Rick Thompson

70 Colorado climbs recorded as first ascents, across 12 crags, from 1997 to 2003.

5.6 to 5.12, mostly around 5.11.

Cactus Cliff 24

You Show Me Your Heavy Weapon, I'll Show You Mine5.7
Rick Thompson, Pat Phompson
The Book of Dude-Aronomy5.10c
Rick Thompson, 2000
Chunky Monkey5.10c
Pat Thompson, Rick Thompson, 2000
Impulsive Hands5.10d
Rick Thompson
Paleolithic Tool Traditions5.11d
Rick Thompson, 2000
Institutional Meat5.12b
Rick Thompson, John Musso
Divinity School5.12a
Bob D'Antonio, Rick Thompson, Don Silver, 1999
Six Pack O' Whoop-Ass5.11a
Rick Thompson, Bob D'Antonio
Funkdemental5.11a
Rick Thompson & John Welchhans, 2000
LaCholla Jackson5.8+
Rick Thompson & Bob D'Antonio, 1999
Just Thesenga It5.11a
Bob D'Antonio and Rick Thompson, 2003
Leisure Class5.11b/c
Rick Thompson and Bob D'Antonio, 1999
White Punks on Pockets5.9
Pat & Azenda Thompson, Jana & Rick Thompson, 2000
Black Slabbeth5.9
Pat Thompson, Rick Thompson, 2000
Chompin' at the Cholla5.9
Pat & Rick Thompson, John Welchhans, 2000
Cure For The Common Crimp5.12d
Rick Thompson, 2003
Cro-Magnum5.12a
Rick Thompson and Bob D'Antonio, 2000
Three-Quarter Ton5.10b/c
John Musso, Rick Thompson, 2001
Too Much Beef and Not Enough Meat5.9
Pat and Azenda Thompson, Rick Thompson, 2001
Affluenza5.11c
Rick Thompson, 2000
Are You Experiential?5.10d
Rick Thompson, Bob D'Antonio, 1999
Solar Eclipse5.9
Rick Thompson, Pat Thompson (2000)
Dereliction Affliction5.11b
Rick Thompson & Bob D'Antonio, 2000
Almost Gothic5.11d
Rick Thompson, Tim Ryan, 2000

The Monastery 9

Trois Pistoles5.10a
Pat Thompson, Chris Lesher & Rick Thompson, June 2003
Fin Du Monde5.9+
Rick Thompson, Chris Lesher, & Pat Thompson, June 2003
La Maudite5.9+
Rick Thompson & Pat Thompson, June 2003
Stone Smoked Porter5.11a
Rick Thompson & Dan Green, July 2003
Like the Good Ol' Daze5.11a
Rick Thompson & Carl Samples, 1997
Wes Bound5.10a
Rick Thompson, Ron Kampas and Lawrence Stuemke
Brasserie5.12a
Rick Thompson, 1998
Grand Cru5.11b/c
Rick Thompson, Aarik Eberhardt & Jana Elliott, 1997
Saint Sixtus Scoop5.10c
Rick Thompson and Bill Crick, 1997

Spiney Ridge 8

Stone of Ignorance5.9+
Rick Thompson, Jana Elliott, Bob D'Antonio, Ann Watson, 1999
De Gaulle Syndrome5.12b/c
Tod Anderson & Rick Thompson, 2003
Return of the Headhunters5.11b
Rick Thompson, Bob D'Antonio, 1999
Access All Areas5.10d
Rick Thompson, Bob D'Antonio
Toxxxic Entertainment5.10a
Bob D'Antonio & Rick Thompson, 2000
The New Philanthropists5.11b/c
Rick Thompson, Bob D'Antonio, 2000
Weapons Of Mass Arousal5.12b/c
Rick Thompson
Nalalator5.10c/d
Bob D'Antonio and Rick Thompson, 2000

The Vault 8

Fire It Up5.10a
Pat Thompson, Rick Thompson
Stinger5.10c
John Musso, Rick Thompson
Tryptophan5.10b/c
John Musso, Rick Thompson
Chip Off the Block5.9
Rick Thompson, John Musso, & Pat Thompson, 2002
Jewel of Denial5.12a
Rick Thompson, 2003
Tottering into Antiquity5.10c
Rick Thompson & Johnny Musso, 2002
Ewetopia5.12a
Rick Thompson & Tim Ryan, 2002
Flight Stimulator5.10c
Pat Thompson & Rick Thompson, 2002

Jurassic Park - Lily Lake 7

Slabbed Up-Side da Head5.11
Rick Thompson, Pat Thompson, & Sam Davidson, July 2001
Strategery5.7
Azenda & Pat Thompson, Rick Thompson, July 2001
Joint Venture5.9
Pat Thompson & Rick Thompson, July, 2001
Assmosis5.9
Rick Thompson, Sam Davidson & Pat Thompson, July 4, 2001
Critical Morass5.10c
Rick Thompson, Sam Davidson & Pat Thompson
Stout Blue Vein5.8+
Rick Thompson & Chris Lesher, July, 2001
Coloradoddity5.6
Pat Thompson & Rick Thompson, July, 2001

The Gallery 5

Dog Food Isn't Pretty5.10d
Rick Thompson and Pat Thompson, 1999
Block Party5.10a
Jeff Bates & Rick Thompson, 1998
Pretty Fastidium5.11d
Jeff Bates, Mike Shelton, & Rick Thompson, 1998
Magnum Gropus5.11b/c
Rick Thompson, Pat Thompson, Azenda Cater
A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing5.12a
Rick Thompson, Jan 1998

The Gym 3

The Raw and the Roasted5.11
Rick Thompson, Pat Thompson, John Musso
Cask Strength5.11b
Rick Thompson, John Musso
Ga-stoned Again5.9
Rick Thompson, Pat Thompson, Chris Lesher, 2002

The Dark Side 2

Fat Like Butta5.11d
Rick Thompson
Animatronic5.11b
Rick Thompson, Pat Thompson, and Janna Elliot, '98

Cash Wall 1

One Inch Short5.11a
Rick Thompson, Lauren Sigman, 2001

Mine Hole Crag 1

Little Stevie's Favorite Heifer5.10c/d
Pat Thompson, Azenda Thompson, Rick Thompson, Jana Thompson, Mark Rolofson, Spring 2001

Sand Gulch 1

Sprayburn5.12a
Rick Thompson, Kevin Vowels

The Ironclads 1

Double Hung5.9+
Rick Thompson & Pat Thompson, June 2001

About this page

Every line above is the first-ascent record as the open route catalogue carries it, shown in full so you can see exactly what we read this name from. We didn't research this history and we don't adjudicate it: first ascents are often shared and sometimes disputed, and a climb Rick Thompson was part of may be recorded here under someone else's name, or not recorded at all.

Something wrong? These records live in the open catalogue, and corrections made there reach this page on the next build.