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Apr 28, 2023 Monument Valley. This may be in Utah. It's right on the border. Photo by Blitzo. ● Stunning, seldom climbed towers. Highly rewarding for those who venture here View Comment
Mar 31, 2022 Yosemite NP > Tuolumne Meadows > Drug Dome > Oz (5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b) Wider still. ● Hyper-classic View Comment
Jul 29, 2021 Colorado Springs > Garden of the Gods > N Gateway Rock > W Face Amazing Grace 5.11d R ● Amazing Grace is a fantastic route. A difficult, bouldery start leads to outstanding climbing for the next… View Comment
Jul 24, 2021 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Bell Buttress M… > Bell Buttress - Main… The Route That Dan Missed 5.10 X ● Climbed this extension of Cosmosis in the mid '80s. I too, expected to find a couple of bolts. However, aft… View Comment
May 27, 2021 Wind River Range > Baptiste Lake > Mt Hooker Sunrise on Mt Hooker on the way to Mozeambeah in August 1979 ● Spectacular photo. Our route, Jaded Lady, is perfectly highlighted on the sun/shadow line. View Comment
Jun 12, 2019 Whitehorse Ledge > 07. The Slabs Interloper 5.10c R ● Crappy shoes in 1991? We had C-4 rubber, still considered one of the stickiest compounds available. This r… View Comment
Apr 13, 2019 Southern Arizona > Cochise Stronghold > W Stronghold > Whale Dome > Moby Dick (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c) Cool skin on pitch 3 ● Not if you link them :) View Comment
Oct 31, 2016 Las Cruces Area > Organ Mountains > High Horns > Tooth > Tooth or Consequences (5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b) Tooth: T or C, Glen Banks on FA ● George, I would say that there is still significant 'swing' potential getting to the first bolt as… View Comment
Aug 24, 2016 Las Cruces Area > Organ Mountains > High Horns > Tooth > Tooth or Consequences (5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b) Best climbing in the organs for sure ● Fortunately, I didn't. That must have been scary! View Comment
Jan 15, 2016 Southern Arizona > Cochise Stronghold > W Stronghold > Whale Dome > Moby Dick (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c) Chicken-head belay! ● Give it a rest. IMHO this anchor is bomber. Plus it was fun to build! View Comment
May 22, 2013 Wind River Range > Baptiste Lake Baptiste lake ● Great picture of a very proud face! View Comment
Apr 3, 2012 3. Piedmont Region > Stone Mountain > Stone Mtn S Face > Great White Way (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a) Safely into the second bolt above the hard part. ● This coming from a dude who's partner wears knee pads on slabs...please! View Comment
Apr 3, 2012 3. Piedmont Region > Stone Mountain > Stone Mtn S Face > Electric Boobs (5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13) Greg leading the 1st pitch ● Knee pads are a ridiculous and probably ineffective way to protect oneself from the consequences of a fall… View Comment
Dec 14, 2011 Southeast Utah > Grand County > Fisher Towers > Oracle > Fantasia (5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a C2+ R) Interesting protection at the second belay. ● When Rob Slater and I reached this belay on an early ascent of the route, we found a tattered section of ye… View Comment
Oct 3, 2011 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Mountain… > La Cueva Canyon… > Torreon Sorcerer's Apprentice 5.11a PG13 ● This is a very good route! In my opinion, as an outsider, a "must do" Sandia Classic! View Comment
May 31, 2011 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Mountain… > La Cueva Canyon… > Torreon Estrellada (a.k.a. Mountain Momma) 5.10c ● An awesome route! We climbed the Ghost Dancer Arête in the Black Canyon 2 days before and found Mountain Mo… View Comment
May 14, 2011 Southwest Utah > Saint George > Snow Canyon SP > Island In The Sky > Aftershock Wall Aftershock 5.11b PG13 ● Aftershock is an excellent route! The climbing is varied and continuously exciting. It is a significant ste… View Comment
