroughly disappointed that it didn't go the way I'd hoped or thought would potentially be the best direction for that show. But when I saw how things were playing themselves out, I was a big boy and decided (to leave).
"You can dig your heels in as much as you like, but you can only do so much. It was unworkable."
When asked whether he knew where Henry was now, Rochford said: "I'm assuming he's probably gone back to New Zealand... or he might be enjoying something here in Australia, I don't know."
Rochford is taking on a new guest role on Ten's Friday night lifestyle show The Living Room as a presenter on health and medical issues.
He will also continue as an occasional presenter on The Project. But it's clear he would love to return to breakfast television if given the chance.
"I'd love the opportunity to do that again, no matter where it is," he said.
"Live TV, the broad variety of stuff that gets covered in the mornings, that's what excites me, that's where I'd always hoped my career would end up. The disappointing thing is I don't think the potential for the opportunity was ever fulfilled."
Attempts by Fairfax Media to contact Paul Henry were unsuccessful.
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Hong Kong dim sum in New York? For real. From now until July 7th, you can find some of Hong Kong's best dim sum at the Mandarin Oriental New York. Chefs from the renowned Man Wah in Hong Kong are here in New York to recreate a few treats, and we took a peek behind the scenes with Chef Man Sing Lee to watch dim sum in the making (he's been with Man Wah for 26 years specializing in only dim sum). Click on through to see it all. Now if this were a permanent visit!
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Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano has announced that the University of Colorado Boulder campus will reopen Monday, Sept. 16, for classes and business operations. Although a significant number of campus buildings experienced some damage from flooding, all classrooms and business services will be operational. It is possible that some courses will be canceled or rescheduled due to instructor availability.
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Efficacy and Safety of Eltrombopag In Patients With Severe and Very Severe Aplastic Anemia
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The investigators hypothesis is that eltrombopag given to patients with moderate to very severe aplastic anemia will result in an increase in platelet counts. The investigators hypothesize that in patients with moderate to very severe aplastic anemia, treatment with eltrombopag will lead to fewer platelet transfusions, red blood cell transfusions, and fewer bleeding events. The investigators hypothesize that in patients with moderate to very severe aplastic anemia, eltrombopag will have an acceptable toxicity rate <3%, at doses that result in increased platelet counts. Finally the investigators hypothesize that plasma eltrombopag levels in peripheral blood will correlate with improved platelet counts.
|Severe Aplastic Anemia Very Severe Aplastic Anemia Moderate Aplastic Anemia
|Drug: Eltrombopag
|Phase 2
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|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Efficacy and Safety of Eltrombopag In Patients With Severe and Very Severe Aplastic Anemia
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Drug Information available for: EltrombopagU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by University of Utah:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Platelet Count Response [ Time Frame: up to 12 weeks ]Defined as a stable platelet count of 50,000/μl or more during any 4 week period within the possible 12 weeks while on study,and including maximal platelet counts achieved in patients with moderate to very severe aplastic anemia.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Platelet count twice baseline. [ Time Frame: Between weeks 1-12. ]Proportion of subjects who achieve platelet counts at least twice their baseline value at any point while on study medication, in patients with moderate to very severe aplastic anemia.
- Hematology labs [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]Association between eltrombopag use and response in hemoglobin, hematocrit, total white blood cell count, and absolute neutrophil count to be evaluate by maximal hemoglobin, hematocrit, total white blood cell count, and absolute neutrophil counts achieved in patients with moderate to very severe aplastic anemia
- Number of patients with AE to measure toxicity, using NCI CTCAE [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]Evaluated weekly, up to 12 weeks. Association between eltrombopag use, dose, and tolerability in patients with moderate to very severe aplastic anemia
- Characterization of the PK profile of eltrombopag in patients with moderate to very severe aplastic anemia. Evaluated with AUC, Cmax, Cmin, tmax. [ Time Frame: Weeks 2, 6 and 12 ]Samples will for PK analysis will collected as a trough level weeks 2, 6 and 12, prior to dose of eltrombopag. Additional PK level drawn at 2, 4 and 6 hours post-dose at the scheduled week 2 visit.
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|November 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Eltrombopag
Single arm study. Dose Escalation.
Drug: Eltrombopag
Oral eltrombopag 150mg/day by mouth starting on Day 1 with dose modification over 12 weeks to a maximum of 300mg/day determined by platelet count
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|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Able to provide written informed consent and any other authorizations required by local law (e.g., Protected Health Information [PHI])
- Have severe or very severe aplastic anemia, or moderate aplastic anemia with platelet counts that have dropped below 20,000/μl
- Have moderate, severe, or very severe aplastic anemia with moderate bleeding during or after a surgical procedure, (including bone marrow biopsy, lumbar puncture, thoracentesis, paracentesis, port placement, dermal biopsy) or minimal mucocutaneous bleeding otherwise noted
- Subjects with current or previous exposure to approved medications for the treatment of aplastic anemia will not be excluded; these include but may not be limited to, anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG), cyclosporine, corticosteroids, and G-CSF.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have diagnosis of Fanconi anemia
- Have infection not adequately responding to appropriate therapy
- Have Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) clone size in neutrophils of greater than or equal to 50%
- Have known HIV positivity
- Have creatinine and/or blood urea nitrogen (BUN) ≥2 times the upper limit of normal
- Have serum bilirubin ≥ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal, or ≥4.0 times the upper limit of normal if the patient has been treated with ATG within three weeks of screening.
- Have AST and/or ALT ≥ 3 times the upper limit of normal
- Have hypersensitivity to eltrombopag or its components
- Have chemotherapy given less than or equal to 14 days prior to initiating the study medication. This does not include immunosuppressive agents and growth factor as described above
- Are female and are nursing or pregnant or are unwilling to take oral contraceptives or refrain from pregnancy if of childbearing potential
- Are unable to understand the investigational nature of the study or give informed consent
- Have a history of arterial or venous thrombosis within the last 1 year (excluding those due to indwelling lines)
- Have an ECOG performance status of 3 or greater
- Have had treatment with Campath within 6 months of entry into the study
- Have pre-existing cardiovascular disease (congestive heart failure with New York Heart Association [NYHA] grade III/IV), arrhythmia known to increase the risk of thromboembolic events (e.g. atrial fibrillation), unstable angina, or QTc > 450 msec (QTc 480 msec for subjects with bundle branch block), or myocardial infarction within the preceding 6 months) at study entry
- Have had other TPO-R agonists medication in the previous 4 weeks.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01703169
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01703169
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|Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84112
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University of Utah
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
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|Other Study ID Numbers:
ELT115895 ( Other Identifier: Novartis )
|Study First Received:
|September 27, 2012
|Last Updated:
|December 13, 2016
Keywords provided by University of Utah:
severe aplastic anemia
very severe aplastic anemia
moderate aplastic anemia
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anemia, Aplastic
Hematologic Diseases
Bone Marrow Diseases
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WOODLAND was sealed off as an investigation into the murder of a teenager moved to East Lancashire.
