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Sep 13, 2022 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Valley N Side > E Yosemite Fall… > Sunnyside Bench Sunnyside Bench Regular Route 5.5 ● has anyone see trout in the pools at the top? thinking of brining my fly rod up there. View Comment
Nov 9, 2020 S Central PA > Chickies Rock Top of Main Street ● this is not the top of Main Street. View Comment
Jun 22, 2020 S Central PA > Chickies Rock > Trail Valley > Chickies Direct (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R) This is the bolted belay station on top of pitch 1. You can't see it from the ground but it's almost directly above the start of the climb, above the small overhanging tree. ● Aiden there are no top rope bolts at Chickies that you can walk to. You can set a tope rope in some places… View Comment
May 17, 2020 S Central PA Chickies Rock ● Great news, the longest (and best) trad climb at Chickies Rock now has bolted belay stations at the top of… View Comment
Apr 27, 2020 S Central PA Chickies Rock ● Walking off is easy and safe. Have you ever walked off from Sundance Buttress or Bugaboo Spire or Trap Dyke… View Comment
Feb 18, 2020 S Central PA Chickies Rock ● Aiden, No. there are no tope rope anchors at Chickies. It's a Trad area. View Comment
Nov 26, 2018 S Central PA > Chickies Rock > Main Wall The Undercling 5.7 ● Basically the route "The Undercling" does not exist any more as the undercling itself and several tons of r… View Comment
Nov 26, 2018 S Central PA > Chickies Rock > Main Wall > Undercling (5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b) This is Lindsey on the upper Undercling. ● Gabe, I'm glad you and your partner were safe today! I arrived with Jon and Lindsey (she's the one in this… View Comment
Sep 18, 2017 S Central PA > Chickies Rock > Main Wall Main Street 5.6 PG13 ● Just commenting on Larry's comment above which was dead on in 2010. But there's been a lot of erosi… View Comment
Sep 2, 2017 S Central PA > Chickies Rock > Trail Valley Chickies Direct 5.8 R ● August 2017 We trundled many dangerous rocks that were 20 feet up at the top of the corner where you traver… View Comment
Sep 2, 2017 S Central PA > Chickies Rock > Block Riverview 5.4 PG13 ● This climb hadn't been done in years because too many trees and shrubs grew in the gully. As of August… View Comment
Sep 2, 2017 S Central PA > Chickies Rock > Main Wall The Library 5.4 ● KenR The step across into the dihedral is straightforward and protected by a perfect #1 red Camalot. De… View Comment
Aug 30, 2017 S Central PA Chickies Rock ● The bolts and chains have been removed from Riverview Ledge. View Comment
Aug 25, 2017 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Book > J-Crack Slab Area > Pear Buttress (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c) Unknown climbers below the classic pitch 3 crack.... ● I'm pretty sure that's me (the leader), and I'm at the end pf pitch , right at the start of the… View Comment
Apr 9, 2015 3. Piedmont Region > Stone Mountain > Stone Mtn S Face The Great Arch 5.5 ● Thanks to everyone involved! I think lives were potentially saved with this. I know rock climbing is inhere… View Comment
Apr 6, 2015 3. Piedmont Region > Stone Mountain > Stone Mtn S Face The Great Arch 5.5 ● View Comment
Apr 6, 2015 3. Piedmont Region > Stone Mountain > Stone Mtn S Face The Great Arch 5.5 ● Jake, Thank you. I'm sure you know the flake I'm talking about, it's really the only deviating feature on… View Comment
Apr 6, 2015 3. Piedmont Region > Stone Mountain > Stone Mtn S Face The Great Arch 5.5 ● I'd like to add to what Devin said (above). I've climbed this arch many times, the flake above the belay on… View Comment
Sep 30, 2014 Northeast Ridge… > Delaware Water… > Mt Minsi > h. High Wall Osprey 5.6 PG13 ● Gordon, I think it's PA's best moderate multipitch trad route. It deserves many stars! View Comment
