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Oct 26, 2007
Last Visit: Feb 5, 2021
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I've been climbing since the late seventies. I began in the Cascades and Squamish, but eventually moved to California. I've climbed a bit in the Alps, but the Sierras are my home range.



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Jan 21, 2018
yeah i called it b1+. i couldn't do it until i had fires/sticky rubber. some point in the 80s. never q… View Comment
Jan 21, 2018
tom gilje did the FA so far as we knew. think it was winter 81/82? View Comment
Jan 21, 2018
classic prob. dont know the FA. i did it 81? 80? my first season in hemet. EB days anyway. think Gilj… View Comment
Mar 17, 2011
This actually was the original Carnivore. Or rather, the first ascent traversed in from the long end of th… View Comment
Feb 3, 2010
Scott and Robyn Erler should get FA credit. They didn't name any of these things, so far as I know. View Comment
Feb 3, 2010
I did do this problem, with Neal Kaptain, but it isn't the true "Facemeat Mantle." That's on a differe… View Comment

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Regional > Southern California
Reply: Clark Jacobs
Feb 5, 2021 oh no, terrible, terrible news.    clark had been such a nice guy, for so fuckin long.  condolences to his family. View Message
Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion
Reply: New Yosemite Free Climbs Select Guidebook Almost D…
Nov 7, 2015 easy to see why ASCA won't give you any more hardware View Message
General > General Climbing
Reply: Fontainebleau Help Needed!
Jun 1, 2011 For the northern areas, take the train to Bois-le-Roi. For the southern areas, get off at Avon. You can rent a bicycle in Fontainebleau. And you'll want one-- most of the a… View Message
General > General Climbing
Reply: When will the "V" grades stop? F-bomb!
May 6, 2011 Different skill sets, as we can see in the angst over Bacharcracker. Watching folks do new guidebooks to areas I helped to develop back in the 1980s, you can see the way that… View Message
General > General Climbing
Reply: When will the "V" grades stop? F-bomb!
May 6, 2011 It just seems like a grade explosion because bouldering, despite it's history, is still in relative infancy. If you look at sport climbing, it has advanced what, 2 letters in 1… View Message
Regional > Northern California
Reply: Moving to Berkeley-Looking for housing
May 3, 2011 Well, yr going to be a long way from decent trad let alone ice, so make the most of the trail running, bouldering, and gym scene while yr in town. Generally speaking, north… View Message

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