A dozen officers spent all day combing a section of Sunnyhust Wood in Darwen yesterday after a car linked to the death of Jonjo Highton was discovered in a car park near the Sunnyhurst pub.
The 18-year-old was stabbed in the neck after he was allegedly set upon by a large group of men.
Detectives believe somebody in the town could hold the key to their inquiries into the death of the Preston teenager.
They are calling on anyone who may have seen the blue Vauxhall Vectra being driven or somebody getting out of it to come forward.
The discovery followed an appeal, issued last Tuesday, to trace the car, which has the registration number KG04 EJU, along with a grey Renault Megane Scenic.
Mr Highton was stabbed to death in St Stephen's Road, Deepdale, on August 23.
A post-mortem examination found he was killed by a blade wound to the neck.
The investigation has already seen seven men charged with murder.
A police spokeswoman said: "A search of the area was conducted by trained officers following the discovery of a Vauxhall Vectra in relation to the the murder investigation surrounding Jonjo Highton.
"We put an appeal out to trace the car last week as we believe it was involved in the incident."
Det Supt Eddie Thistlethwaite also made a plea to the public for information.
He said: "We are determined to thoroughly investigate the tragic murder of Jonjo Highton.
"We continue to make good progress with this investigation, however we are still keen to trace people who may have been involved in the incident.
"I would encourage anyone with any information at all about the murder to contact the police before we visit you.
"Do you know who has used this car within the last few weeks?"
Chairman of the Friends of Sunnyhurst Wood Dennis Gillibrand said he was shocked to hear the investigation had spread to the area.
He said: "It is a nice quiet place.
"I just hope they find something relevant to the murder investigation.
"I wonder if it is someone local who has left the car there. We want to find the people who did it."
Denis Jepson, of Sunnyhurst, said: "We saw a lot of police cars whizzing past but didn't know what was going on.
"When we found out they were investigating a murder it came as a real shock."
Those charged with murder are Stephen Walton, 23, of no fixed address, Zaahid Patel, 19, of Park Avenue, Minhaj Musa, 20, of Deepdale Road, Sabaar Dal, 19, of Alice Square, Owen Whitesmith, 19, of Glebe Close, Arron Graham, 22, of Ripon Street, and Craig Walton, 26, of Watling Street Road, all in Preston.
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NEW ORLEANS — In the moments after the New Orleans Saints defense looked like the Steel Curtain, Doomsday Defense and Monsters of the Midway wrapped into one neat package Sunday, there was one big question on CurtisLofton's mind.
It wasn't where the stunning performance by his team in an out-of-the-blue 41-0 shutout of the Tampa Bay Bucs came from.
The question, Lofton said, was why it took 14 games to see it.
"The frustrating thing is playing the way we did today," Lofton said before pausing, "and the question you have to ask is, 'Why couldn't we play like that all year?' I don't know the answer to that."
At this point, you can file it under the heading of "Unsolved Mysteries."
Indeed, Sunday's blanking of the Bucs caused as much head-scratching as the 10 consecutive 400-yard games the Saints defense gave up to start the season and the 45 points they allowed a week earlier in a 52-27 loss to the New York Giants. (One of the touchdowns was on a kickoff return.)
In other words, a shutout was about as unexpected and unforeseen as the beatdown the Giants gave them, considering the Bucs ranked fifth in the NFL at 27.2 points per game.
But, Lofton noted, you can always hope — especially in the down-one-week, up-the-next-week nature of the NFL.
"To get that goose egg, that was a lot of fun," he said. "As a defense, that's what you strive for every single game."
It doesn't happen very often, however. It was only the 13th in the 46-year history of the franchise — which spans 704 regular-season contests and 14 postseason games.
The last one by the Saints had been Dec. 24, 1995, when Lofton was a 9-year-old growing up in Kingfisher, Okla.
Teammate Rafael Bush, who had one of four interceptions Sunday of Josh Freeman, was a year younger than Lofton the last time it happened.
"It's hard to get shutouts," said Bush, a safety who was the sixth defensive back in the dime package because of injuries to Malcolm Jenkins and Corey White. "That's a dream and a goal every week.
"Every offense in the NFL is great, and you're going to give up big plays here and there. To get a shutout is great. Hopefully it's a stepping stone for us."
While Lofton didn't have an answer for the performance, defensive end Will Smith said it had a lot to do with not giving up big plays, like the Saints did in the first meeting with the Bucs on Oct. 21 in Tampa. That day, the Saints survived despite giving up three passes of more than 30 yards — including a 95-yarder — and a 36-yard run.
"We played a complete game in each phase today," Smith said, making sure to compliment the offense and special teams as well. "It just shows you what our potential is and, for whatever reason or reasons, we haven't lived up to the potential or the talent we have on this team."
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JANUARY is always a busy time for the lettings market and this month is proving to be no exception for letting specialist Leaders.
Kim Smith, who is Leaders Basingstoke branch manager, at the firms office in Winchester Street, said: "Demand for rented property in Basingstoke remains high, with plenty of people looking for good quality homes to rent right now.
"As a result of the favourable market conditions we expect to see an increase in investors entering the market, looking to make the most of the attractive yields and potential capital appreciation. This is good news for tenants as it will give them more properties to choose from."
Kim said despite the introduction of the Help to Buy scheme, which is certainly helping some people buy their own homes, Leaders expect rental demand to remain strong.
"This is partly due to high property prices, meaning even a five per cent deposit is beyond the reach of many, but it's also due to the fact many people choose to rent because of the flexibility and convenience it offers," said Kim, who has 20 years experience in lettings.
"Renting enables people to move easily for job opportunities and the best school places, and is also a useful solution for those between owning homes or letting out their own home.
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She said: "Tenants will have more choice of quality properties in this active market and landlords are more aware of what tenants want and need.
"For landlords there are plenty of good quality tenants who will look after and make their rented property a home."
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Kim said: "Our experienced team in Basingstoke has an unrivalled knowledge of the local market and we're always happy to help. We're looking forward to another busy year!
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Sales of children's e-books made huge strides in the first half of the year even as growth in adult trade e-books slowed, according to the latest publishing sales numbers from the Association of American Publishers. Revenues for trade paperback books sagged, presumably losing sales to e-book buyers.
Revenues from children's and young adult e-books were up to $146.4 million in the first half of 2012, an increase of 252% over the same period last year. At the same time, adult trade e-books were up 34.4% in the first half, a marked slowdown from triple-digit growth a year earlier. Meanwhile, trade paperback sales are down about 20%, presumably losing sales to e-book buyers.
