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Dec 5, 2019 Wasatch Range > Southern Wasatch > Rock Canyon > Kyhv Peak Kyhv Peak \| 7735 5.11b ● My site where I had listed more beta, the first ascent history, and a printable topo was down for the last… View Comment
May 25, 2017 Wasatch Range > Southern Wasatch > Rock Canyon > Wild Chupacabra 5.10a ● While it's very possible (and even probable) that the feet have gotten more slippery over the years, th… View Comment
Nov 16, 2016 Wasatch Range > Northern Wasatch > Willard Air to Spare 5.9 ● Did this yesterday and really enjoyed it. Approach took 40 minutes and was straightforward. Here are some o… View Comment
Oct 18, 2016 Wasatch Range > Northern Wasatch > Ogden > Ogden Boulder F… > Lower Boulder Field The Arrowhead ● There's an old hangerless quarter-incher and a bomber modern 3/8-inch bolt on top of this boulder, pres… View Comment
Aug 28, 2016 Wasatch Range > … > Big Cottonwood… > Back of Beyond > Dark W Face > Journey Home (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c) Looking down pitch 2 ● Yeah, very well could be. I'm horrible at remembering routes. View Comment
Aug 15, 2016 Hueco Tanks > W Mountain > Adventureland Best of the Best V9 ● First ascent by John Sherman, according to him in his Better Bouldering book. View Comment
Jul 14, 2016 Northeast Utah > Uinta Mountains > Hayden Peak > Aces High Tower Aces High 5.9 ● I really enjoyed this route. The first two pitches were the best, and then I felt like each subsequent pitc… View Comment
Jun 28, 2016 Wasatch Range > Northern Wasatch > Ogden > Mezzanines Timex 5.7 ● The only beta that the guidebook has for this route is that it's 3 to 4 pitches long. There's no wa… View Comment
May 27, 2016 Wasatch Range > Wasatch Alpine… > Mt Timpanogos Everest Ridge Easy 5th Mod. Snow ● Here's heritage.utah.gov/history/e… a really great firsthand account (with photos) of the 1916 first… View Comment
May 10, 2016 Wasatch Range > Northern Wasatch > Ogden > Ogden Canyon > Green Snatch The Green Snatch 5.8 ● Fun climb! Here are my thoughts on each pitch: P1: Relatively short pitch. Lots of moss. Belay tree at t… View Comment
May 10, 2016 Wasatch Range > Northern Wasatch > Ogden > Ogden Canyon > Diamond Diamond Spire 5.6 ● Climbed this today not knowing what it was after seeing it from the top of the Green Snatch. Surprisingly f… View Comment
Oct 17, 2014 Wasatch Range > Southern Wasatch > Rock Canyon > Bug Barn Dance… > Looking For A Legacy (5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b) Christian Burrell on the FA in early August 2005. ● ...On my hard drive. View Comment
Jun 6, 2013 Wasatch Range > Southern Wasatch > Rock Canyon > Kyhv Peak Kyhv Peak \| 7735 5.11b ● When we did the FA, I think that pitch 16 is the only one that took me multiple tries. I had to pull the ro… View Comment
Jun 26, 2012 Northeast Utah > Uinta Mountains Talk about views! ● Looks like Ruth Lake (Good Medicine Area mountainproject.com/v/good-… ). The wall on the right there… View Comment
Jun 22, 2012 Wasatch Range > Southern Wasatch > Rock Canyon > Layer Cake Cosmic Space Dust Lazers 5.9 ● I climbed the full 9 pitches today and noticed that all of the pitch ratings listed here are considerably h… View Comment
Jun 16, 2012 Wasatch Range > Central Wasatch > Big Cottonwood… > Patty's Ridge Patty's Ridge 5.6 ● We did it in three pitches and it added up to about 500' long total. The pitch lengths are very approximate… View Comment
Jun 14, 2012 Wasatch Range > Central Wasatch > Big Cottonwood… > JHCOB Wall Outside Corner 5.7 ● I did this climb again today after first doing it about 8 years ago, and I forgot how good it is. I think i… View Comment
Jun 13, 2012 Wasatch Range > Central Wasatch > Big Cottonwood… > Dead Snag East Dihedrals 5.6 ● I combined pitches 1 and 2 with a 70 and belayed on the nice ledge about 40 feet below the top (with about… View Comment
