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Andrew Mertens

Fort Collins
36 years old · Male
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Member Since
Feb 8, 2010
Last Visit: 2 days ago
136 Points
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Likes Trad, Sport, Tr, Gym, Boulders
Leads Follows
Trad 5.10a 5.11a
Sport 5.11c 5.12b
Ice WI3 WI5
Boulders V4
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May 22, 2019
Ft Collins > Lory SP > Arthur's Rock > Overlook (Arthur's Rock)
Crag Overlook as seen from the dirt road, again.
● Really neat, and thanks for the hard work and I'm excited to check it out! Does anyone know if there is cli… View Comment
Mar 12, 2015
San Francisco B… > … > Castle Rock & S… > Castle & Sanbo… > Castle Rock Loop > Domino
Domino V2
● Really fun dyno. I thought the problem seemed really hard for the grade until I walked around to the top an… View Comment
Oct 13, 2014
-Acadia NP > Precipice aka The S Wall
Fingers on a Seascape (mid-cliff START) 5.10c
● Thanks Sprax, I changed it. Yeah, I think the difficult depends on both height and style preferences. If yo… View Comment
Aug 26, 2013
1. Northern Ver… > Marshfield Ledge > Main Cliff
Just for Goobs 5.7+ PG13
● The second pitch has some loose stacked blocks on the arete, and some car-sized blocks they are stacked… View Comment
May 3, 2013
Rumney > New Wave
Retrospade 5.11d
● The nut's gone so bring the cam. View Comment
Mar 28, 2013
-Acadia NP > Precipice aka The S Wall
Chicken of the Sea 5.9
● Fixed, thanks! View Comment

Forum Messages View All 70

General > Training Forum
Reply: Advice on building longer woody around ceiling joists
Mar 14, 2021 Thanks, Kevin. I ended up building one outside (and love it-have been bouldering all winter) and I'm still worried about all the snow on it. Glad I didn't try and alter the gar… View Message
General > Politics and Rock Climbing
Reply: PSA from Bishop: Please reconsider your visitation…
Jul 16, 2020 The rate of positive tests is also increasing, so while the total number of tests has increased, the increase in confirmed cases can't solely be explained by increased testing.… View Message
General > Training Forum
Reply: What does your Woody look like??? 2.0
May 6, 2020 Thanks! That's really helpful. I'm planning a spraywall-style setup, just with moonboard dimensions, so it will be easier to have warmup problems/easier problems for others. I… View Message
General > Training Forum
Reply: What does your Woody look like??? 2.0
May 6, 2020 Does anyone who built an adjustable wall regret it/barely change the angle? It seems really nice to be able to mix up style/difficulty of problems by changing the angle, but I'… View Message
Regional > Northern California
Reply: State-wide Shelter-in-place Lock-down in Effect As…
Mar 20, 2020 A response to that article by an equally well-regarded expert (whose position reflects the majority of experts): link View Message
Regional > Northern California
Reply: State-wide Shelter-in-place Lock-down in Effect As…
Mar 20, 2020 I'm sorry... I have to speak up... I think you are missing perspective here. I'm an epidemiologist focusing on preventing child mortality from diarrheal diseases. We don't do e… View Message

Route Scores View All 301

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
 122
● Red Zinger
Trad 2 pitches
Southern Nevada > … > Oak Creek Canyon > Friar & Byrd Pinnacle
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b V2 5+
 119
● Black Jack Crack
Trad, Boulder
Rumney > … > Black Jack Boul… > Black Jack Boulder
V1 5
 326
● Zig Zag Crack
Boulder
Rumney > … > Zig Zag Area > Zig Zag Boulder
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 105
● North Ridge of Matthes Crest
Trad, Alpine
Yosemite NP > … > Cathedral Range > Matthes Crest
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 815
● Matthes Crest Traverse - South t…
Trad, Alpine
Yosemite NP > … > Cathedral Range > Matthes Crest
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 517
● Directissima
Trad 2 pitches
Gunks > Trapps > i. High E
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Red Zinger Southern Nevada > … > Oak Creek Canyon > Friar & Byrd Pinnacle
Avg:  122
Andrew:
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad 2 pitches
5.10d
● Black Jack Crack Rumney > … > Black Jack Boul… > Black Jack Boulder
Avg:  119
Andrew:
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b V2 5+ Trad, Boulder
● Zig Zag Crack Rumney > … > Zig Zag Area > Zig Zag Boulder
Avg:  326
Andrew:
V1 5 Boulder
● North Ridge of Matthes Crest Yosemite NP > … > Cathedral Range > Matthes Crest
Avg:  105
Andrew:
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad, Alpine
5.8
● Matthes Crest Traverse - So… Yosemite NP > … > Cathedral Range > Matthes Crest
Avg:  815
Andrew:
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad, Alpine
● Directissima Gunks > Trapps > i. High E
Avg:  517
Andrew:
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad 2 pitches
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