Overall, e-book sales accounted for about 25% of total trade sales, up to $768 million for the first half, an increase of 52% over the same period last year, according to Publishers Lunch.
From 2007 through 2011, e-book sales doubled or more every year. Digital growth at major trade publishing companies like Random House and Hachette — bellwethers for the industry — has slowed, too. Digital publishing revenues at both companies now represent 27% of total revenues, up from about 21% the year before.
In June, adult trade e-book sales were up 48.3% to $119.9 million. Children's e-book sales were up 130.8% in June, a slowdown that mirrors The Hunger Games' slide from the top of the best-seller list. And religious e-book sales were up 4.5% in June to $4.6 million, basically flat compared to triple-digit growth numbers in the earlier part of the year.
In 2012, the AAP expanded the number of publishers queried to nearly 1,200 versus about 90 in 2011. The report now also includes additional categories, like children/young adult. The 2011 numbers have been backwards-engineered to include the expanded data set.
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On October 10, 2006, the Asia Society and Pfizer, Inc. co-sponsored a panel discussion at the Asia Society headquarters in New York City: "How Should Asia Prepare for the Next Great Pandemic." The speakers at the discussion include members of the private and public sector, offering their expert opinion with regard to preparedness in the event of a pandemic. The topic is particularly relevant with the prevalence of the deadly H5N1 subtype of Avian Influenza, spanning the regions of Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Although the discussion focuses on Asia's role in the next pandemic, the panel recognizes the global implications of a regionalized public health threat.
Panelists included Donald G. Ainslie, a Principal at Deloitte & Touche, Andrew Erickson, a research fellow at the Naval War College and Dr. David Nabarro, Senior UN System Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza at the United Nations Headquarters. The discussion was moderated by Elisabeth Rosenthal, reporter for the International Herald Tribune.
This diverse group of representatives provides a complex understanding of pandemic preparedness. The private sector is a significant stakeholder in pandemic preparedness from an economic, social, and public health standpoint. Human resources management plays an integral role in the response and containment of a public health threat: Corporations are international, and their primary objective is to ensure the safety and well-being of their employees world-wide in order to protect the productivity of business. From the perspective of the private sector participant, the complexity of business continuity in the event of a pandemic is integral. Also, business continuity has global implications because in a pandemic outbreak corporate policies and procedures to deal with employees stationed abroad can affect the spread of an infectious disease.
The government sector is another stakeholder: In a recent Council on Foreign Relations meeting titled "The Global Health Challenge," global health expert Laurie Garrett commends the work of the United States Navy for their response to the 2004 tsunami. Garrett states that the U.S. Navy was the most successful emergency responder, providing the ground with physicians, doctors, and logistics/supply personal. The U.S. Pacific Command supervises more than 300,000 troops in the pacific region, and if properly trained, these forces can play an effective role in both the preparedness and response to a pandemic.
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Richard Holbrooke: Good afternoon and welcome to Asia Society. My name is Richard Holbrooke, and I am chairman of the board of Asia Society. I am just delighted to see so many people here, and particularly those of you that don't often come to Asia Society because our health programs area very important and a new emerging part of what we do—started under our former president Nick Platt, who is here today and continued with our current president Vishakha Desai. For those of you who haven't been here before, the Asia Society is now 50 years old. We are celebrating our 50th anniversary. Because it is a complicated, hybrid organization people aren't always sure what we do because our museum is so world famous that sometimes people are not aware of our other programs: policy, business, and education. In fact we have two fantastic shows on the second and third floors right now that I hope you will see. Both received very glowing reviews from the art critics in the New York Times and so on: one modern Asian American art and the other an extraordinary show of never before seen treasures from an ancient Chinese civilization, which is little know in the west. But we also do education and policy programs. The policy programs range from Asian Leaders to American Political Leaders. We have a series of all the national political figures: Governor Vilsack and Senator Edwards will both be year within the next month. Senator Brown Back and Governor Warner have been here and almost all the other national figures you've heard mentioned for higher office have accepted to speak sometime next year. We have emergency programs on major issues. When the tsunami hit and the Pakistani earthquake hit, we assembled in this room to discuss it. We had live interactive TV with tsunami victims, school children, and Sri Lanka talking to New York City school children. We've had major policy discussions and we invite you to participate. One of the things that we initiated a few years ago was a health program focused on HIV/AIDS with a grant from the Gates Foundation. Betsy Williams who is standing at the door there came over from Columbia School of Public Health to run it. She has now been running it for several years with great success. Building on that success, we have decided to expand it into health in general. Obviously AIDS is a forerunner of modern kinds of diseases, which are unprecedented and create enormous dangers for everyone. That is what we are here to discuss today. How should Asia prepare for the next great pandemic? We will talk about Avian Flu, but also malaria fever and tuberculosis, and I will let other people talk about this in detail. I also wear another hat as President and CEO of the Global Business Coalition against HIV/AIDS. That is an organization of over 220 corporate members all over the world who have committed that their companies will fight AIDS—some by very active involvement through their work and others through public activacy. Several companies in this room today are members. The one I want to single out is Pfizer because Pfizer links both the global business coalition and Asia Society. Barbara Duboino—who is here today, will be on the panel, and used to be commissioner for public health for the state of New York—will address more in a moment about Pfizer. Barbara, I want to thank you and through you Jeff Kindler and the whole Pfizer Corporation for your support and leadership in this area. So, without any further ado, I want to ask the panel to come up here. As they come up, I will then turn it over to the moderator. The moderator is Elisabeth Rosenthal, who is well known to all of you who are Asia Society extended family because she won the first Osborne Elliot prize for outstanding journalism in Asia when she was Beijing Bureau Chief of the New York Times. We are very proud of Elisabeth, and she now works at New York Times International Herald Tribune. I didn't know there was much difference, but it turns out that something about the expense accounts. Elisabeth, if you want to come up and then bring the other three members of the panel up here and introduce them, that would be great.
