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Nov 19, 2021 Northern Arizona > Sedona Area > Sedona > Mitten Ridge > Moose's Butte Pope's Dick 5.11a/b R ● bernard- 4 pitches relates to the required 3 approach pitches of Mooses Butte plus one of the route describ… View Comment
Feb 9, 2021 Northern Arizona > … > Village of Oak… > Castle Rock Area > Castle Rock > S Face Jester 5.10a ● while not hard the chimney does not offer any reasonable pro with the recommended gear. Had the description… View Comment
Feb 6, 2021 Southern Arizona > Farmhouse > 2 - The Prow > Hourglass The Beginning of Time 5.10c ● anchors have carabiners for rap View Comment
Dec 18, 2020 Eastern Sierra > Bishop Area > Owens River Gorge > Lower Gorge > Blocky Top Area Friends in Lower Places 5.8 ● thx Eric, we enjoyed this one: easy bolt protected crack leads to vertical face w/ pockets and a lip to und… View Comment
Nov 22, 2020 Northern Arizona > … > W Sedona > Dry Creek Rd Area > Long Canyon > WRAD Wall We Ride At Dawn 5.11- ● Hey Derek, would you mind dropping a GPS pin on the map? thx-M View Comment
May 31, 2020 Central Arizona > Isolation Canyon > Main Wall - Center Walking Dead Arete 5.10b ● Thanks Arjunn for adding a bolt to the first pitch, Manny and I discussed it on FA and I was against it as… View Comment
May 31, 2020 Northern Arizona > Sedona Area > Sedona > Mitten Ridge > Teapot Wild Wild West 5.11- ● Thanks for the vote of approval Zach! You probably got the FFA of the 3rd pitch variation which I call "Cow… View Comment
Jan 28, 2020 Northern Arizona > Sedona Area > Sedona > Midgley Bridge… > Submarine (Steamboat)… Motorboating 5.9- ● coordinates if you are into that: Lat 34.888083 Lon -111.749625 I felt the first pitch harder this time,… View Comment
Jan 6, 2020 Central Arizona > … > Lower Devil's C… > Lower Devil's E… > Shmotem Pole > Shmotem Pole (5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b) The raptor's lair! Or, maybe just a buzzard... ● schmotem schmegma! View Comment
Dec 4, 2019 Central Arizona > Queen Creek Canyon > Lower Devil's C… > Glitter Box Area World Vision 5.9+ ● Lat 33.276536 Lon -111.029463 View Comment
Dec 4, 2019 Central Arizona > Queen Creek Canyon > Lower Devil's C… > Totem-Proto Area Overcoming Inertia 5.10 ● cleaned about 20# for loose rock just below the crux, there is still an expanding flake you may be tempted… View Comment
Dec 4, 2019 Central Arizona > Queen Creek Canyon > Lower Devil's C… > Totem-Proto Area Drop 'em South 5.9 ● somebody please prune the cat claw at the base! purple camalot is useful between the last and 2nd to last… View Comment
Dec 4, 2019 Central Arizona > Queen Creek Canyon > Lower Devil's C… > Lower Devil's E… > Shmotem Pole The Shmotem Pole 5.10b ● awesome adventure! Thankyou Marcy and Geir! No loose rock was encountered! Someone removed the rap rings… View Comment
Nov 20, 2019 Northern Arizona > … > Sedona > Midgley Bridge… > Octopus's Garden > Aquaman (5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b) Topo showing location of Aquaman & Sea Monkey. ● looks like Aquaman should have a second pitch to the ridge! View Comment
Oct 30, 2019 Northern Arizona > Sedona Area > Sedona > Marg's Draw > Tenacious Calculus Spire Stem Cell Research 5.10+ ● dicey lead, lots of bad rock but the moves are fun. plenty of opportunity to get seriously hurt on this one… View Comment
Oct 4, 2019 Northern Arizona > … > W Sedona > Dry Creek Rd Area > Boynton Canyon > Nirvana Buttress Nirvana 5.9 ● Thanks Derek for another great route! tat was in reasonable condition as of 10/4/19. I do think it wold be… View Comment
Jul 30, 2019 Northern Arizona > Flagstaff Area > Upper Pumphouse… > Ultimates > Ultimates East Ultimate Frisbee 5.10+ ● Re Chrstian's post: yes, follow the lieback left of the wider crack up thru a roof to the 2 bolt anchor. F… View Comment
Mar 13, 2019 Northern Arizona > … 1 2 > E Twin Butte > Church Spires Area > Church Wall & R… > Church Wall Choss Buster 5.10+ ● I always thought that looked like a cool line! good job getting it done! View Comment
