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Oct 21, 2026 Central Utah > Maple Canyon > Left Fork > Pipeline Chia Pet 5.12b ● All bolts and anchors have been replaced with glue in bolts. Great climbing with no sharp holds that I enco… View Comment
Sep 23, 2026 Europe > Switzerland > Berner Oberland > Mönch Southeast Ridge Easy 5th Mod. Snow X ● A few notes for folks interested in doing this route: This makes a great acclimatizing climb on your fir… View Comment
Sep 6, 2026 Europe > … 1 > Chamonix Mont B… > Aiguilles Rouges > Index > Pointe Gaspard Voie Gaspard 1er 5.9 ● 50m rope, 10 draws and possibly a light rack (.3-#1) would be great for this route. You might even manage w… View Comment
Sep 4, 2026 Europe > … 1 > Chamonix Mont B… > Aiguilles Rouges > Le Brévent > Brévent East La Somone 5.8- ● 40m cord and 10 draws is all you'll need. Great for what it is. View Comment
Sep 3, 2026 Europe > … 1 > Chamonix Mont B… > Aiguilles Rouges > Index > Aiguille de I'Index Brunat-Perroux 5.9 ● What are “exceptional bees of the Maddie?” View Comment
Sep 3, 2026 Europe > … 1 > Chamonix Mont B… > Aiguilles Rouges > Planpraz > Aiguille de Charlanon Arete du doigt 5.9 ● Very little good climbing on this. The first, second and last pitches have some good bits but everything el… View Comment
Aug 28, 2026 Estes Park Valley > CO Hwy 7 & Trib… > Prospect Mountain > Thumb Vapor Trail 5.12d ● This is a great route, and the crux climbing is athletic, but the lower half is unfortunately still a bit c… View Comment
Aug 22, 2026 Estes Park Valley > CO Hwy 7 & Trib… > Crags > Upper Great Face Anniversary 5.8 ● That’s helpful, Matt. Thanks for the clarification. It’s kind of a maze of routes up there and hard to deci… View Comment
Aug 22, 2026 Estes Park Valley > CO Hwy 7 & Trib… > Crags > Upper Great Face > Anniversary (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c) The flat and grassy ledge where you can begin the route. ● Thanks, Matt! View Comment
Aug 21, 2026 Estes Park Valley > Deer Mountain > Deer Ridge Butt… > Friar's Frontress (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a) The line I took. The pro looks a little sparse from the ground, but it's plentiful. I found nuts particularly useful. ● This is the way. View Comment
Aug 21, 2026 Estes Park Valley > CO Hwy 7 & Trib… > Crags > Upper Great Face Anniversary 5.8 ● I believe I climbed this route today…. I’m still not sure, but I didn’t find the description above to be he… View Comment
Jul 4, 2026 Ft Collins > Poudre Canyon > Narrows > Twilight Area > Twilight Wall Wihizzle Dihizzle 5.12+ ● We added a chain and carabiner to bolt six for ease of cleaning. Feel free to swap out the aluminum if/when… View Comment
Jun 28, 2026 Ft Collins > Poudre Canyon > Narrows > Twilight Area > Twilight Wall Golden Man 5.12d ● This has four star movement, rock, and climbing. Unfortunately some bolts are positioned such that the gate… View Comment
Jun 24, 2026 Estes Park Valley > CO Hwy 7 & Trib… > Crags > Crosswinds Parrot Bay 5.12a ● I broke a large quartzite crystal at around the fourth bolt. It left a sizable sidepull in its place. That… View Comment
Jun 18, 2026 Europe > Switzerland > Oberwallis (Upp… > Saas-Fee Dri Horlini ● “Dri Horlini” is the accurate spelling of this feature. View Comment
Apr 15, 2026 Europe > Spain > Catalonia > Lleida > Tres Ponts Sector Pri… Ska-Que? 5.10b ● I think what’s described here might be Ska Keiker… Ska-Que starts with fairly easy climbing in a corner and… View Comment
Mar 2, 2026 Europe > Spain > Catalonia > Lleida > Tres Ponts Sector Pri… Instint Salvatge 5.12c ● Classic route. A boulder at bolt five is the physical crux. This is succeeded by some good and steep jug pu… View Comment