Barbara A. DeBuono, MD, MPH (Pfizer): I am just going to say a couple of words from Pfizer, and Libby has graciously agreed to just wait a couple of seconds while I say hello from Pfizer. Libby is going to give me that good will because we knew each other years ago when I was working in New York as the commissioner, and she reporter on the health beat for the New York Times. I remember when she was up here in 1996 or 1997. It is great to see you. We are delighted to sponsor this event. I have been privileged to be at Pfizer for 6 years running public health and policy. My colleagues who work every day in and with the Asia markets, asked me to come here today and say a few words. It is really their leadership that has lead to the sponsorship of this event because they are so committed to a successful enterprise in the region. I have to tell you that we—as a company, as a multi-national global company—are incredibly committed to addressing this issue of pandemic planning. It has really been an experience for me personally as well as my colleagues in not only learning what all the complex issues are that we need to address, but we have actually learned about resources and assets within the company that we never knew were there. So I have gotten to meet people in IT, people in business continuity, and people in Human Resources, all of whom are going to need to be mobilized. We are planning to mobilize when this happens. I say when this happens because despite the words of my sixteen year old over the weekend when he saw that I was coming here and said, 'Mom, enough already with this pandemic thing. Is it happening or not?' I think you will here more from our panelists about whether or not we can actually anticipate a month or year, two years or six months. This kind of thing goes in waves and cycles in terms of the attention that the U.S. media plays to this. Right now it is a little bit quiet, but it will cycle back up again, probably as soon as the domestic flu season starts to take hold. I just want to say a word about why this is so important to Pfizer. It is really the health of our colleagues throughout the world that is so important to us. The health and the well-being of our colleagues is certainly what we care most about. We would not be company, we would not be developing and discovering new products, new therapies, without the people that work in our organization. It is because of their health and their safety and their well-being that we feel it is important to have a pandemic planning team, a business continuity team, a global security team, IT, and human resources and public health all working together to address this potential medical crisis along with so many other catastrophes. It might not necessarily be infectious disease crises, but maybe chemical, maybe terrorist, maybe environmental. So with that I just want to thank the Asia Society for hosting this. I think this is terrific. It is going to be a terrific panel. Again, Pfizer is delighted to be here and has the privilege to sponsor this.


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By dan romano
Nov 11, 2004
|I'm glad for those who spent so much time to get the access, along with work on the routes. Every route I have been on presented some challenge...regardless of the grade.
By pancho
Dec 3, 2004
|So, are the two routes listed as projects in the guide still unclimbed? Anyone been working on these routes?
By Stewart M. Green
Dec 4, 2004
|The 5.13 is an open project. The other is closed. I don't know if it has been climbed yet or not....
By Anonymous Coward
Dec 6, 2004
|I'm not too good with lingo... does "closed project" mean because someone is working on it and they want the first ascent? Seems odd to publish it then...
By Stewart M. Green
Dec 8, 2004
|A closed project is one that someone has put in the work to clean and then spent their hard-earned cash to bolt. They have the right to close it to all other climbers until they have snared the coveted first ascent or they can open it up to anyone who wants to do it. It's published in the book because anyone who sees the route will wonder "What route is that?", then consult their book and see that it is a project and hasn't been climbed yet. It's all about information...
By Stewart M. Green
Dec 14, 2004
About 90% of the routes at RRCOS are classics. Just lots of really good climbing. I've done almost 80 of the canyon's routes thus far and the following are some of my favorites....
Most of the routes on The Whale are excellent. Recommends include Pockets a'Plenty, Mister MIA, Aphrodite, Whale Rider, Esse Curve, The Good Stuff, Bound in Blood, Aborigine, and Dreamtime. The Quarry Wall has the excellent Old'n and Monosmear. On Solar Slab, check out Helios, Icarus, and Tava. Good routes on Wailing Wall are El Supremo Grande, Red Hot, Meet Me in Montana, and Like Bookends. On The Wiggins Wall, Mo' Verde is a classic 130-foot 5.7 route. The Coyote Wall offers several great lines--Zoidian Flakes, Pete's Classic Corner, Coyote Corner, Chaco, and Coyote Verde are all outstanding. The Ripple Wall's best route is Current Event. Other good Ripple lines are: Wake to Wake, Storm Surge, South Pipe Route, Jumpin' the Gun, and Snubnose. On Sayers Wall, you can do Pikes Peak in a half hour--very fun with a great view across the canyon.
Pick up a guide at Mountain Chalet or the Garden of the Gods Visitor Center, hike in, and crank. If you're motivated, you can climb a lot of routes and get some serious mileage in. A couple weeks ago we climbed 12 routes on The Whale in an hour and a half.
By pancho
Dec 20, 2004
Wow, I agree completely with Stewart's comments, most of the routes here are top notch. Yesterday was my first day of climbing there, and I was quite impressed. Did everything on Solar Slab in about two hours, and had a blast doing it. It lived up to its name too, the rock was warmer than the air I think. Anyway, some of the routes need some travel before they clean up, but that's to be expected.
I spent a few days exploring the bouldering opportunities in the park, and I'm impressed. One of the best balance problems I've been on is the the traverse of the Ripple Wall. Start on the sidepull jugs between Baja Ha Ha and The Ripple Effect, and traverse left for a hundred feet or so all the way to the end of the wall. Similiar to the Wall of Winter Warmth, but longer and considerably harder. Plus this will be in the shade of beautiful aspen trees in the summer!
Stewart, are there any plans for a second edition of the guide, as routes change and the park gets more travel?
By Stewart M. Green
Dec 21, 2004
Yeah, a second edition will be published as stuff changes and the bouldering areas get discovered. Today I am actually doing the 4th printing of the guidebook. Each time I have revised ratings and included additional comments or beta on some routes. This new printing has a bunch of new ratings.
I've had a few folks tell me that some of the routes are under-graded and having gone back to those routes, I agree thus the new edition will reflect those changes. Some of the changes are on The Ripple Wall with some of those 5.9s going up to .10a. Also, The Youth on The Wiggins Wall is now rated 5.10b. When I did the second ascent back in August, it didn't feel so bad, but I had top-roped it twice before. Last week Brian Shelton and I climbed it and agreed it was stiffer than 9+.
I'm glad someone is beginning to explore some of the bouldering possibities at RRCOS. It is my understanding that we can boulder anywhere in the park, unlike the technical climbing which is confined to the designated areas. We did some bouldering on the big hogback to the east of the canyon as well as on the ridges above the old dump. Explore away and if anyone finds some good stuff, let me know and I will put it in the next edition....
By Dave Fleury
Jan 18, 2005
Am I understanding you correctly that the guidebook I got the weekend the park opened has been updated?
Have you dropped some off at the gym? I was wondering also who we might report updated route info to? Knocked some holds off last week on one of the 5.6s on the Whale.
By Anonymous Coward
Feb 15, 2005
|For those of you in Denver who may want to head South for a visit, the guidebook is available at Wilderness Exchange Unlimited. After a glance, I bought the book, and after reading most of the route descriptions, I can't wait for a warm afternoon to head down and give it a go!
By Umph!
Feb 17, 2005
|Thanks for the routes Mr. Green! And, thanks for not bolting the cracks - ex: Ripple Wall, Re-thinking the Ethics, (10a). I've been twice and enjoyed both days - fun, thought-out routes. For your future editions, take another look at Solar Slab's "Up Until Sunrise" (11b/c). The crux micro-edges disintegrate after one use (you have to use your fingernail to re-edge it). . . maybe (11d) or (12). . . fun climb though! Anyway, I've climbed 15 or so routes here, and all the others seemed solid at grade. Thanks again!
