What climb made you proud this year?
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Maybe you finally sent that V9 boulder, lead your first trad route, or summited an 8000m peak. Let's do something besides argue - what one climb are you most proud of from the last 12 months? Pictures highly encouraged. Let's share the stoke and positive energy. Spray on. |
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That stupid V2 at HP40 that anyone who has been there knows what I am talking about! |
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leading strictly from nowhere in the gunks, my first 5.7 there! |
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Had a kid in January, but still managed to get out about once a month and did my first bigger multipitch swapping leads on the Bastille Crack. |
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Did the first ascent of this tower out in the San Rafael Swell: |
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Beckey-Chouinard in the Buggs. |
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The Decameron (5.10b) at the NRG. |
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Where to start! 2016 was a awesome climbing year in so many ways but my proudest accomplishment would be the pair of FAs I claimed with with my good friends Lang and Gus out in nowheres Alaska. The First was a 1200ft 5.10 we named Funding Denied. |
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I just started climbing again last February after about 8 years off. I had only top roped in the gym before this year so I had a lot of firsts. First time climbing outside, first gym lead, first sport climb, but I'm most proud of doing my first trad lead. It was only 5.4 ( Face the Notch @ Annapolis Rocks) but it was a blast leading on my own gear. Hoping to do my first multi-pitch lead in 2017. |
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+ 1 for Patagonia! That place is f!ckin amazeballz! |
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2016 was awesome! Climbed a lot of great stuff. Probably the highlight was Epinephrine in October. I thought car-to-car in 12 hours wasn't too bad for us. We didn't fly up the route, but we moved efficiently. I thought that route would be a goal for next season and was really psyched to get on it this year! |
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Lots of highlights for me this year, my first ascent in the Black, Astrodog IAD, a sub seventeen-hour ascent of Lurking Fear on a 102* day, a push of Zodiac with Horsetail raining and even snowing on us. But a tie for first goes to...As far as I know, the first IAD ascent of Dark Side of the Moon in Zion, 16:40, and a 17:15 ascent of The Shortest Straw on El Cap. |
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I had a hip replacement in November 2015 so I was down a long time but I was really happy to start climbing again in 2016 and I was able to redpoint "I Turkey" (12a) mountainproject.com/v/i-tur… at Turkey rocks and "Madame de Guillotine" mountainproject.com/v/madam… (12c) in Eldo. I was also able to do one longish alpine day and did my 35th ascent of the Spearhead in RMNP. |
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It was an interesting funemployment. If this was 14ers, I'd probably say Sherman solo or the Kelso ridge route on Torreys. I finally got to go to Red Rocks, which is all sorts of fun, while Red Rocks Canyon (near the Springs) can leave you needing to change your pants. Surprisingly, I could cite a really memorable gym route set by Traversi that scared off some stronger climbers than me. |
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I didn't climb much this year, so I don't have a proud moment. But I love this thread. From " getting schooled on the offwidth pitch" to " my first 5.7" to "I had a hip replacement in November 2015...I was able to redpoint "I Turkey" (12a)"...and another (12c) in Eldo. |
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Tree Problem V4 at Castle Rock in California. Seriously the hardest V4 ever. Took me at least 2 years to send. Now 11 months later, I can run laps on it. |