Favorite Louie Anderson Routes

I owe all of my early outdoor climbing to Louie Anderson crag development in Southern California. Dare I say that I enjoy these chipped masterpieces? Curious to other recommendations. Below are some of my favorite Riverside Quarry routes. #smogclimbing

Automatic static, raging raptor, violator, Nostalgia (rip)

Long live Louie 

I climb a lot at Echo Cliffs and am eternally grateful for Louie's hard work out there. A few favorites are Buried Treasure, Chop Top, Calm (still goes without the drilled mono, the glue is crucial however), Immaculate, Annihilator, Carnivore, Geezer, Gravity. I met Honnold at the gym once and he told me he enjoys Louie's glue-ups too, so there!

Refiner's Fire

1/10

Steel Monkey in AF canyon is great, and I don't think it even has any drilled or glued holds!  Lots of fun routes at the Quarry though, Tangerine Dream being one of my favorites!

There's so many at the Quarry. Flesh and Blood, Violator, etc. already mentioned. What happened to Nostalgia? I haven't climbed there in at least 10 years.

(-10) x 0 = 0

All of his routes in tensleep are 10/10

Cryin Sheridan wrote: No finer creation on God's Green Earth than a Los Angeles-area-based Sporto, nawmean?!?!

10/10

There is nothing as hawt as drilled pockets in a chozzy granite quarry.

Long live Tangerine Dream!

Nawmean?!

He’s ruined a lot of good places. I won’t give him any of my money 

Daniel Melnyk wrote: He’s ruined a lot of good places. I won’t give him any of my money 

Amen. Drills are for bolts, not creating holds. 

Daniel Melnykwrote: He’s ruined a lot of good places. I won’t give him any of my money 

Louie hasn’t ruined shit.
he’s done more for the sport than you could ever hope to do in two lifetimes. And he still continues to do so. He’s a true OG. Unless you know him personally, which I highly doubt you do. I wouldn’t talk shit about the guy. Because everyone I’ve ever met, that knows Louie, my self included. Has nothing but nice things to say about him. Do some research, before you bash someone you really know nothing about other than internet rumors.
And as far as not giving him any of your money, lol he’s doing just fine without it.

Eddie Purcellwrote:

...before you bash someone you really know nothing about other than internet rumors.

The gauntlet has been thrown! Link all of your Internet rumors here:

I enjoyed Stigmata RIP

Eddie Purcellwrote:

Louie hasn’t ruined shit.
he’s done more for the sport than you could ever hope to do in two lifetimes. And he still continues to do so. He’s a true OG. Unless you know him personally, which I highly doubt you do. I wouldn’t talk shit about the guy. Because everyone I’ve ever met, that knows Louie, my self included. Has nothing but nice things to say about him. Do some research, before you bash someone you really know nothing about other than internet rumors.
And as far as not giving him any of your money, lol he’s doing just fine without it.

1.) Well considering Ten Sleep would have had absolutely zero controversy and drama if he hadn’t moved there I think many would beg to differ.

2.) We are not talking about him as a human/person. I have spoken and interacted with him extensively over the years. He is a very personable person who is hard to not like in person. However, as a route developer, which is what we are discussing here, he has brought more drama and controversy than he has solved as of late.

3.) Again, as a human, and even as a person in the hold industry, he is top notch. Very nice, personable, willing to help. I have even bought holds for him and stayed at his campground a few times; But as a developer he is brazen, stubborn, and narcissistic at times. I’m sure he many upon many great FA’s...but the fact of the matter is he more often associated with manufactured routes than any thing else these days and that speaks volumes. This alone should justify many people being skeptical about supporting him.

Funky town. Hands down. No questions asked. Best crag in Wyoming. It’s like every hold was made to fit my fingers perfectly....

Eddie Purcellwrote:

Louie hasn’t ruined shit.

But his manufactured routes are shit. Like terrible. 

You would think that if you were going to manufacture many routes, you would at least try to make them interesting or fun.

But if y'all like climbing his manufactured drilled pockets and chipped hold routes, more power to ya, climb on brothers and sisters!

*edited to say "many routes" (and yes I have climbed them.)

Violator and Nostalgia (RIP) 

Eddie Purcellwrote:

Louie hasn’t ruined shit.
he’s done more for the sport than you could ever hope to do in two lifetimes. And he still continues to do so. He’s a true OG. Unless you know him personally, which I highly doubt you do. I wouldn’t talk shit about the guy. Because everyone I’ve ever met, that knows Louie, my self included. Has nothing but nice things to say about him. Do some research, before you bash someone you really know nothing about other than internet rumors.
And as far as not giving him any of your money, lol he’s doing just fine without it.

People are complicated, and Shangri La at Shuteye has to be one of the best 11a sport climbs anywhere. No traces of glue or chipping on it as far as I can tell.