By Leo Paik
From: Westminster, Colorado
Mar 20, 2005
|Finally got down to check it out after a bit of ice but only tried Ripple Wall. Hmmm...the sandstone seems very soft, reminiscent of the face climbs on Windgate in Colo Natl Mon or the Navajo of Potash Rd. High H20 is very sandy, slopey, & stiff & NOT a must do. Storm Surge is better, but still we broke off a big face hold on lead. Heavy traffic may make routes harder. Think desert face without calcium to strengthen the holds. Apparently, chalk is not allowed. Access is off US Hwy 24 (S of GOG) on the turn S just W of 31st St (not 30th as per the guide).
By Eric Dalmata
Apr 19, 2005
|My wife and I had a great day here on 4/17/05. Thanks for all of your hard work making this place happen. We wanted to give a big heads up though for one route. It's listed as #12 on The Whale in the guidebook and says 4 bolts to 2-bolt anchor. This climb does not have its own anchors!! The closest anchors my wife could climb to were the ones on #13 "Just Happens"...which were 35+ feet away!! The name of this climb is "Virgin Bolters". Is this some kind of joke? We are worried someone is going to get hurt here. I hope someone can fix this.
By Aaron Z.
May 15, 2005
|The best climb so far here is Green2 on Solar Slab and that's it. A lot of these climbs here are over rated and are by no means classics as labeled in the guide. I climbed the Ripple Effect 11c/d and it was actually more 11a/b. Try comparing that climb to Anaconda in the Garden of the Gods!! The only wall I have not climbed on yet is the Wailing where Van Horn's routes are. We shall see. I'm not trying to bust on anyone. It's nice to have all the climbing, but there is no way that was labeled in the guide, "the best and largest in the Pikes Peak region..and these routes are better than most of the climbs in the Garden"....no way, man...that's my opinion.
By Stewart M. Green
May 19, 2005
|Red Rock Canyon, like any new sandstone climbing area, is an evolving place. Grades change as the rock changes. Since the first edition of the guide came out in early November, many of the route grades have changed. Like "Ripple Effect," which Ric Geiman initially graded at 11d/12a. As the route cleaned up with traffic, the grade has plummeted. The latest guide, printed today, lists the grade as 5.11a/b. Some routes have gotten harder, some easier.
By Aaron Z.
May 20, 2005
|What I was refering to is the comment in the guide about how 90% of the climbs here are classics and that there is more of them at Red Rock than the at Garden. I would say that only 10% of the climbing is classic climbing here. The best of which are at the Wailing Wall. There are some awesome climbs here. I just believe a false impression was given in the guide about the quality of the routes here.
By Stewart M. Green
May 21, 2005
|Well, you are certainly entitled to your opinion. Over the last 35 years, I've climbed almost every route in the Garden and I think, based on my experience climbing at hundreds of areas around the world, that perhaps 15 of the Garden routes are worth climbing. A few, like Anaconda, are certainly classic, but most suffer from deteriorating fixed protection which detracts from their quality as well as a lot of bad sandstone. Red Rock Canyon, on the other hand, offers lots more great climbing than the Garden, and it is well protected with modern gear. This opinion seems to be shared by most of the climbers I have talked with since the beginning of last November when the park opened. Many climbers have told me that they like Red Rock Canyon's cleaner rock, better protection, and the wide variety of routes that can be climbed quickly and safely. I talked with one climber last Wednesday who told me he had cranked 25 pitches a couple weekends before. Now go out to the Garden and try to climb 25 pitches in an afternoon.... My advice is: if you don't like climbing at Red Rock, which some people don't, then head over to the Garden and hang out with the tourists!
By Aaron Z.
Jun 26, 2005
|Ok [Stewart] let's take a step back. I have also climbed almost every route at the [Garden] as well. I have also climbed many places other than [Colorado]. Big deal. I do agree about the pro getting old there. So, what needs to be done is some retrobolting there which had started but has seemed to slow down. My point for the whole thing is that there really seems to be no comparison to [Red Rock] and the [Garden]. Name one 5.7 at [Red Rock] that even compares to let's say New Era? And the only reason it seems that you can do 25 climbs in a afternoon at [Red Rock] is because the climbs are so close together, over-bolted, easy slab. The reason you [can't] do 25 climbs at the [Garden] in a afternoon is because you would be so pumped out after the first 10 you want to go to the bar and drink beer. I [believe] that you are being biased and misleading about your description of [Red Rock] because it's your baby. If you are a [beginner], then [Red Rock] is great, but if you want real adventure I recommend going to the [Garden]!!
By bill forrester
Jul 5, 2005
|I was just there for a [couple] days with 4 friends from PA. We had a great time. The climbing is different than anything I have been on in the East. There seems to be a lot of crumbling rock and broken holds. We climbed things from 5s to 9s, although the 5.5 I led is now considered a 5.7. We wondered what it will be like in 10 years. Nice place.
By Anonymous Coward
Sep 9, 2005
Paid a visit to RRCOS recently and found it to be as advertised: a lot of fun, safe climbing on rock that is typical of the Garden of the Gods. Thanks for all the hard work of the route developers; that's a lot of hiking in and out with a heavy drill and all the other necessary toys/tools.
Question for Stewart or another route developer: what are the typical diameter and length of the bolts you used?
By Guy H.
From: Fort Collins CO
Oct 14, 2005
A...couple comments on getting to the cliff. I thought I would be able to climb a few quick routes on the way back from a long road trip. Not the case....
The parking lot is the first turn after 31st and not 30th, 30th street does not intersect US 24. There are also 2 old roads that leave the parking lot. Pick the wrong one and you will wander around for 30-45min before you realize you are in the wrong spot. There is a map by the correct one which is to the east.
I also saw a sign saying that you need to register to climb at the vistor's center. Is this true, if so where is it located? [Eds. at the Garden of the Gods VC]
By Bazuka
Nov 23, 2005
|There was a question I read about the climbing permit for Red Rocks Canyon. You are supposed to pick up the permit at the Garden of the Gods visitor center. It is free and you can get one at the information desk on the second floor. The same "permit" is used for Garden of the Gods, Red Rock Canyon, and actually for North Cheyenne Canyon as well. The visitor center is right across from the main Garden entrance or is at 1805 N. 30th Street (at Gateway Road) Colorado Springs, CO 80904, if you are from out of town and want to mapquest it. The permit allows the city parks folks to keep track of the multi-use portion of the parks.