Feb 27, 2011 Southern Arizona > Cochise Stronghold > E Stronghold > Rockfellow Group > End Pinnacle Welcome to the Machine 5.10c ● Agreed, Endgame pitch 1 into WTTM, finishing on Endgame's 5th is a 4 star route! I noticed the newer rap s… View Comment
Feb 5, 2011 A very popular route ● Wasteland in Cochise Stronghold View Comment
Jan 28, 2011 S Central Utah > … > San Rafael Swel… > Eastern Reef Ar… > E Crags (DBC Ca… > Death by Chocolate (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c) Looking back down the crux pitch ● I believe I took this picture before the retro-bolt was added! View Comment
Jan 18, 2011 Southern Arizona > Cochise Stronghold > W Stronghold > Sheepshead Area… > Sheepshead Unmitigated Audacity 5.10+ ● This is a very good route, one of the finest on Sheepshead. A #3 Camalot is really nice on the first pitch.… View Comment
Nov 6, 2010 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Mountain… > Chimney Canyon > Muralla Grande Thunderbird 5.12- ● Visited the Crest for the first time last week and tried to do LYJ. I think we ended up doing a hybrid: 1st… View Comment
Oct 24, 2010 An interesting long route we climbed near Missoula ● You are right Ivan. It is a stellar route! View Comment
Sep 26, 2010 Taos Area > Questa Dome > Questa Dome Questar 5.11b ● There is 1 bolt on pitch 3. It is an old and rusty 1/4". If it snapped, the fall would be exciting, but for… View Comment
Sep 26, 2010 Taos Area > Tres Piedras > S Rock Surface Tension 5.11- PG13 ● Although the harder sections are short, it's still a true test piece of both your mental fortitude and thin… View Comment
Sep 26, 2010 Estes Park Valley > Big Thompson Ca… > Mary's Bust Area > Mary's Bust - main bu… The Broadmoor 5.10b ● A very well put together route! Dynamite is the more direct start, although very slightly spicy. I found th… View Comment
Aug 8, 2010 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - Tower One One and a Half Hours of Power 5.11- PG13 ● I led perhaps the second ascent of this route, as a single pitch, in the early '90s while Derek sprayed bet… View Comment
Aug 2, 2010 Northwest Region > Great Falls Area Blackleaf Canyon ● Spend the time to do your homework before journeying to Blackleaf...you will be rewarded with excellent, lo… View Comment
Aug 2, 2010 N America > … > British Columbia > Squamish > Stawamus Chief > Grand Wall Base Area Cruel Shoes 5.10d ● Don't be fooled by some of the vegetation in the photos, Cruel Shoes is truly a classic slab adventure! View Comment
Aug 2, 2010 Central Idaho > Sawtooth Range > Elephant's Perch Myopia 5.11b ● Myopia is an awesome and very sustained Perch classic! Be prepared to "take off the gloves" so to speak! View Comment
Feb 18, 2010 Southern Arizona > Cochise Stronghold > W Stronghold > Sheepshead Area… > Muttonhead Tour Buses Welcome 5.10 ● A very worthwhile route! 2nd pitch is certainly no easier than 10a. The 3rd is significantly harder and can… View Comment
Dec 16, 2009 Northern Arizona > Navajolands > Monument Valley The Throne (King on a Throne) 5.9 A2 ● This is indeed a very cool route. Of note is a historic bit of graffiti at the first belay. One of the 1st… View Comment
Dec 7, 2009 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - Tower Two Scratch and Sniff 5.12a ● Mark R. and I did the FA in the late '80s right before we went up to Mt. Hooker. View Comment
Dec 7, 2009 Stuart Ritchie > A few places I've enj… Babo ● It's Baboquivari Peak, about 50 miles SW of Tucson. There are several excellent 6-9 pitch free climbs on it. View Comment
Nov 12, 2009 Northern Arizona > Navajolands > Cleopatra's Nee… > Venus Needle, W Face (5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b A3) Venus Needle, Sawmill, New Mexico. Photo; Todd Gordon ● Nice pic. Todd. The spire in the right background is called Navajo Needle and has an excellent route on its… View Comment
Nov 7, 2009 Northern Arizona > Navajolands > Cleopatra's Needle Area Venus Needle, West Face 5.10 A3 ● I climbed this spire with Brad Bond in the mid 90's. I found the final bolt ladder to be very hairy, requir… View Comment

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