| Name |
Rating |
Location |
Comments |
Tick Date |
Regular Route (Higher Cathedral Spire) | 5.9 (4 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Higher Cathedral Spire | Followed Justin on all pitches. Very stout for 5.9! That or I need to work on my face climbing :-) | 4 days ago |
Arrowhead Arête | 5.8 (7 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Arrowhead Arete | Led the last half of the route, starting at the White Flake. Fun climb, although the knife-edge was too short. With Justin V. | 5 days ago |
Arrowhead Spire | 5.6 (2 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Arrowhead Arete | Led both pitches after we got down from Arrowhead Arete. | 5 days ago |
West Chimney | 5.6 (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Bullwinkle Tower | Led. Fast & fun climb! | Apr 30, 2013 |
Standard (West Fins) | 5.3 (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Elephant Butte | Nice 'canyoneering' scramble! | Apr 30, 2013 |
North Chimney | 5.8 (4 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Castleton Tower | Led P2. Peter led P1 & linked P3-4. Looser (scarier) than Kor-Ingalls. P1 is great! | Apr 29, 2013 |
Pigs in a Slot | 5.10 (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Supercrack Buttress | TRON. Fun climb! | Apr 28, 2013 |
Gorilla | 5.10 (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Supercrack Buttress | Led. Great climb! Pods are tricky, especially getting into the second one without stepping on the rope. | Apr 28, 2013 |
Elephant Man | 5.10- (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Donnelly Canyon | Led. Very straightforward & granite-like. | Apr 27, 2013 |
Chocolate Corner | 5.9+ (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Donnelly Canyon | Led as my first climb since end of January. Great climb! Almost made it to the end before I got tired. Thin for my hands. | Apr 27, 2013 |
Harding's Chimney | 5.7 (1 p) | CA : Tahoe Vicinity : ... : Sugarloaf, East Face | Led all pitches. #4 Big Bro was nice to have. | Feb 10, 2013 |
Whack and Dangle | 5.11a (1 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Five and Dime Cliff | Followed Nic Risser. Had to hang & french free a bit. Tough route! Interesting variety. | Feb 3, 2013 |
Entrance Exam | 5.9 (3 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Arch Rock | Led all pitches. Really fun! P1 & P3 cruxes were quite memorable. Did Extra Credit (5.10a) after topping out. | Feb 2, 2013 |
Gripper | 5.10b (3 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Arch Rock | Led P1. Nic linked P2-3 as darkness set it. Made it clean past the roof, then hung like crazy. Hard not to get tired! | Feb 2, 2013 |
Dirty Little Secret | 5.9 (1 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Arch Rock | Led. Dirty, but nice warmup & first half has fun wide. Once is enough though. | Jan 21, 2013 |
Supplication | 5.10c (1 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Arch Rock | Followed Nic. First pitch is awful. Second pitch is sublime. Way harder than the .10c on OZ. | Jan 21, 2013 |
Chicken Fever | 5.10b (1 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Pat and Jack Pinnacle | Followed Nic. Tougher than I remembered! We both left some blood :-) | Jan 20, 2013 |
Stonequest | 5.8+ R (4 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Parkline Slab | Followed Nic after we climbed some at Sherries. Rapped in the dark. Nice relaxing day! | Jan 20, 2013 |
Sherrie's Crack | 5.10c (1 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Pat and Jack Pinnacle | Led with falls at the usual spot. My excuse is SS linkup day before :-) Followed Nic up Chicken Fever for P2. | Jan 20, 2013 |
Serenity Crack | 5.10d PG13 (3 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Royal Arches | Led P1, which was a little wet. Followed Nic on P2 & P3. Need to get P3 clean (knee popped on crux). | Jan 19, 2013 |
Sons of Yesterday | 5.10a/b (6 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Royal Arches | Led P4,6,7. Bat in crack on P4! P6&7 were awesome! Type I fun on those. | Jan 19, 2013 |
Popular Mechanics | 5.9 (1 p) | CA : Joshua Tree National Park : ... : White Cliffs of Dover - Lef... | Led while getting over a cold. Fun climb, even with a plague cough. TR lap too. | Dec 22, 2012 |
Wilted Flower Children | 5.8 (1 p) | CA : Joshua Tree National Park : ... : White Cliffs of Dover - Lef... | Led while getting over a cold. Fun climb, even with a plague cough. | Dec 22, 2012 |