By Jon Cannon
Dec 13, 2005
So, um, can we put up route descriptions on CB.com? Yes, obviously, I *CAN*, but I'm wondering if the developers would prefer that everyone go out and buy the guidebook (which is in -- what? its fifth iteration?). I really, really enjoyed the Solar Slab area, and had some fun shots of Tava I wanted to put up.
Cheers to the folks who developed this fun resource.
By Joshua Balke
From: Colorado Springs
May 11, 2006
|I noticed the other day while climbing a couple of bolts above the upper shelf above the south end of the top rope wall across from the cave. The route/routes are not in the guidebook. Are they projects, off limits, etc. Also, that same area seems to hold the potential for a little trad, is it acceptable with the park's restrictions to climb this area?
By Stewart M. Green
May 13, 2006
|That area of Red Rock Canyon is off-limits to climbing. The cliff, while big and impressive, is very loose and soft and would require lots of trundling to clean any lines. After we rappelled it a few times and looked at it and top-roped a couple possibilities, the park manager asked us not to climb on that area because of impact. There shouldn't be any bolts up there except on the route All Mixed Up, which requires gear also. We will have to take a look at the wall and remove any unnecessary bolts.
By Joshua Balke
From: Colorado Springs
May 14, 2006
|Thanks for the reply, Stewart. I'll stay off as fun as it looks it may be. I had a hard time locating exactly where All Mixed Up is based on the description, but if its in that area above the south end of the top rope wall, those are probably the bolts I saw. If not, then there's some that will need to go. By the way, I tried to send you an e-mail offering help with whatever goes on out there, considering how much I've been using the area. I thought I should do my part, so if there's something coming up pm me, and I'll try to give a hand.
By Joshua Balke
From: Colorado Springs
Sep 14, 2006
|I climbed Snubnose on Ripple Wall the other day. The guide has it as 5.8, but going directly up to the left of the second bolt felt much closer to a 10. Is the intended route to the right of the bolt or perhaps wearing of the route has bumped up the grade?
By Stewart M. Green
Sep 16, 2006
|Thanks, Brett. I agree with your Snubnose assessment. It has gotten harder. I was thinking of 9+, so 10a is close enough. The holds have smoothed out a bit. Most of the Ripple Wall routes have gotten harder. Like The Pipe Route...I would call it 5.8 now. Likewise, Jumping the Gun maybe a grade harder. Sandstone...you gotta love it...always changing. Just wait til the next rainstorm! Oh, congratulations, Brett, on being the first to climb ALL the routes (except that sick project). Great job.
By Alex Burton
From: Colorado Springs, CO
Sep 22, 2006
|Red Rock Red Point has been rescheduled to October 1st, due to weather. All other details are the same.
By Joshua Balke
From: Colorado Springs
Sep 27, 2006
|Anyone going up to climb High H2O bring a wrench. The left anchor bolt is desperately loose.
By Nathan Hoobler
Mar 4, 2007
|I wish I'd checked here before climbing today. As Joshua mentions, the one anchor bolt on High H2O is quite loose. The other felt bomber. We climbed Electric Swimming Pool before that and the right anchor was very loose also.
By Joshua Balke
From: Colorado Springs
May 25, 2007
|Stewart, considering I have absolutely zero experience placing bolts, what size wrench would I need and what torque should I use to tighten the bolts on High H2O and Electric Swimming Pool?
By mark felber
From: Wheat Ridge, CO
Nov 8, 2007
|Soft rock and soft ratings, but you can still have a good time here. This would be a good place to take a beginner, a good place for someone's first lead, and a great place to take a small child climbing. Good place to focus on your footwork, too.
By Nathan Hoobler
May 13, 2008
|A few weeks ago we were exploring The Chief and noticed that the bolt hangers seemed to be pulled on both routes (Off to Kiwi Land and Certain Kind of Fool). Just curious why these were pulled? Certain Kind of Fool looked like a nice long route!
By Ang
From: Littleton, CO
Jul 5, 2008
|First trip to this area today. It is really nicely developed . . . great job to all of you who put the time and effort in.
By Stewart M. Green
Jul 15, 2008
Over the next month or so, we--the members of the Red Rock Canyon Climbing Committee--will be replacing many of the ring anchors at Red Rock Canyon, especially on popular routes, with regular hangers. There is a growing problem at the park with climbers who insist on top-roping with their rope directly through the rings rather than with their own quickdraws, slings, and locking carabiners. Besides being unsafe since the anchors bolts are being loaded with a 100% load, it is wearing out the steel rings. Some even have grooves on them from repeated toprope ascents. To replace a set of these with stainless steel Fixe ring hangers will cost almost $25--that's the cost of the hardware plus shipping!
So, to avoid having the selfish folks who continue to top-rope through the rings, we will be replacing them with hangers, so after climbing you can get off the route the old-fashioned way--by threading the hangers and rappelling! Even today when I was out there I saw 3 ropes on the Sayer's Wall with the three ropes threaded directly through the rings for top-roping...and this was being done by this Gravity Play guiding outfit who employs a bunch of inexperienced kids. Not only complete laziness for properly cleaning the anchors but also...imagine taking paying clients on that set-up.
By Patrick Manitou
From: Atlanta, GAAAAA
Aug 26, 2008
Back to those projects, anybody know if that 5.13ish route listed as a project in the first guidebook has been sent? Maybe the answer is in the newer guidebooks, but I'm stuck in chicago for the time being.
Also, the other project, has it been opened up?
I'm a sucker for gossip.
By Mike Morin
From: North Conway, NH
Sep 16, 2008
|Come on folks, regular chalk isn't supposed to be used at RRCOS. While certainly most folks seem to be abiding by this ethic there is still white chalk residue on the slabs.
By jesse mascarenas
Nov 5, 2008
|The 13ish project has been redpointed and is hard 12ish. The name is Jason's Bicep.
By Tim C
From: Lakewood, CO
Feb 20, 2009
|All rating here are really soft.
By Bosier Parsons
From: Colorado Springs, CO
Apr 19, 2009
|We found a pair of shoes at the base of High H20 on Wednesday, April 15th. Let me know if they're yours and I'll find a way to get them back to you.
By Josiah ONeal
Jul 8, 2009
|Hey, just got out of the Army, probably staying here with my wife for a while. Getting back on my feet after a flareup and diagnosis of Crohn's disease (long story short: rapid weight loss, hospitals, sucks.) Anyway, got this place recomended to me by a buddy, and its definitely great, especially if you haven't climbed in years, haven't got the craziest rack, or just want a laid back afternoon. Appreciate all the hard work.
By Dan Petty
From: Wheat Ridge, CO
Nov 11, 2010
|Lat/long to large parking lot: 38.853574, -104.880311.
