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Aug 24, 2022 S Platte > Staunton SP > Dines Cliff 7. The Classroom ● Great wall for intro to slab or those learning lead climbing. Fun routes for new and experienced climbers a… View Comment
Aug 26, 2021 Tahquitz & Suic… > Tahquitz Rock > (e) Maiden Butt… > White Maiden's Walkway (5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c) My friend David leading P3, just above the traverse. ● I guess I should have mentioned that this is the 5.3 variation to P3, as shown in Randy Vogel's topo in "Ta… View Comment
Jan 22, 2021 Colorado Springs > Red Rock Canyon Open… Swanger Slab ● This is a fun wall! Having grown up climbing in The Garden, don't mind the crumbly rock at all; out of the… View Comment
Jan 22, 2021 Colorado Springs > Red Rock Canyon… > Swanger Slab Conniption Fit 5.10+ ● Love the micro edges all the way up the headwall! Considered giving this one four stars (in context for th… View Comment
Jan 22, 2021 Colorado Springs > Red Rock Canyon… > Swanger Slab Centennial Man 5.6 ● Didn't like all the friable rock around bolt two, so I traversed right and up to bolt three, skipping bolt… View Comment
Jan 22, 2021 Colorado Springs > Red Rock Canyon… > Swanger Slab Going Postal 5.8 ● Really fun route! Looks a little intimidating from below but flows nicely. No problem working around loos… View Comment
Jan 22, 2021 Colorado Springs > Red Rock Canyon… > Swanger Slab Rock Gods 5.8 ● Fun climb! Easy enough to avoid the sketchy flakes. Love the second headwall shared with Going Postal. 2… View Comment
Jan 22, 2021 Colorado Springs > Red Rock Canyon… > Swanger Slab Mountain Angel 5.6 ● Really, just a fun 5.6 boulder problem with a lot of 3rd Class to gain the shared anchor. Perfect for newer… View Comment
Jan 19, 2021 Joshua Tree NP > Lost Horse Area > Lost Horse Rdsi… > Playhouse Rock > Stucca By a Yucca (5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b) Sadie belaying at the top of Stucca by a Yucca. ● Thanks Benjamin. Ah, the magic of careful perspective and framing ;-) View Comment
Jun 21, 2020 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon > Sushi Slab Sake Bomb 5.7 ● Awesome route but super pumpy (or I'm just old and fat ;-) View Comment
Jun 21, 2020 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon > Sushi Slab Edamame 5.8 ● Technical and balancy, super fun! View Comment
May 27, 2020 S Platte > Elevenmile Canyon > Arch Rock Prow'd Monkey 5.8+ ● The runout was unintentional, but when I was drilling the logical place for a bolt, I drilled through a cou… View Comment
May 18, 2020 S Platte > Elevenmile Canyon > Arch Rock > Slab n' Grab (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a) Just about to pull the roof between the second and third bolts on the FA. ● Pretty sure this isn't the FA. Pretty sure the FA was done on gear ;-) View Comment
Apr 4, 2020 Colorado Springs > Garden of the Gods > Kindergarten Rock > E Face > Beginning of the End… (5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a) I hope I correctly list this photo (no other photos exist to confirm this sport route). ● Your posting location is absolutely correct! View Comment
Sep 3, 2019 S Platte > Elevenmile Canyon > Arch Rock Greetings from Butchers Hill 5.9 ● That last section is your crux and felt possibly 5.10 to me, due to the lichen. I expect it won’t be any h… View Comment
Apr 20, 2019 Central Arizona > Queen Creek Canyon > Mine Area > Lower Looner Land Snorkeling in the Rhyolite 5.5 ● Anyone know the name of the route immediately to the right? Seems about a grade harder; can't find it list… View Comment
Jan 19, 2019 Southern Nevada > … > (06) White Rock… > Angel Food Area > Angel Food Wall > Tunnel Vision (5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b) Me leading the tunnel. photo by Derek Wehling ● True that. But makes for a good picture ;-) View Comment
