Josh Gale on first pitch of DarkShadows. Route continues up,up,up and follows crack system in center of photo just above and left of climber. A summertime MUST DO in Red Rocks Nv.

Ninfa putting the new Acopa's to the test on Dark Shadows (super sticky by the way

Dark Shadows ...first three pitches are great ***

Moe, I mean Pete, I mean alex cruising the first couple pitches of Dark Shadows sporting a top of the line bike helmet.

Dark Shadows, 5.7-5.8......classic climb, can get crowded here but we lucked out....

We are on Dark Shadows.....Mescalito is awesome and has lots of quality routes, plus the rock is super beautiful and colorful...

An amazing pitch and a really good lead from Caroline, except that she almost got her leg stuck in the crack lOL !

My favorite pitch of the climb. Fun climbing... good pro... all perfect...

A climber is almost at the top of the second pitch. Look for a white helmut...

Overview of lower section of Dark Shadow. For use in Trip Report.

Photo by olejeff, taken of John (non-RC.com guy) climbing to the belay. Photo for TR use only.

Dave cleaning the 3rd pitch of dark shadows...killer climb on unusuall but good rock.

A view from the top of Dark Shadows.......................................................................

2nd pitch of Dark Shadows..........................................................................................................................................................

This is one of my all-time favorite climbs that escapes the sun on hot days.

Looking down from the 3rd pitch of Dark Shadows, great climb.

three climbers on the pitch... Ritwik at the top of it, Brian is the second following, and Andy is the third leading.

Geo havin fun leading on Dark Shadows. Notice the hairless, sculpted leg muscles. Oh baby.

Can you believe that it's only 5.8? A climber works his way up the fourth pitch of Dark Shadows.

A climber prepares to step across the waterfall at the start of Dark Shadows. A slab, unlike the other pitches, you can't even see the first bolt in this picture.

Late in the afternoon, a climber passes the crux of pitch 3 of Dark Shadows.

Mike and I trailing back to the car after awesome attack of Dark Shadows.

Belaying my brother on the fourth pitch, March 2007. I took an artistic twist to highlight a photo of the oft-neglected other end of the rope.

Rob on the second pitch of Dark Shadows. We combined the 1st and 2nd pitch together but the rope gets heavy. 6/28/08

Connecting the first 2 pitches of Dark Shadows, Red Rocks Nevada