By Danielle Donelson
From: Colorado Springs, CO
Mar 14, 2011
|Hi, just wondering what the latest edition of Stewart's RRCOS guidebook is? When was that one published? Thanks!
By Leo Paik
From: Westminster, Colorado
Mar 31, 2011
|FWIW, the folks at the VC told us Section 16 was acquired by the city. They suggested there wasn't much climbing there.
By Stewart M. Green
Aug 13, 2011
Last Thursday, August 11, I worked with Brian Shelton, Cliff Powers, and Bill Springer for 6 hours doing anchor repair work on both protection bolts and lowering/rappel anchors on the Ripple Wall and Sayers Wall at Red Rock Canyon Open Space Park on the west side of Colorado Springs. We pulled almost every bolt off both walls to analyse the placements and check the condition of each bolt and hanger. All of the bolts were placed in the summer of 2004 by Ric Geiman, Brian Shelton, and myself so we know them pretty well....
Contrary to what some folks seem to think these days, almost every bolt and placement was in excellent condition. All most of them required was cleaning sand behind the bolt hanger with a brush, then putting the hanger back on and tightening the nut to about 25 pounds pressure. Some of the hangers were replaced with enviro-hangers or ones that are newly painted to match the sandstone color.
None of the top anchors, except those on High H2O, required replacement. All of them are in great condition and now are tightened down. On a few bolts, the outside edge of the hole had some wear and a slight enlargement due to wobble caused when climbers toprope directly through the bolt hanger (most of these hangers on Ripple Wall were large Metolius rap hangers). A bit of epoxy was appled to these few bolts to fill in the slight gap and to seal the hole from moisture.
The bolts on Sayers Wall were also in excellent condition. The only ones requiring replacement were the two top anchor bolts on Mad Scientist. These were replaced with beefy bolts glued in with industrial epoxy.
To maintain the strength and continued integrity of the anchor bolts atop each route, we decided to place 3/8" chain connected to a quick link, which is attached to a hanger on the bolt, on each route on Ripple Wall, Sayers Wall, and Westbay Wall. While we have avoided the use of anchor chain at RRCOS in the past because of its visibility and the grooves that chains leave in sandstone, we decided that it would be more important to continue to have safe anchors by using chain which will equalize the bolts when climbers toprope the routes by threading their rope through the chains.
Today I went back out with Brian and Bill for 3 hours and we put chains on the anchors on 3 routes on Sayers Wall and 3 routes on Ripple Wall. We will be putting chain on the anchors on most of the other Ripple Wall routes on our next work day as well as pulling the anchor bolts on High H2O and replacing them with glue-in bolts.
Thanks to Bill Springer for buying all the 3/8" chain and quicklinks to re-equip these routes. The work was done by the Red Rock Canyon Climber's Committee with permission from the Colorado Springs' Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department. Climbing at RRCOS is a managed process...all bolting and route repair must be done with city permission.
By Michele Beaty
From: Boulder, Colorado
Nov 2, 2012
|The lack of crowds and peaceful open space is very nice. Thank you to those who developed this area. If you are accustomed to granite, this place will provide a head game for you. It is some of the worst stone I have climbed on; much of it dusty and exfoliating...but for some reason I love it! That very nature of the stone turns one pitch sport climbing into a bit of an adventure. Something to be aware of, it seems that many of the easy routes have been worn down into harder grades, with key holds having turned into slippery slopers.
By John D
Nov 21, 2012
|Bit of a Public Service Announcement I came back to the second parking lot today with my partner to find that someone had tried to steal his catalytic converter off his truck. The thieves were unsuccessful only because he had taken preventative measures, though they did still royally jack up his truck. Definitely lock your doors, and it might not be a bad idea to park in the first lot where your car will be a bit more visible from the road.
By Locker
From: Yucca Valley, CA
Nov 28, 2012
Mine is the truck that John D is speaking of.
Had I not had a chain welded to the converter and frame of my truck, they would have been successful.
I suggest that anyone driving a Toyota Tacoma (they are #1 for having this issue) park in the front/first parking lot.
By Simms7859
Oct 13, 2013
|How does the group feel about people that are there climbing come across anchors that are loose? Is it permissible to tighten them when you come across them or just keep a mental note of loose hardware on the wall? BTW, I am an electrician by trade, and setting these style anchors is part of what I do for a living, hanging thousands of pounds of transformers off concrete walls and ceilings.
By Stewart M. Green
Mar 18, 2014
|Yes, there has been a lot of theft of hangers during the first couple weeks of March. At least a dozen routes have been affected, with both protection hangers and anchor hangers and chains stolen. It appears to be the work of a climber or climbers, since it would require climbing equipment to steal most of the hangers. It's very sad that it's come to this sort of vandalism. We would like to replace them but need funds to do so....
By Jes Meiris
May 22, 2015
Red Rock Canyon Open Space is currently CLOSED to all access due to flood damage. Please respect this mandatory closure until further notice. If you're interested in rock climbing, check out Cheyenne Canyon, Shelf Road, or any granite area - our fragile local sandstone is very susceptible to damage when wet.
Rapid degradation of climbs, injuries, and a fatality are linked to climbing on wet rock. A bone-dry surface can hide fragile, wet rock underneath jeopardizing our fragile resource.
Be a steward of our local precious resource and encourage others to do the same. Thank you!
By Stewart M. Green
May 22, 2015
ATTENTION!! The Colorado Springs Parks Department has CLOSED ALL CITY PARKS, including Garden of the Gods, Red Rock Canyon Open Space, and North Cheyenne Canon, to rock climbing for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.
This is due to record rainfall totals in western Colorado Springs which as caused severe trail and parking lot damage, saturated the sandstone cliffs, and is causing parts of cliffs to break off.
The parks will be re-evaluated on Monday to determine how the closure will last.
Please respect the closures and take care of our precious climbing areas!
By Stewart M. Green
Aug 1, 2015
|I meant to add this earlier but as of July Fourth weekend, Red Rock Canyon Open Space is open for climbing. Please be careful on the access trails to cliff, since there is considerable erosion, and it won't be until this fall that a trail day can be scheduled. Thanks to the City of Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services Department for all their work cleaning up parking areas and restoring hiking trails that were badly damaged in the May flooding.
By Adam Pawlikiewicz
From: Colorado Springs, CO
Jun 18, 2017
|Could I be added to the Red Rock Canyon Climber's Alliance? I saw that in the description it just asks for the email of a climber who wants to be added. Here's mine: firstname.lastname@example.com. Let me know if I need to send my info elsewhere.