Jan 2, 2019 Inland Empire > … > Big Rock Area > Main Slab > Main Slab - Lower > English Hanging Gardens (5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a) The anchor for EHG, on low angle slab. Not a top-rope problem. Unless you own a webbing company. ● Nice. Thanks Benjamin! View Comment
Jan 2, 2019 Inland Empire > Perris Area > Big Rock Area > Main Slab Wes Warwick warming up today 6/9/18 ● Great to see you still smearing it up, Wes! Climb on my friend :-) View Comment
Jan 2, 2019 Inland Empire > Perris Area > Big Rock Area Ran into Wes Warwick today 6/9/18. Unfortunately Wes ran into the rock. All is well though and it was great to see him. ● Best. Hair. Ever! View Comment
Oct 14, 2018 Colorado Springs > N Cheyenne Canyon > Company Wall Max Sletten 5.10b ● This route is named Max Sletten. FA: Logan Berndt. View Comment
Oct 14, 2018 Colorado Springs > N Cheyenne Canyon > Company Wall Scary Unicorns aka Angry Unicorn 5.11a ● The name of this route is actually Scary Unicorns (sorry Bob, that I never got around to correcting this un… View Comment
Oct 14, 2018 Colorado Springs > N Cheyenne Canyon > Company Wall Brian's Arete 5.9 ● While that "high first bolt" was the original first bolt when Brian did the FA, to the best of my memory th… View Comment
Oct 14, 2018 Colorado Springs > N Cheyenne Canyon > Company Wall Psychedelic Unicorn Pony 5.7 ● The FA was done on bolts 1 and 3, with a small cam down low (I think I usually use something in the ~0.5-0.… View Comment
Oct 14, 2018 Colorado Springs > N Cheyenne Canyon > Company Wall Cat Don't Piss on My Rope aka Cat Piss 5.9+ ● FA is Lee Rittenmeyer, Brian Shelton. View Comment
May 16, 2017 Inland Empire > Riverside Area > Box Springs Mtn Reserve Belvedere Heights ● Thanks Chris D for all the new approach beta - apparently things have really changed in the last 9 years! View Comment
Jan 28, 2014 Canon City > Shelf Rd > Bank > 01. Piggy Bank Season Down Under 5.10b ● NIC AND LES, that would be Ussen View Comment
Jan 28, 2014 S Platte > Turkey Rocks > Turkey Perch > Lack Crack (originall… (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c) On the upper roof of [Lack Crack]. Photo by Norm H. ● Sorry, different Norm. View Comment
Jan 28, 2014 Colorado Springs > Garden of the Gods > Montezuma Tower > N Ridge (5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b) Jason leading the second pitch of North Ridge. ● Yeah, I gave him sh* for that. Especially since he's the guy who sometime back convinced me that one shoul… View Comment
Jan 28, 2014 Inland Empire > … > Big Rock Area > Main Slab > Main Slab - The… > Mickey Mantle (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a) Jerry rapping Mickey Mantle ● Sorry for the confusion. Just meant that we had climbed MM and he was now rapping from the anchor for Mick… View Comment
Jan 27, 2014 High Desert > Antelope Valley… > Devil's Punchbowl Ruth the Barn Owl. ● Sorry Benjamin, I don't know the back story, and DP is now long ago and far away for me. Hopefully Ruth is… View Comment
Nov 24, 2013 Joshua Tree NP > Hidden Valley Area > Real Hidden Valley > Thin Wall Conservative Policies 5.8 ● Did the roof exit this time (on lead). Great jams! View Comment
Oct 26, 2013 Southeast Utah > Tusher Canyon > Neighbor Of Putterman Suzi Has No Choice 5.10a ● I climbed this again on 10/24/13; there was nothing on the anchor bolts. I threaded one piece of black web… View Comment
Oct 26, 2013 Southeast Utah > Tusher Canyon > Neighbor Of Putterman Fearless 5.8 C2 ● I climbed this again on 10/24/13; there was nothing on the anchor bolts atop P1. I threaded one piece of b… View Comment
Oct 20, 2013 Southeast Utah > Arches NP Bullwinkle Tower ● The lower bolt on the left side of the anchor is now missing, and the one above has exposed sleeve and wobb… View Comment
Oct 20, 2013 Southeast Utah > Kane Springs Ca… > Isolated Climbs Bounce Test 5.9 ● Thanks to whomever replaced the slings on anchors 1 and 6 - very nice! The walkoff is awesome. That last… View Comment

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