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Apr 6, 2023 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Oak Creek Canyon > Black Orpheus A… > Black Orpheus (5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a) The infamous IBM Boulder on the descent (approx 8 feet in diameter). ● It looks like the ball used by an old IBM typewriter. You have to be ancient to remember those! View Comment
Aug 26, 2022 S America > Peru > Cordillera Blanca Alpamayo, classic face. ● Thanks! It was taken in 1987. After that, a huge chunk of the face fell off. The face changes quite a lo… View Comment
Sep 9, 2021 Independence Pass > Weller Area > Weller Slab Two Ears (aka The Fixed Pins Route?) 5.7 ● I believe it was this route that I climbed in 1982 with my father and David Michael. It is it also known as… View Comment
Apr 29, 2020 Boulder > Flatirons > Central > Dum Fumbledeedum 4th ● I've corrected the description, Ernie. Let me know if there are any more errors. View Comment
Jan 9, 2020 Grand Teton NP > Mt Owen Koven Route 5.4 Easy Snow ● The easiest route on Mt. Owen is the West Ledges, 5.1. First ascent by Paul Petzoldt and Edward Woolf, 193… View Comment
Dec 12, 2019 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Willow Spring > Ragged Edges Area Ragged Edges 5.8 ● Roxanna Brock says 160'. Todd Swain does not give a length. View Comment
Sep 5, 2018 Alpine Rock > Sangre de Crist… > Tijeras Peak El Camino de Oveja 3rd ● Thanks for the comment, Jesse. I guess they were sheep. I am no expert at identifying mountain fauna! View Comment
Aug 22, 2018 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - Tower One Grand Giraffe 5.10a ● Thanks for the suggestion, Danny. I have enshrined it! View Comment
Dec 13, 2016 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - Tow… > Rosy Crucifixion (5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13) The late Derek Hersey soloing Rosy Crucifixion (5.10a), Eldorado Canyon Photo by Beth Wald ● "Just another day at the office!" ... that's one way Derek used to describe his free-soloing… View Comment
Dec 9, 2016 Boulder > Flatirons > North > Second Flatiron Freeway 5.0 ● It is poignant that this route was added by Mike Sofranko, who died at Happy Hour Crag the following year (… View Comment
Dec 9, 2016 Boulder > Flatirons > North > Second Flatiron > Freeway (5.0 2- 4 I 6 MM 1c) The route illuminated by headlamp. Climbers: Asa D., Kate S., and myself. ● Whoa! It really is a freeway! View Comment
Sep 28, 2016 Boulder > Flatirons > North Skunk Canyon ● Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my! At least, no tigers in this canyon, but poison ivy makes up for it, I gu… View Comment
Sep 26, 2016 Boulder > Flatirons > North First Flatiron ● The fastest approach to the First Flatiron is from the Gregory Canyon Trailhead; however, this parking area… View Comment
Sep 25, 2016 Boulder > Flatirons > North > Third Flatiron East Face (Standard) 5.4 ● Mehlissa: I believe the ledge was dynamited off by vandals who enjoy destroying natural features. Same kin… View Comment
Sep 23, 2016 N America > … > British Columbia > Columbia-Shushwap > Bugaboos > Snowpatch Spire Kraus-McCarthy 5.9+ ● In 1985 we "bivied" for 10 days at the Snowpatch-Bugaboo Spire Col. We had a tent and were stret… View Comment
Sep 11, 2016 not even all of it. the beauty of living with those with similar interests. ● Wow, $10K retail right there? Going to Indian Creek? View Comment
Aug 16, 2016 Alpine Rock > Mt of the Holy Cross North Face 5.8 AI3 ● Holy Nordwand! Nice addition, Larry. View Comment
Aug 16, 2016 Boulder > Flatirons > North Third Flatiron ● Jason, sticky approach shoes are fine if you want comfort, you save weight by not carrying another pair of… View Comment
Aug 15, 2016 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Second Pullout… > Black Corridor Climbers in the Black Corridor, 5 frames HDR ● Yalza, I like it! Where are all the crowds? View Comment
