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Marius vanderMerwe

Saint George, UT

57 years old · Male

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Member Since

Jun 29, 2010

Last Visit: 5 days ago

825 Points
Point Rank: #1,926 Details Drop down

1 Areas

15 pts - 15 each

40 Routes

400 pts - 10 each

82 Photos

410 pts - 5 each

0 Approach Trails

0 pts - 4 each

0 Page Improvements

0 pts - 1 each

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Likes Trad, Sport

	Leads	Follows
Trad	5.10c	5.10d
Sport	5.10d	5.11c

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Apr 16, 2020 Southwest Utah > Saint George Padre Canyon ● @Michael: The Tuacahn Center and the Sentierre resort within Padre Canyon is on private land. Everything el… View Comment
Jan 23, 2017 Southwest Utah > Saint George > Snow Canyon SP New multiple pitch route "Hero" on the upper tier. 5.9 ● I agree. For the grade this is one of the best climbs in Snow Canyon. I thought the hardest moves on th… View Comment
Dec 1, 2015 Southwest Utah > Saint George > Shotgun Alley > My Left Foot (5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c) Rusty finishing his first 11a! ● Nicely done. This one has some tricky foot work to figure out! View Comment
Apr 19, 2015 Southwest Utah > Saint George > Snow Canyon SP > Island In The Sky > Sand Dunes Jimmy Durante 5.9+ R ● First pitch is harder than 5.9 (crux move is about 10d in my opinion, but I am no expert slab climber).… View Comment
Feb 4, 2015 Southwest Utah > Saint George > Pioneer Park > Picnic Table The Sun Traverse V-easy ● This wall (and the long traverse associated with it) has always been known as The Sun Traverse over the man… View Comment
Feb 4, 2015 Southwest Utah > Saint George > Pioneer Park > Picnic Table Failure to Launch V2 ● This line has been tried several times over the years, but with only one top-out that I saw (by Martae Mart… View Comment

Forum Messages View All 6

Regional > Southern Utah Deserts Reply: Moving to Zion...need a partner Feb 16, 2012 My climbing partner and I mostly do sport climbing around St. George (we go out about 2-3 times a week), and sometimes (but not very often) in Zion. You are welcome to contact… View Message
Regional > Southern Utah Deserts Reply: St.George Climbing Partner Dec 2, 2011 You guys are welcome to contact me if you would like to go climbing with me and my partner. You can just send me a message here on Mountain Project with your contact info and I… View Message
Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion Reply: hydration from beer? Sep 26, 2011 According to this study jap.physiology.org/content/… you would have been better off drinking the beer. Even at 4% (the highest percentage alcohol tested) the beer still… View Message
MountainProject.com - the site > Help Reply: How do I divide an existing area into two sub-areas? Sep 25, 2011 Thanks Chris, I will give it a shot. View Message
MountainProject.com - the site > Help How do I divide an existing area into two sub-areas? Sep 25, 2011 Enough routes have been added to an area that I created that it would make sense to divide the area into 2 sub-areas. This will also allow me to order routes from L to R (which… View Message
Regional > Southern Utah Deserts Reply: Climbing Sunday around St. George Sep 16, 2011 After rain (and in addition to Black Rocks) you have the options of Crawdad Canyon (basalt), Pine Valley (basalt), Shotgun Alley (conglomerate) and several limestone crags scat… View Message

Route Scores View All 123

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 158 ● Heroes Get Remembered Sport 5 pitches Southwest Utah > … 1 > Island In The Sky > Sand Dunes
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13 54 ● Made to be Broken Sport 5 pitches Southwest Utah > Zion NP > Carbuncle Buttress
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 251 ● Living On The Edge Trad 4 pitches Southwest Utah > … 1 > Island In The Sky > Aftershock Wall
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b 680 ● 1/2 Route Sport Southwest Utah > … 1 > S Fork of Taylor > Namaste Wall
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 21 ● Forsaken Sport Southwest Utah > Saint George > Cougar Cliffs
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 262 ● Leopard Skin Trad, Sport 4 pitches Southwest Utah > … 1 > Island In The Sky > Sand Dunes

● Heroes Get Remembered

Southwest Utah > … 1 > Island In The Sky > Sand Dunes

Avg:	158
Marius:

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport 5 pitches
5.10a

● Made to be Broken

Southwest Utah > Zion NP > Carbuncle Buttress

Avg:	54
Marius:

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13 Sport 5 pitches

● Living On The Edge

Southwest Utah > … 1 > Island In The Sky > Aftershock Wall

Avg:	251
Marius:

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad 4 pitches

● 1/2 Route

Southwest Utah > … 1 > S Fork of Taylor > Namaste Wall

Avg:	680
Marius:

5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Sport

● Forsaken

Southwest Utah > Saint George > Cougar Cliffs

Avg:	21
Marius:

5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
5.11a

● Leopard Skin

Southwest Utah > … 1 > Island In The Sky > Sand Dunes

Avg:	262
Marius:

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad, Sport 4 pitches
5.8