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Mar 4, 2018 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Black Wall Rainbow Highway 5.10+ ● "More serious cleaning was done." Dude, you should have seen how much cleaning was done. If you look und… View Comment
Mar 9, 2016 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (formerly… The Tan Buttresses ● This would be a truly horrible place to practice hauling a bag/ big wall stuff. While the ramp is generall… View Comment
Oct 6, 2015 Southeast Utah > Castle Valley > Castleton Tower > N Face (5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c) ummmmm.....green camalot. Josh Thompson Onsighting the crux. ● Yes....resoled with 5.10 stealth. View Comment
Sep 17, 2014 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Black Wall Rainbow Highway 5.10+ ● For clarification; the route Rainbow Highway, as described above, cannot be rappelled with a single 70m rop… View Comment
Aug 26, 2014 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Black Wall Rainbow Highway 5.10+ ● Hi Helen. It appears you linked pitch 1 and 2. I'm not sure which picture you're referring to, but if… View Comment
Aug 8, 2014 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Black Wall Sinners On Sunday 5.12 ● I'm super stoked you guys climbed that crack! I noticed it back in 2010 when we first climbed Emerald. I s… View Comment
Jul 17, 2014 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Black Wall Rainbow Highway 5.10+ ● "Tan Buttress looks dry, the descent to the base of the wall might be challenging today with all of the sno… View Comment
Nov 5, 2013 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Pine Creek Canyon > Challenger Wall Adventure Punks 5.10d ● Actually. The rumor about those bolts on the final pitch is; supposedly someone thought they were doing a n… View Comment
Nov 5, 2013 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Pine Creek Canyon > Gemstone Gully Blue Feathers 5.10+ ● So, from looking at your pictures and reading your description, I think you have some geography confused.… View Comment
Oct 14, 2013 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Black Wall High Variance 5.12 ● Looks awesome, Matt! You could always rap Rainbow Highway.... Cheers! josh View Comment
Mar 14, 2013 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (formerly… Lincoln Lake Slabs ● Thanks for adding this, Ken. I agree that the proper name for the area should be used. With all due respe… View Comment
Jan 12, 2013 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Pine Creek Canyon > Gemstone Gully Tri-Burro Bridge 5.10 PG13 ● Cool! I was wondering when someone was going to add this route. josh View Comment
Dec 25, 2012 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Icebox Canyon > Bridge Mountain Northeast Arete 5.5 ● Interesting Scott. The sign at the trailhead is exactly the same type of sign the BLM uses at all of thei… View Comment
Nov 11, 2012 Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock Lost Meadow Crags ● This is awesome. Nice job finding some Gems in an obscure corner of RMNP. josh View Comment
Oct 23, 2012 Golden > Lookout Mtn Rd > Lookout Mtn Crag Shake 'N' Bake 5.7 R ● Not even a good troll.... josh View Comment
Oct 15, 2012 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Pine Creek Canyon > Mescalito > Dark Shadows Wall Negro Blanco 5.10+ R ● Funny thing is...there was no argument. So...your clever attempt at humor just isn't that funny. Your cons… View Comment
Oct 11, 2012 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Pine Creek Canyon > Mescalito > Dark Shadows Wall Negro Blanco 5.10+ R ● Well...I see alot of talking? josh View Comment
Oct 11, 2012 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Pine Creek Canyon > Mescalito > Dark Shadows Wall Negro Blanco 5.10+ R ● Hey Killis...you should go run some laps on it! Like the canucks! josh View Comment
Sep 4, 2012 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Black Wall The Emerald Highway 5.10+ ● "Would be a much different pitch without those 2 bolts on the upper traverse. " I can assure you it was!… View Comment
Sep 4, 2012 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Black Wall Rainbow Highway 5.10+ ● "Requires Double Ropes " Not true. We climbed it with a single line (I led the last pitch in the rain)… View Comment
Aug 27, 2012 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Black Wall Good Evans 5.10d ● "One has two Mammut hangers and long chains. Don't use this one. Use the set with a Metolius hanger and a M… View Comment
Aug 9, 2012 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Black Wall > Rainbow Highway (5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b) Looking down from P6 belay with anchor locations marked. ● Holy shit! I know where the belays are (and they are marked correctly), but WOW it hurts my brain to look a… View Comment
Jul 29, 2012 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Black Wall The Emerald Highway 5.10+ ● The bottom half of this route has been retrobolted (by the FAs) and redone as part of this route: mountai… View Comment
Jul 28, 2012 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Black Wall Rainbow Highway 5.10+ ● This is a great route. It mixes a wide variety of climbing styles and techniques to ascend the Black wall f… View Comment
May 29, 2012 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Icebox Canyon > Refrigerator Wall La Cierta Edad 5.10 ● Still baffles me that anyone can think that OW is the crux. I did it without the right sized gear (and no M… View Comment
May 6, 2012 Gunnison > Black Canyon of… > N Rim Routes > Long Draw area Great White Wall 5.10d ● We did the direct finish last year. It's 5.10+ and R. I can't really recommend it. josh View Comment
Apr 17, 2012 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Oak Creek Canyon > Black Orpheus Amphith… Howl's Moving Castle 5.11c ● So you did climb the pitchs above the black slings...or you think someone else did? josh View Comment
Apr 11, 2012 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Willow Spring > Willow Springs South Nadia's Nine 5.10a ● There are 2 distinct cruxes on pitch 1. If you figure out the "right" way to do them I believe the grade of… View Comment
Apr 9, 2012 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Willow Spring > Lost Creek Lower Tier The Threat 5.10d ● There is a bolted anchor on top of this. It's in a bad spot for the climb. I'm pretty sure it was placed by… View Comment
Mar 27, 2012 CO Ice & Mixed > Vail Ice > Rigid Designato… > "Dolly Madison" (M6) On my flash of Kozata Baba. ● Hey Noah...nice picture. It should be pointed out that the area you are climbing is practically grid bolt… View Comment
Mar 20, 2012 Nevada ● "red rock is the name of our park here in clark county y'all!" Red rock is surely the name...but its not… View Comment
Mar 14, 2012 Grand Junction… > Westwater Area > Mee Canyon > Mouth of Mee Ca… > Drinking with Gambino (5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b) The climber on the left is on "Drinking with Gambino". The climber on the right is on "Shaking the Goat". Photo By Dan Gambino. ● The top of pitch #1 for DWG is on the white scoop just to the left of the climber. View Comment
Mar 12, 2012 Grand Junction… > Westwater Area > Mee Canyon > Mouth of Mee Canyon Area Shaking the Goat 5.11 ● Also around for the FA were: Dan Gambino, Andrew Gram, Kelly Cordes, and Josh Thompson. Bunch of slacker… View Comment
Mar 12, 2012 Grand Junction… > Westwater Area > Mee Canyon > Mouth of Mee Canyon Area Drinking with Gambino 5.10 ● Ok, I've got some 'splain to do. The FAs are listed as unknown. When we climbed the route, we thought we… View Comment
Mar 12, 2012 Grand Junction… > Westwater Area > Mee Canyon > Mouth of Mee Canyon Area Nerve Endings 5.10+ ● Also around for the FA were....Kelly Cordes, Andrew Gram, Dan Gambino, and Craig Scariot. Super fun trip… View Comment
Mar 12, 2012 Grand Junction… > Westwater Area > Mee Canyon > Arch Tower Area Tail Wagger 5.11 ● The route now goes free At 5.11. FFA: Craig Scariot. Nice work Craig! josh View Comment

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