Jun 13, 2012 Wasatch Range > Central Wasatch > Big Cottonwood… > Dead Snag Steorts' Ridge 5.6 ● Fantastic route. I don't see how 250 feet of 5.6 could get any better. There's not a single loose rock on t… View Comment
Jun 12, 2012 Southeast Utah > River Rd > Barney Rumble Tower Raven's Delight 5.10a ● Link to a great TR on Supertopo. supertopo.com/tr/Ready-to-R… View Comment
Jun 8, 2012 Wasatch Range > Central Wasatch > Big Cottonwood… > Sundial Eleventh Hour 5.8 ● Classic. I finally climbed this thing today and loved it. I started the first pitch too far to the left but… View Comment
Jun 5, 2012 Wasatch Range > Central Wasatch > Big Cottonwood… > JHCOB Wall Inside Corner 5.6 ● The Ruckmans gave it a 5.5 rating, but it felt like solid 5.6 to us. The first and beginning of the second… View Comment
Jun 3, 2012 Wasatch Range > Southern Wasatch > Rock Canyon > Treasure Island > Blood Ruby (5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a) Caleb clipping into the chains on bloody ruby ● The FA was done in Mythos, too. View Comment
May 31, 2012 Wasatch Range > Central Wasatch > Big Cottonwood… > Storm Mtn Picni… > Reservoir Ridge I Ran To Afghanistan 5.6 ● I climbed this today and it was extremely dirty. It will be fun when it cleans up. I love how you can easil… View Comment
May 28, 2012 Wasatch Range > Southern Wasatch > Rock Canyon > Kyhv Peak > Kyhv Peak \| 7735 (5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c) My favorite pitch in the first 8: Frosted Flakes. Just look at how white the limestone is! And it is very solid with great holds and a fantastic roof with a perfect jug for pulling. ● Pitch 5. View Comment
May 22, 2012 Wasatch Range > Central Wasatch > Big Cottonwood… > Millstone Millstone Slab 5.4 R ● I climbed this today and had a great time on it. As others have said, it's remarkably consistent. I started… View Comment
May 11, 2012 Wasatch Range > Wasatch Back > Echo Canyon > Monument Rock The Pierced Nipple 5.12c A0-1 ● I climbed this today and the last entry in the summit register was Adam's in August 2010. The climb is wort… View Comment
May 11, 2012 Wasatch Range > Southern Wasatch > Rock Canyon > Kyhv Peak Kyhv Peak \| 7735 5.11b ● Nope. The Squaw Peak Road does not come anywhere near the summit of Squaw Peak. View Comment
May 8, 2012 Wasatch Range > Central Wasatch > Mt Olympus > S Summit Geurt's Ridge 5.5 ● I soloed the route today and thought I'd add a bit more about the downclimbs that bypass the rappels. The f… View Comment
Apr 25, 2012 Southeast Utah > Cheese Box Canyon The Cheesebox Easy 5th ● Yep, I sure did use your beta for this route and have for some other trips, too (namely U-Turn Canyon and P… View Comment
Apr 25, 2012 Southeast Utah > 191 South > Wilson Arch Wilson Arch Regular Route 5.4 ● The approach beta here says that the arch is between mile markers 102 and 103, but that's actually the Look… View Comment
Apr 18, 2012 Wasatch Range > Central Wasatch > Salt Lake County Urba… Mt. Van Cott ● Both of these areas have likely been climbed at for a while. I ran across them while wandering around and t… View Comment
Apr 18, 2012 Wasatch Range > Southern Wasatch > Rock Canyon > Balcony 10b on the far right of the wall. ● A couple years ago, Darren, Perin, and I fought our way up the scree slope in the background to the obvious… View Comment
Apr 17, 2012 Wasatch Range > Central Wasatch > City Creek Canyon > Hadrian's Wall Trajan's Column 5.9 ● "Just observing that it likely isn't worth bolting lines that just won't ever clean up." Worth it for wh… View Comment
Apr 16, 2012 Wasatch Range > Central Wasatch > Millcreek Canyon > Stitches Wall Itchy Stitches 5.10- PG13 ● When I climbed the route today there was a quick link on one bolt and nothing on other other. I added a cha… View Comment
Apr 16, 2012 Wasatch Range > Central Wasatch > Millcreek Canyon > Stitches Wall Sticky Fishes 5.10- R ● This one is definitely runout to the top (you might deck if you fall from high up) but the climbing after t… View Comment

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