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Jun 7, 2022
Cannon Cliff > Big Wall > VMC Direct Direct (5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b)
Steve Arsenault on the 4th pitch on the 1st ascent. Sam Streibert photo.
● Steve was out for a hike and decided to truck the route in his boots! View Comment
Jan 8, 2022
Devils Tower
Perhaps the first ascent with a full bottle of scotch and the first descent with a half bottle of scotch left over?
● So you didn't get it clean. View Comment
Jan 5, 2022
WM: Franconia N… > Hounds Hump Rid… > Eaglet
F.A. (Ken Henderson, Dana Durand and Leyard Stebbins in 1930)
● Super shot. What history I definitely need to upgrade my climbing attire! What an ionic photo! View Comment
Jan 5, 2022
WM: Franconia N… > Hounds Hump Rid… > Eaglet
In case you are wondering how big the top is :)
● Love this shot. View Comment
Jan 5, 2022
WM: Franconia N… > Hounds Hump Rid… > Eaglet
Climbers atop The Eaglet as the milky way rises over the notch
● One of the best shots ever on Mountain Project!!! Wow! Some other worldly photographic skills evident in… View Comment
Oct 7, 2019
Central Oregon > Smith Rock > (m) Smith Rock… > (1) Northeast Face > Sky Ridge (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R)
Risa on the traversing pitch
● Ditto on the Fires! View Comment

Forum Messages View All 185

General > Trad Climbing
Reply: Are rescue skills necessary?
Sep 13, 2024 If you climb trad long enough, the shit is going to hit the fan.   Book, video, and guide course (two days with Marc Chauvin) knowledge is good; and I have greatly benefit… View Message
General > Trad Climbing
Reply: Critters in cracks
Jul 4, 2022 I was belaying my partner as he led the Fickle Finger of Fate pitch on Moby Grape on Cannon Cliff in New Hampshire.  I was doing so high to the left at the rappel station… View Message
Regional > Northeastern States
Reply: Crow Hill conditions?
Jan 8, 2022 Babe and Strawberry Fields were dry.  Diagonal, CroMag, and Jane were chalked up and all had been done recently.  Diagonal had a seep at the bottom and the usual wet… View Message
Regional > Northeastern States
Reply: Crow Hill conditions?
Jan 8, 2022 So Dave, pretty much primo conditions, eh! View Message
Regional > Northeastern States
Reply: Crow Hill conditions?
Jan 5, 2022 Realized I needed to clarify the location of my V? problem in the above post.  It is not the single-move, dyno V? problem to the right of the "Bet'ca Can't" crack.  I… View Message
Regional > Northeastern States
Reply: Crow Hill conditions?
Jan 1, 2022 So Mark.  My best advice is to find your own path.  Go out and see how things are this weekend and report back. Rinse and repeatThat said, read on.Mr. Rubin, in the b… View Message

Route Scores View All 199

5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 497
● Northeast Face
Trad, Alpine 12 pitches
Wind River Range > Cirque of the T… > Pingora
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 122
● The Armadillo
Trad 6 pitches
j. The Maine Hi… > Katahdin > 01. Chimney Pond ("So…
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 721
● Haystack
Trad 3 pitches
Lake Tahoe > … > Main Formation > E Wall
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 2,069
● Southeast Buttress
Trad, Alpine 5 pitches
Yosemite NP > … > Cathedral Peak > Southeast Slopes
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
 717
● Northwest Buttress
Trad, Alpine 14 pitches
Yosemite NP > … > Cathedral Range > Tenaya Peak
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
 519
● South Crack
Trad, Alpine 6 pitches
Yosemite NP > Tuolumne Meadows > Stately Pleasure Dome
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Northeast Face Wind River Range > Cirque of the T… > Pingora
Avg:  497
losbill:
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad, Alpine 12 pitches
5.8+
● The Armadillo j. The Maine Hi… > Katahdin > 01. Chimney Pond ("So…
Avg:  122
losbill:
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad 6 pitches
5.8
● Haystack Lake Tahoe > … > Main Formation > E Wall
Avg:  721
losbill:
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 3 pitches
5.8
● Southeast Buttress Yosemite NP > … > Cathedral Peak > Southeast Slopes
Avg:  2,069
losbill:
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad, Alpine 5 pitches
● Northwest Buttress Yosemite NP > … > Cathedral Range > Tenaya Peak
Avg:  717
losbill:
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a Trad, Alpine 14 pitches
● South Crack Yosemite NP > Tuolumne Meadows > Stately Pleasure Dome
Avg:  519
losbill:
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R Trad, Alpine 6 pitches
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