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Jul 20, 2007
Last Visit: 1 day ago
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Jan 1, 2024
New River Gorge… > New River Gorge… > Endless Wall
Endless Wall 2/2012
● Stunning! Thanks for posting. View Comment
Jul 16, 2023
Wasatch Range > Central Wasatch > Big Cottonwood Canyon
Buena Vista Wall
● A massive rock fall sometime during the winter of 2022-23 wiped out almost the entire first pitches of Ridg… View Comment
Dec 10, 2022
Southern Arizona > Mt Lemmon (Sant… > Mt Lemmon (Cata… > 4 - Windy Point West
Obscure Rock
● Obscure Rock has one of the best base-area hangs at Windy Point, and the back-side approach trail as of fal… View Comment
Dec 10, 2022
Southern Arizona > Mt Lemmon (Sant… > Mt Lemmon (Cata… > 1 - Lower Highway > Weathertop
Fair is a Weather Condition 5.11b/c
● Good, somewhat burly route with more modern bolting than most of the other Weathertop sport routes. Joins… View Comment
Dec 9, 2022
Southern Arizona > … > Mt Lemmon (Cata… > 3 - Windy Point… > Canines, Lobo,… > Canines Wall
Bierhenkels For Bazzi's 5.10
● The tree mentioned by the OP is gone. Stick clip is mandatory IMO. Agree it needs upgraded bolts, but cur… View Comment
Dec 9, 2022
Southern Arizona > … > Mt Lemmon (Cata… > 3 - Windy Point… > Canines, Lobo,… > Canines Wall
True Grit 5.9
● Yep, warrants significant reengineering with new hardware. Although the climbing is good (and not anymore… View Comment

Forum Messages View All 31

Regional > Arizona & New Mexico
Reply: Fixed Anchors & Wilderness
Jan 5, 2024 The Windy Ridge situation points up the sweep and absurdity of the FS’ proposed guidance.  Assuming Matt’s eyeballing of the Wilderness boundary is correct, ba… View Message
Regional > Arizona & New Mexico
Reply: Fixed Anchors & Wilderness
Dec 31, 2023 I’ve been following this thread and the corresponding thread under “General Climbing” for some time, but a bout with covid and time put into the comments I pl… View Message
Regional > Northern Utah & Idaho
Reply: Looking for Gary Olsen Contact
Nov 14, 2023 Thanks Brian for trying to track down Gary and the photos and Brian S for the great photo of some of the pillars of Wasatch climbing, heroes all to me.  Gary and I had num… View Message
General > Politics and Rock Climbing
Reply: Wilderness Act v. The Access Fund
Aug 19, 2023 https://www.accessfund.org/latest-news/a-war-on-wilderness-climbinghttps://www.boulderclimbers.org/news/fixedanchorsinwilderness-bolts#:~:text=The%20Wilderness%20Act%20explicit… View Message
General > General Climbing
Reply: Knee replacement
Jun 13, 2022 Okay Roger, here’s an update.  Six weeks out: PT got my knee to 140 for maybe 10 seconds with significant pain; 125 on my own, but also with pain.  Still couldn… View Message
General > General Climbing
Reply: Knee replacement
May 26, 2022 David — That’s awesome you climbed the Eiger in winter with a TKR; inspiring!  Do you recall what type of implant you had, and how far out from TKR were you wh… View Message

Route Scores View All 1,332

5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 3
● Up in Smoke
Trad
Southern Arizona > … > 4 - Windy Point… > Obscure Rock
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 21
● Nancy's Wet Dream
Sport
Southern Arizona > … > 1 - Lower Highway > Weathertop
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 61
● Loose Stools
Sport
Southern Arizona > Dry Canyon > 3 - Spine Cave
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 30
● Hippie Hate
Sport
Southern Arizona > Dry Canyon > 3 - Spine Cave
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
 82
● Birthday Girl
Sport
Southern Arizona > … > 3 - Windy Point… > Anduriel Tower
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 57
● Queen of the Coop
Sport
Southern Arizona > … > 3 - The Bowling… > Coop
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Up in Smoke Southern Arizona > … > 4 - Windy Point… > Obscure Rock
Avg:  3
John:
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Trad
5.11b
● Nancy's Wet Dream Southern Arizona > … > 1 - Lower Highway > Weathertop
Avg:  21
John:
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
● Loose Stools Southern Arizona > Dry Canyon > 3 - Spine Cave
Avg:  61
John:
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
● Hippie Hate Southern Arizona > Dry Canyon > 3 - Spine Cave
Avg:  30
John:
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
5.11b
● Birthday Girl Southern Arizona > … > 3 - Windy Point… > Anduriel Tower
Avg:  82
John:
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
● Queen of the Coop Southern Arizona > … > 3 - The Bowling… > Coop
Avg:  57
John:
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
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