Jack of Hearts | 5.9 (1 p) | CA : Joshua Tree National Park : ... : White Cliffs of Dover - Lef... | Led while getting over a cold. Fun climb, even with a plague cough. Hands in the start were real fun! | Dec 22, 2012 |
Training Pants | 5.8 (1 p) | CA : Sierra Foothills North : ... : Buck's Bar Dome | Led w/ Whitney | Dec 9, 2012 |
Awful Width | 5.8 (1 p) | CA : Sierra Foothills North : ... : Buck's Bar Dome | Led w/ Whitney | Dec 9, 2012 |
Mangler | 5.9 (1 p) | CA : Sierra Foothills North : ... : Buck's Bar Dome | Led w/ Whitney. Tricky pro in the start. | Dec 9, 2012 |
Live and Learn | 5.8 (1 p) | CA : Sierra Foothills North : ... : Buck's Bar Dome | Led w/ Whitney | Dec 9, 2012 |
Unconquerable | 5.8 (1 p) | CA : Sierra Foothills North : ... : Buck's Bar Dome | Led to roof, then switched to TR as crack was too wide for #6 Camalot. Bring #4 Big Bros next time. w/ Whitney | Dec 9, 2012 |
Test Piece | 5.8 (1 p) | CA : Sierra Foothills North : ... : Buck's Bar Dome | Led w/ Whitney | Dec 9, 2012 |
Adhesion | 5.10c (1 p) | CA : Sierra Foothills North : ... : Buck's Bar Dome | TRed at the end of the day. | Dec 9, 2012 |
Dan's Delight | 5.9 (1 p) | CA : Sierra Foothills North : ... : Buck's Bar Dome | Led w/ Whitney | Dec 9, 2012 |
West Face | 5.11 (2 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Dark Angel | Followed Dirk. Great tower! 5.9 crack is not as sandy or hard as I had feared. Bolts easy to french free. | Nov 18, 2012 |
Entry Fee | 5.8 R (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Lizard Rock | Followed Dirk. A bit interesting after some rain. Maybe runout? | Nov 18, 2012 |
Finger of Fate | 5.8 A2 (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : The Titan | Led first half of P1, then let Dirk finish. I'll come back after some more practice! Nice 'recon' though. | Nov 17, 2012 |
West Face | 5.11 (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : The Three Gossips | Followed P1 as a free climb. Must come back to finish! P1 OW was hardddd | Nov 16, 2012 |
In Search Of Suds | 5.10+ (6 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Washer Woman | Led P0, P1, P2. With Dirk. Sweet route in an amazing setting. Can't beat the arch rappel either. | Nov 15, 2012 |
Right Chimney | 5.10+ (2 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : The Three Penguins | Led P2 OW. Crux of it was extracting my leg as my calf kept getting stuck. Second pitch is much sandier than the first :-) | Nov 13, 2012 |
Chinese Eyes | 5.9+ (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : The Great Wall | Led & then busted out a TR lap. Nice way to start the day and not too sandy. | Nov 13, 2012 |
Northeast Chimney | 5.7 R (2 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Off Balanced Rock | Led P1. Dirk won Rock-Paper-Scissors for the P2 lead | Nov 12, 2012 |
Zippy Zebra | 5.10a (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Zippy Zebra Wall | Followed. Pretty sandy, especially the start, but very fun. Sustained and varied moves. | Nov 11, 2012 |
30 Seconds Over Potash | 5.8 (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Wall Street | Led as a warmup with Dirk. | Nov 11, 2012 |
Nervous in Suburbia | 5.10a (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Wall Street | TRed after Dirk led. | Nov 11, 2012 |
West Crack | 5.8+ (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Owl Rock | Led at the end of the day. Took me about 10 minutes or less. Very straightforward. Most solid rock in Arches! | Nov 11, 2012 |
The Happy Turk | 5.8 C1 (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Happy Turk Hoodoo | Led. Hardest bolt ladder I've done! Way harder than LeConte Boulder bolt ladder or Kor Roof on SFoWC. | Nov 10, 2012 |
East Buttress | 5.10b (9 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : El Capitan | Led P1,2,3,7,8,9,10,13 with donWolf. | Oct 27, 2012 |
Yosemite Point Buttress | 5.9 (14 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Yosemite Point | Led P2-7, P9-10. Lots of great wide! P12 is awesome. Final 2 pitches were not. | Oct 20, 2012 |
Dark Star | 5.10c (16 p) | CA : High Sierra : Temple Crag | Climbed with Tony Nguyen. Mostly followed. Stout ratings! Interesting rock too. | Sep 29, 2012 |
Southwest Ridge | 5.7 (5 p) | WY : Grand Teton National Park : Symmetry Spire | Followed Steph on all pitches. Great way to end our Teton trip! | Sep 7, 2012 |
East Face | 4th Easy Snow (1 p) | WY : Grand Teton National Park : Teewinot | Descended with our camp on day 8 of a backcountry climbing trip with Steph. Straightforward. Beautiful summit! | Sep 6, 2012 |