Dec 20, 2013 NH Ice & Mixed > - Crawford Notch Ice… 6. Mt. Willey / Willey's Slide ● What is the standard descent for Willey's Slide? are there rings and slings on trees off to the side? Or a… View Comment
Dec 19, 2013 NH Ice & Mixed > - Crawford Notc… > 7. Mt Willard (… > 04. E Face - Lower Left Hand Monkey Wrench WI3 ● Question on the approach. Do you hike north along the train tracks, or do you scramble up to Lower Hitchcoc… View Comment
Dec 11, 2013 Adirondacks > Adirondack Ice… > D: Keene Valley… > Chapel Pond Chouinard's Gully WI3 ● Please don't rap the route. This is a classic, busy route. No one wants people dropping bombs from above. T… View Comment
Sep 11, 2013 Northeast Ridge… > Delaware Water… > Mt Minsi > f. Land of the… > Voyage of the Damned (5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c PG13) JAG sets sail on "The Voyage of the Damned" ● I'd love to know what's going on in this photo, because it certainly looks badass. Is the climber leading o… View Comment
Sep 9, 2013 Northeast Ridge… > Delaware Water… > Mt Minsi > h. High Wall Osprey 5.6 PG13 ● I rewrote the description to two pitches, with one comfortable belay, and a second long pitch. Much better… View Comment
Dec 22, 2010 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Boulderado > Ho Hum (5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c PG13) Nickie Kelly stepping into the corner halfway up the pitch. ● Nice butt shot. View Comment
Aug 17, 2010 Seneca Rocks > S End Ecstasy 5.7 ● This is probably my least favorite Seneca 5.7. The second belay station sucks. You can bypass it and go all… View Comment
Apr 9, 2010 3. Piedmont Region > Stone Mountain > Stone Mtn S Face > U Slot (5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13) The rope shows the basic line you want to take when climbing u-slot. Note the black center mark on my 70m rope. It's a good 20 to 30 feet up. ● When I led this route, I used the crack on the arete to the the right of the shown route. That created a ve… View Comment
Apr 9, 2010 3. Piedmont Region > Stone Mountain > Stone Mtn S Face Block Route 5.7+ PG13 ● This is more fun, and more mellow than U slot by a long shot. It has a single 5.8 move, the rest is easy cl… View Comment
Apr 9, 2010 3. Piedmont Region > Stone Mountain > Stone Mtn S Face Dirty Crack 5.8 ● I don't know why this is only a two-star climb. It's one of the best ways to get to Tree Ledge. View Comment
Mar 23, 2010 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Sundance Buttress Mainliner 5.9 ● Last summer I did Kor's Flake. Thought it was a fun climb, really had not much trouble with it. I'd like to… View Comment
Nov 30, 2009 Seneca Rocks > S Peak - E Face > Upper Broadway Soler 5.7 ● On p1, I went all the way to the chains on Conn's East. I considered backtracking to get onto the ramp, but… View Comment
Nov 16, 2009 Rocks SP > Pinnacle Strawberry Jam 5.8+ ● I can verify Frank's comment. I was leading Strawberry Jam yesterday, stuck a blue #3 Camalot into the wide… View Comment
Aug 2, 2009 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Sundance Buttress Kor's Flake 5.7+ ● So I have read all the above comments about the scary 30-foot runout offwidth on Kor's Flake. I really want… View Comment
Jun 23, 2009 Paul Brandstetter > Seneca Rocks Old School Me on Right age 16 006.jpg ● Paul, So you are the one in the orange/yellow shirt? View Comment
Jun 22, 2009 Gunks > Trapps > a2. The Uberfall - right Boston 5.5 PG13 ● Despite the grade, this is a difficult (off width) climb to protect. I don't recommend leading it. View Comment
Jun 21, 2009 S Central PA > Chickies Rock > Main Wall > Witches Brew (5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a PG13) good view of the chimney. ● Pls rotate photo View Comment

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