By Levi Arnhold
From: Colorado Springs, CO
Sep 17, 2017
|After moving to COS and doing some climbing at RRCOS on short days after work, I set a goal to climb all the routes here this year. After moving through the pages of Stewart Green's manual, I noticed a few issues on Mountain Project's side and also some bolts being chopped. Mountain Project doesn't have all of the routes on Wailing Wall. There are holding spots for them but no details. As for chopped bolts: the anchors of Jason's Bicep on Westbay Wall are missing and the first bolt and the anchors of Foreign Squaw on Squaw Wall are missing. Storm Surge and Eddyline on Ripple Wall are missing, but I think that is due to obvious rockfall above their anchors. Is there a proper line of communication for route maintenance that I can talk to someone?


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|Trad, 1 pitch, 90'
|YDS: 5.9 French: 5c Ewbanks: 17 UIAA: VI ZA: 17 British: HVS 5a [details]
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By Anonymous Coward
Jul 26, 2004
|straight up is the 5.9 crux... left would be easier...
By kBobby Hanson
From: Spokane, WA
Jun 27, 2005
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|I agree. Straight up is 5.9. Going to the left makes the route a 5.8**.
By Nathan Fisher
Sep 5, 2005
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|Fun lead for a reacquaintance of the City. Good gear, and good climbing. A #2 Camalot protects the straight up version perfectly. Straight-up may seem harder than 5.9 due to the wideness of the crack, but all wide cracks seem harder than they are, unless that is your thing. To me the wide version was too short to even climb like a wide crack. One secure hand jam way high, and then swing your legs high and you are there. Exposed feeling, but all there.
By susan peplow
From: Joshua Tree
Aug 14, 2007
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|Great route! Lower section takes great sm-med nuts. Bring some larger cams 3-4" for the larger pods that are coming. 2.5" cam will protect direct slot finish which is a bit of a grunt for it's less than 2 feet. Chain Anchors.
By Brice W
Sep 8, 2008
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|This route looks steep but all the great stems make it easier than it looks. Great fun and good gear.
By Fat Paul
From: Central, NJ
Jun 12, 2009
|Route protects well with nuts. I concur that crux move out left is easier than the rated 5.9.
By Woodson
From: Park City, Ut.
Sep 20, 2009
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|This route gets my vote for best 5.9 trad route at the city. Cool stemming with a jam crux! Ditto previous comments, and this route protects really well.
By Drederek
Sep 25, 2009
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|More face than crack, still a great pitch.
By Ken Gibby
From: Saratoga Springs, UT
Jun 14, 2010
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|More face than crack but you get to use a whole host of moves which makes it very fun. The taller you are the easier the crux. Left is certaily easier.
By wasatch-mtn-man
Jun 13, 2011
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
|Protects very well. I actually used a #4 up top in the larger portion of the crack. Maybe I'm just weak but that direct slot was a bit of a grunt. Glad I had some nice pieces in before the crux. 50/50 nuts/cams. Great route!
By steve lindsay
Mar 25, 2012
|Great spots for larger sized nuts right off the deck. Super fun route.
By Aerili
From: Los Alamos, NM
Oct 12, 2012
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
As seems to be the case with certain City routes, PI appeared to be dubious in stand-out quality when viewed from the ground. But my partner assured me it was awesome. And it was! The wide crux protects well with nothing larger than a #2, as others have stated.
I might have placed a #3 somewhere on this route (can't remember), but you really shouldn't need a 4.
By greg t
From: Chevy, Silverado
Jun 27, 2013
|I'm gonna go against the grain here and say "meh." It looks like a lot more fun than it is. Overall mediocre at best, especially compared to its neighbors Rollercoaster and Colossus, which are way better.
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Sep 29, 2013
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|HIV Positive Facility Level Care Clinical Reminder
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|June 2003
|Group 1
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The VA is the largest single provider of HIV care in the United States. The late 1990's have seen a revolution in the quality standards for this disease with the onset of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) and other developments.
Our purpose in this project is to develop a method for assessing quality in two important areas of HIV care - antiretroviral medications and opportunistic infection screening and prophylaxis - and explore the determinants of high quality care in order to suggest quality improvement strategies.
The analysis has four parts. First, it will describe the level of adherence to the indicators in VA HIV patients nationwide and compare VA HIV patients to national benchmarks. Second, it will analyze facility and patient level predictors of adherence to indicators of quality of care and compare them with the predictors in the non VA population using staged logistic regressions. Third, it will seek to validate certain indicators (e.g. HAART therapy) against clinical outcomes like hospitalization and immune status. We will also model the clinical "price" that the VA pays in suboptimal clinical outcomes as a result of current performance levels. Fourth, we will compare the performance of the facilities after one year of an intensive targeted indicator-specific feedback group versus those receiving aggregate data only.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00012701
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|San Diego, California, United States, 92161
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|West Los Angeles, California, United States, 90073
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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On Monday, Bloomberg reported that global stock correlations have fallen over the past six months. Correlation is a measure of how investments move relative to one another.
Since 2008, all sorts of stocks have moved in lockstep, with companies of all stripes being alternately rewarded or punished with rising or falling stock prices -- completely apart from the inherent value of the stock. But that trend may be on the way out.
From the story "Global stock correlations plunge as Morgan Stanley buys":
A measure of how much the 2,073 companies in the FTSE All-World Developed Index (FTAD01) swing in unison has dropped 31 percent since June, the biggest retreat since at least 1993, according to data compiled by Societe Generale SA and Bloomberg. The indicator ended last month at the lowest level since 2007.
The latest reading of Societe Generale's indicator shows that fears of global risk could be abating, but looser ties among asset classes may not hang around for long, according to Bloomberg.
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In the market downturn that began in 2008, nearly every asset class got smashed. Unless you were heavily invested in cash and very safe Treasuries, it's unlikely your portfolio emerged unscathed.
In the ensuing years of linked returns among asset classes, the obvious conclusion might have been: What's the point of diversification? Highly diversified portfolios were likely less dented in the 2008-2009 market crash than an all-stock portfolio, and they were more likely to experience higher growth in the aftermath than an all-cash portfolio, according to Fidelity Investment's Viewpoints article from last October, "The pros' guide to diversification."
From the story:
While it may have felt like diversification failed during the downturn, it didn't. The major asset classes are not perfectly correlated, only more highly correlated. There's a difference -- it means that diversification still helped contain portfolio losses, only the benefit was lower than before the market decline.
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"When asset classes are tightly correlated, that is indicative of a market top. That's when the market becomes dangerous," says Jeff Sica, president and chief investment officer of Sica Wealth Management in Morristown, N.J.
When everything goes up at the same time, more than likely it will all go down at the same time as well.
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After their recently revealed Terminator 2: Judgment Day T-800, Hot Toys passes along a sneak peek look at their next T2 1:6 scale action figure: Sarah Connor. No details yet, just that she will come dressed in her military gear. Enjoy the preview pic above!