North Ridge | 5.8 (10 p) | WY : Grand Teton National Park : Grand Teton | Did on day 4 of our carryover with Steph. Led all pitches with pack. Lots of snow and ice on the route, so we took the Italian Cracks Variation, which had its own challenges. | Sep 4, 2012 |
Serendipity Arete | 5.7 C1 (10 p) | WY : Grand Teton National Park : Mt Owen | Led all pitches with Steph on day 2 of our carryover. Freed 5.9 OW var. Lots of wind on the route. Cold! | Sep 2, 2012 |
Lower Exum Ridge | 5.7 (6 p) | WY : Grand Teton National Park : Grand Teton | Led P1, P3, P4, P5, P6 with Steph Abegg. | Aug 31, 2012 |
Upper Exum Ridge | 5.5 (12 p) | WY : Grand Teton National Park : Grand Teton | Simul-climbed with Steph in the rain after doing the Lower Exum. Much easier second time around! | Aug 31, 2012 |
North Ridge | 5.5 (1 p) | WY : Grand Teton National Park : Middle Teton | Climbed with Steph on approach day. We brought a rope, shoes & rack and never busted them out. | Aug 30, 2012 |
Irene's Arete | 5.8 (7 p) | WY : Grand Teton National Park : Disappointment Peak | Climbed with Thomas Bukowski. Led P1, P3, P5. We took the 5.9 lieback var & 5.9+ undercling finish. | Aug 27, 2012 |
Northeast Face | 5.8+ (12 p) | WY : Wind River Range : ... : Pingora | Led half of the pitches (mostly odd, & wide pitches). 5.5 hrs to climb the route. Stellar climb! | Aug 21, 2012 |
East Ridge | 5.6 (10 p) | WY : Wind River Range : ... : Wolfs Head | Linked with S Face of Pingora. E Ridge took us about 3.5 hrs. | Aug 20, 2012 |
South Buttress | 5.8 (4 p) | WY : Wind River Range : ... : Pingora | Climbed to K Cracks in 1 long pitch (solo approach, 70m + 5' simul). Did in 2 pitches. 1.5 hrs to climb. | Aug 20, 2012 |
Great White Book | 5.6 R (5 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Stately Pleasure Dome | Led all pitches. Wheee! | Aug 5, 2012 |
South Crack | 5.8 R (6 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Stately Pleasure Dome | Led P1-3. Did 5.9 start. | Aug 5, 2012 |
OZ | 5.10d (5 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Drug Dome | Led P3 corner. So sweet! 1 hang. Also FF the last of 3 bolts on each .10d section of P2. Now to go back and do it clean! | Aug 4, 2012 |
Sun Ribbon Arete | 5.10a (22 p) | CA : High Sierra : Temple Crag | Led all pitches with 3 days bivy gear for a traverse. Took left crux variation. Soo tired . . . | Jul 29, 2012 |
West Pillar | 5.9 (5 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Eichorn's Pinnacle | Led 5.10b Direct Var w/ 5.9 OW Direct Finish. Led P2 & P3. With Stefan Suter. | Jul 14, 2012 |
Mithril Dihedral | 5.9 (6 p) | CA : High Sierra : Mt. Russell | Car-to-car w/ Jared Wood. Led P3, 4 & 5, 6.5 to summit. Linked P3 & 4. Thin air made the pack heavier and the climbing harder! | Jun 30, 2012 |
Mendenhall Couloir | 4th (1 p) | CA : High Sierra : Laurel Mountain | Went too far left and did a traverse of the east ridge. At least the rock was nicer than the standard topout! | Jun 17, 2012 |
North Buttress | 5.9 (9 p) | CA : High Sierra : Mt. Goode | Led P1,4,6,7. Climbed with Nic Risser car-to-car. Loose rock not too bad. Traverse was scary! | Jun 16, 2012 |
Southeast Face | 5.8 (13 p) | CA : High Sierra : Clyde Minaret | Led even pitches, though I linked a couple. 5.9+ Direct Start is the way to go! | Jun 3, 2012 |
South Face | 5.8 (12 p) | CA : High Sierra : Charlotte Dome | Led most of the pitches w/ pack, including the Slot, 5.8 corner, runout slab & Furrows. Spectacular climb! | May 27, 2012 |
Northeast Buttress | 5.9+ PG13 (11 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Higher Cathedral Rock | Led P6-11. A good workout for sure! Glad to have 1 #4 & 1 #5 C4 Camalot. | May 19, 2012 |
Fishhook Arête | 5.9 (8 p) | CA : High Sierra : Mt. Russell | Led all 5.8 & 5.9 pitches. Led variation up detached higher block. Hardest pitch! | May 12, 2012 |
East Buttress | 5.7 (11 p) | CA : High Sierra : Mt. Whitney | Led half of the pitches, with pack. Led 5.6 + 5.8 P1&2 Vars. | May 11, 2012 |
South Face | 5.8 C1 (11 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Washington Column | Led P1,3,5,8,9. Chimney was easy. #4 Camalot too large to be useful. Topped out at midnight. | May 6, 2012 |
Kor-Ingalls Route | 5.9 (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Castleton Tower | Led all pitches. Took a while to realize I should mostly climb outside the OW at the crux! P2 almost seemed harder. | Apr 28, 2012 |
David | 5.11 (2 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Technicolor Wall | Led P1. Was quite the battle! Zig-zag got me doing some new & unusual OW technique. Need stronger upper body! | Apr 27, 2012 |