Jan 25, 2019 Northern Arizona > Sedona Area > Sedona > Midgley Bridge… > Tisha Spire North Face Route 5.7 ● 13yrs later... finally went back and replaced the missing 3rd bolt. The route is friendlier than ever: go g… View Comment
Jan 5, 2019 Northern Arizona > Sedona Area > Sedona > Midgley Bridge… > Acropolis Zephyr's Stairway 5.11- ● This route is named for my still-birth son Zephyr. I dreamed of teaching him to climb but he died 01/10/201… View Comment
Nov 1, 2018 Northern Arizona > Sedona Area > W Sedona > Coffeepot Rock… > Soldiers Pass Tasmanian Devil 5.10+ ● Great route! I'd skip the #5 and bring all the #4s you can get a hold of. I had 4 plus a #3.5 and bumped th… View Comment
Sep 16, 2018 Custer SP > Cathedral Spires > Spire Three > Kogia (5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c) Kogia 11- ● what is the OW line to the left pulling the roof? View Comment
Jul 4, 2018 Northern Arizona > Central Mogollo… > W Clear Creek > Quickie Wall Premature Ejection 5.11a ● @34.5466599,-111.4361291,140 View Comment
Jul 4, 2018 Central Arizona > Isolation Canyon > Main Wall - Center Vagina Envy 5.9- ● Sorry Kujawski, recommended to just do first pitch and rap Vertical Addiction. View Comment
Apr 19, 2018 Northern Arizona > … 1 > Castle Rock Area > Castle Rock > S Face > Excalibur (5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b) Excalibur in the sun. (Henchman, Jester, and Mid-Evil Times in the shade) ● I remember scoping those out once upon a time! View Comment
Jan 20, 2018 Northern Arizona > Flagstaff Area > Walnut Creek/Ca… > Velvet Underground Sunday Morning 5.9+ ● I looked at doing that a couple years ago, was it damp? View Comment
Jan 20, 2018 Northern Arizona > … > Sedona > Twin Butte > E Twin Butte > Blowjob Rock Northeast Face (Original Route) 5.9 PG13 ● Attempted this in 2007 or 2008 w/ Derek Weiss. He had a chockstone shift and crush his hand (eg. Aaron Rals… View Comment
Dec 10, 2017 Northern Arizona > … > Sedona > Midgley Bridge… > Submarine (Stea… > Pepperland (5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a) Deep breath and soak it all in. A delicious slab of sandstone in a great setting. ● scenic! View Comment
Dec 10, 2017 Northern Arizona > … > Sedona > Midgley Bridge… > Submarine (Stea… > Pepperland (5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a) Pepperland Topo ● is this the Super Secret Stuff you couldn't tell me about? View Comment
Dec 6, 2017 Northern Arizona > Sedona Area > Sedona > Midgley Bridge… > Princess Spire Princess Spire Regular Route 5.10+ ● Slim- if you go all the way to the summit, the cactus is your anchor, if you downclimb from there (easy) to… View Comment
Nov 12, 2017 Northern Arizona > … > W Sedona > Dry Creek Rd Area > Lizardhead Area > N Lizardhead No Spill Blood 5.10+ ● youtu.be/9ssYZQnso4I?t=51s The rules are written in the stone... View Comment
Nov 11, 2017 Northern Arizona > … 1 > Dry Creek Rd Area > Lizardhead Area > N Lizardhead > La Garganta de La Lag… (5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b) Mark getting seriously crafty with the gear placements on the upper arete. ● great rock and exposure! View Comment
Nov 11, 2017 Northern Arizona > … > W Sedona > Dry Creek Rd Area > Lizardhead Area > N Lizardhead La Garganta de La Lagartija 5.10b ● say that three times fast with a mouthful of gatorade! View Comment
Nov 11, 2017 Northern Arizona > … > W Sedona > Dry Creek Rd Area > Lizardhead Area > N Lizardhead La Garganta de La Lagartija 5.10b ● if the 5.0X approach ledge doesn't entice you, traverse right from trail on bushy ledge about 20 ft lower,… View Comment
Oct 29, 2017 Yosemite NP > Tuolumne Meadows > Lamb Dome > W Face of the Lamb Jailbreak Finish 5.9 ● Only 1 bolt on the last pitch, easier than the previous ...but-- heads up!! View Comment
Oct 29, 2017 Yosemite NP > Tuolumne Meadows > DAFF Area > DAFF Dome > W Face Crescent Arch 5.10a ● recommend dbl set to #3, nuts, 70M does get you off East side in 1 rap- not sure there is a second anchor t… View Comment

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