Feb 1, 2026 Boulder > Flatirons > South > Devil's Advocate > Pink Hyena aka Tuck n… (5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c) Starting the pumpy ending. ● A drone use can be permitted with a commercial permit... which is what LT11 used I assume. Nice shot! View Comment
Jan 22, 2026 Canon City > Shelf Rd > Bank > 03. Machine Gun Kelly Cerebral Brain Freeze 5.11d ● I don't know anything about anything, but this little zone looks like Shelf Road's version of L'Olla in Siu… View Comment
Dec 9, 2025 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Black Widow Slab Mordred 5.13d ● The upper half of this route has been re-equipped with permadraws of pretty high quality as of June, 2025. View Comment
Oct 27, 2025 Ft Collins > Poudre Canyon > Triple Tier Area > Old Aid Wall aka Uppe… Tail Flute 5.12d ● A very nice route. There are some powerful moves from good edges to jugs and plentiful rests. The crux is a… View Comment
Oct 1, 2025 Boulder > Flatirons > South > Seal Rock > S Side No Philter 5.13d ● A large hold at bolt seven has been ripped off the wall. The hold is at the base of the route; not having t… View Comment
Sep 8, 2025 Boulder > Flatirons > Central > Dinosaur Rock Pretty in Pinkler 5.11d ● I’ve climbed this route over a dozen times over the last ten years. It’s grown on me, and I think it’s a cl… View Comment
Sep 5, 2025 S Platte > Staunton SP > Staunton Rocks > Dungeon Waiting for the Fire (link-up) 5.12a ● Travis, link-ups work a lot better when you climb them and not just look at them. View Comment
Aug 16, 2025 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Bastille > Bastille - W Face Sunset Boulevard 5.11b ● Best 5.11 sport climb in the Flatirons. View Comment
Aug 12, 2025 Boulder > Flatirons > South > Overhang Rock Rikki-Tikki-Tavi 5.13a ● Pandy, yes, as I suspected you would. View Comment
Aug 12, 2025 Boulder > Flatirons > South > Overhang Rock Rikki-Tikki-Tavi 5.13a ● Pandy: you forgot to mention the critical bit of information... can YOU stand on tiny foot holds or can you… View Comment
Aug 6, 2025 Europe > … 1 > Chamonix Mont B… > Aiguilles Rouges > Le Brévent > Brévent S Face New Piola Route 5.11a/b ● I think the grades in the above description are a little off. P1: 6a or 5.10a, Follow the left trending… View Comment
Jul 26, 2025 Europe > France > 05 Southern Alps > Ceuse > Secteur Cascade Corps Etranger 5.13a ● The jug hauling before and after the mono crux is really good. I used only one mono, which is quite positiv… View Comment
Jul 25, 2025 Europe > France > 05 Southern Alps > Ceuse > Secteur Demi Lune Minette a la Plage 5.12d ● Pretty stout but what a journey. Not too much in the way of runouts… about as comfortably bolted as you cou… View Comment
Jul 21, 2025 Europe > France > 05 Southern Alps > Ceuse > Secteur Cascade Alabama 5.12c ● Two hard boulders in the first four bolts separated by a good rest. The second boulder for me was condition… View Comment
May 16, 2025 Boulder > Flatirons > North > Skunk Canyon > Ridge 1 aka Stairway… Later Creators 5.13b ● I ripped a hold off the top of this route today. It was the “right” option crimp/flake thing Andres mention… View Comment
Mar 29, 2025 Europe > France > 06 Provence > Vallon Sourn Grand Face ● This is an incredible crag and if you find yourself in the area, is well worth a visit or three. We had a u… View Comment
Dec 26, 2024 Canon City > Shelf Rd > Bank > 10. 2150 Wall Stick It aka Serious Power Outage 5.11a ● Unfortunately, the rebolting effort of 2013 hasn’t stood the rest of time. It’s unfortunate, because this i… View Comment
Nov 12, 2024 Golden > N Table Mountai… > Overhang Area Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers 5.8 ● Beta: m.youtube.com/watch?v=wzZcB…. View Comment
Nov 5, 2024 Rapid City Area > VC > Main Wall Thin Red Line 5.13b ● This is really a great route that has different characteristics than routes of a similar grade on the Main… View Comment

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