Goliath | 5.11 (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Technicolor Wall | TRed. Great thin hands, off-fingers, & thin fingers! Blew out some rock with my toe so some of the feet are easier now. | Apr 27, 2012 |
Whale's Back | 5.11- (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Technicolor Wall | TRed after Alf led. Fantastic climb! I have to lead this next time! | Apr 27, 2012 |
On the Up and Up | 5.10 (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Technicolor Wall | TRed after Alf. Really cool crack. Fun pod & roof to pull. | Apr 27, 2012 |
Incredible Hand Crack | 5.10c (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Supercrack Buttress | Led clean. Sore Psoa! Ouch! | Apr 26, 2012 |
Binge and Purge | 5.11b (1 p) | UT : Moab Area : ... : Supercrack Buttress | Followed. Couldn't work out the squeeze through, so went on the outside. | Apr 26, 2012 |
Tilted Mitten, Right Side | 5.8 (2 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Sentinel Creek Area | Nick Led the 5.9 P1 variation. I led P2. | Apr 22, 2012 |
Pharaoh's Beard, Regular Route | 5.8 (3 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Sentinel Creek Area | Led P1. Followed Nic's practice leads of P2 & P3. | Apr 22, 2012 |
Secret Storm | 5.10a (2 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Camp 4 Wall | Led. Really hot in the sun! Baaaarf. | Apr 21, 2012 |
South Face | 5.8 C1 (11 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Washington Column | Led P4. Party of 3. Bailed at start of P5. | Apr 15, 2012 |
Absolutely Free, Center | 5.9 (3 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Lower Brother | Led all pitches. Interesting cracks, OW & chimneys! | Apr 8, 2012 |
Lunatic Fringe | 5.10c (1 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Reed's Pinnacle Area | Led. Some falls & hangs. Climbing shoe blew out near the top. | Apr 7, 2012 |
Chicken Pie | 5.9 (2 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : New Diversions | Led. Lots of thin gear. | Mar 11, 2012 |
Nutcracker | 5.8 (5 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Manure Pile Buttress (aka R... | Led P1 & P2 for a quick end of day pitch. Rapped from there (1 rappel w/ 2 ropes). | Mar 11, 2012 |
Sherrie's Crack | 5.10c (1 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Pat and Jack Pinnacle | Led. Grabbed draws to clip at crux. Seemed a tad better than falling & hanging! Overall easier & less tired than last 2 times. | Mar 11, 2012 |
Knuckleheads | 5.10c (1 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Pat and Jack Pinnacle | Followed Sebastian by headlamp. Great way to end the day! | Mar 10, 2012 |
Gilligan's Chicken | 5.7 (2 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Pat and Jack Pinnacle | Led in one long pitch. | Mar 10, 2012 |
Chicken Fever | 5.10b (1 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Pat and Jack Pinnacle | TRed after climbing P2 of Sherrie's Crack. | Mar 10, 2012 |
Sherrie's Crack | 5.10c (1 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Pat and Jack Pinnacle | Led both pitches. 1 fall at the crux on P1 (doh!). 2nd 5.6 chimney pitch was fun. | Mar 10, 2012 |
Sherrie's Crack | 5.10c (1 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Pat and Jack Pinnacle | Led. 1 take to relieve tendon pain, then 1 fall right after. Doable without falling & bomber pro! | Mar 5, 2012 |
Generator Crack | 5.10c (1 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Generator Station | TRed to wind down the day. Sidewinder helps on the tunnel-through. | Mar 4, 2012 |
Highway Star | 5.10a (1 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Highway Star | TRed the 5.10b variation. Tricky, short crux on powerful finger jams. Watch the swing if you fall. | Mar 4, 2012 |
Highway Star | 5.10a (1 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Highway Star | Mock led the 5.10a variation. Pumpy to place pro! Intimidating 5.10a lead with the flake to land on below, | Mar 4, 2012 |
Knob Job | 5.10b (1 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Pat and Jack Pinnacle | Led. Well protected crux & nice rest just before it. | Mar 4, 2012 |
Aid Route | 5.11b (2 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Swan Slab | Led both pitches as 5.10a A0 var. French freed first pitch below the crack. I wish I had brought offsets! | Mar 3, 2012 |
Lena's Lieback | 5.9 (1 p) | CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Swan Slab | Led all 3 pitches to warm up. Cold fingers on the first half of P1. | Mar 3, 2012 |