Aug 15, 2016 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Second Pullout… > Black Corridor Climbers in the Black Corridor, 5 frame HDR ● For a few minutes per day ... the Red Corridor! It appears to me like it is in the sun, but I guess it is… View Comment
Jul 19, 2016 Lake Tahoe > Highway 50 Corr… > Sugarloaf Area > Sugarloaf > E Face Grand Illusion 5.13b/c ● That's a neat video, the climber makes it seem rather casual although you do notice him hanging near th… View Comment
Jul 18, 2016 Boulder > Flatirons > South Malacosoma sp on Shadow Canyon trail. ● Tent caterpillar bivy spot! View Comment
Jul 12, 2016 N America > Canada > Alberta > Jasper NP > Mt Edith Cavell North Face - Chouinard/Beckey/Doody 5.7 Mod. Snow ● Great story and pics, Jon! View Comment
Jun 27, 2016 S America > Peru > Cordillera Blanca > Santa Cruz Valley Quitaraju North Face Direct Steep Snow ● I'd advise to climb this route before Alpamayo. If you climb Alpamayo first, suddenly Quitaraju doesn&… View Comment
Jun 27, 2016 S America > Peru > Cordillera Blanca > Quebrada Llanganuco Yanapaccha West Face AI2 Mod. Snow ● I climbed this route in 1987, possibly it was a bit easier back then. I do remember the headwalls, but the… View Comment
May 18, 2016 Devils Tower > Durrance Approach > Durrance (5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b) Unhappy partner after the 3rd pitch ● I remember the same pitch made my partner (now wife) very unhappy too! View Comment
Apr 26, 2016 Southwest Utah > … > Snow Canyon SP > Island In The Sky > War Zone > Richness of It All (5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a) A cat. ● Looks like an Ocicat en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocicat to me! View Comment
Apr 20, 2016 Oceania > New Zealand > S Island Summit ridge of Mt. Aspiring ● Yalza! Nice weather! When I was there it was in a white-out. View Comment
Feb 26, 2016 Wind River Range > Cirque of the Towers Pingora doubled for twice the fun! ● I wish I'd had a split neutral-density filter for this one! View Comment
Feb 17, 2016 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Juniper Canyon > Brownstone Wall > Black Dagger (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13) I believe this is Black Dagger. ● I agree with you, Peter. Weird perspective on this photo. View Comment
Jan 26, 2016 Southeast Utah > San Juan County > Indian Creek > Cliffs of Insanity > Brute Squad (5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b) sidewinder on in.. put runners on small cams to reduce drag.. ● Looks like a fall into a desert crevasse! View Comment
Jan 26, 2016 Yankee Boy Basin San Juans July 2008 A day without climbing is like...this. ● The flowers are appreciated because they cover up all the scree! Once you get a little higher, all those p… View Comment
Jan 17, 2016 Yosemite NP > … > Valley N Side > B. El Capitan > 2. Southwest Face > Triple Direct (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a C2) Camp 6 - weak to leave trash on a wall, but easy to grab it if you're the next party through. We took everything in the photo, leaving only a few water bottles that had been dated in Sharpie w/in the last two weeks. ● Thank you for cleaning up! When I climbed the Nose in 1996, that crack was crammed full of garbage which w… View Comment
Jan 15, 2016 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Bastille View from the top of the Bastille. ● Planet Fitness has nothing on Planet Eldorado! View Comment
Dec 16, 2015 Southeast Utah > Grand County > Arches NP > Elephant Butte > Standard (W Fins) (5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a) last rap has air ● This is either a person who has gotten flipped upside down by their pack, or more likely a hungry alien han… View Comment
Nov 18, 2015 New Mexico Nava… > Ship Rock Area The "Frito Banditos" entries. ● I'm afraid it didn't come out, due to a technical glitch. View Comment

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