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Jul 5, 2010
Last Visit: 7 hours ago
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1 day ago
Red River Gorge > Northern Gorge > Military Wall
Fuzzy Undercling 5.11b
● The ground has eroded away significantly at the start and there used to be a stump to start from there I be… View Comment
1 day ago
Red River Gorge > Muir Valley
Ivory Tower
● IIRC there is potentially another hard line or two left of Orders of Magnitude View Comment
1 day ago
Red River Gorge > Muir Valley > Ivory Tower
Astrodog 5.12d
● Oh ok cool, that means we can just get Erik Kloeker some beer and he'll fix it then haha View Comment
2 days ago
Red River Gorge > Muir Valley > Ivory Tower
Astrodog 5.12d
● It depends heavily on the belayer... the typical RRG loop-of-slack-in-the-dirt "sport belay" will not cut i… View Comment
2 days ago
Red River Gorge > Pendergrass-Mur… > Chica Bonita Wall
Old English 5.10c
● V3 lol View Comment
4 days ago
Oahu > Mokule'ia Wall
Face The Music 5.11a
● Good climbing at the bottom, top half bolting is off, with most bolts placed several feet right of the obvi… View Comment

Forum Messages View All 30

General > Fixed Hardware: Bolts & Anchors
Reply: Slightly rusty glue-ins?
Jun 27, 2022 They're welded, which is a weakness when it comes to permitting corrosion. One of many reasons that twisted-rod or Wave-style bolts are a superior design. View Message
General > Fixed Hardware: Bolts & Anchors
Reply: 1/2" 5-pc hanger debate
Apr 11, 2022 Somewhat off-topic, but…. whatever happened to the Legacy bolt? Chris? View Message
General > Fixed Hardware: Bolts & Anchors
Reply: 1/2" 5-pc hanger debate
Apr 9, 2022 Definitely no time or energy to read all this, but if no one else mentioned it yet, the effective/load-bearing portion of the actual bolt itself in a “1/2-inch” Pow… View Message
Regional > Southern California
Reply: New routes going up in Topanga Canyon
Oct 17, 2020 I saw these routes too a couple months back... my only thought was that leaving the brightly colored fixed lines hanging just off the side of the 27 for long periods of time li… View Message
General > Fixed Hardware: Bolts & Anchors
Reply: Glue In Catch Bag
May 31, 2020 To each their own I guess. My technique is fast, efficient, and clean. I use the plastic bag (one per route) and already have it hand anyway to clean excess glue from around th… View Message
General > Fixed Hardware: Bolts & Anchors
Reply: Glue In Catch Bag
May 31, 2020 That's weird, what kind of glue and gun do you use? I never get any ooze or drippage just from releasing the trigger when using AC100 and a standard high-end metal caulk gun, d… View Message

Route Scores View All 1,740

5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 65
● Sig Alert (aka Cast Up a Highway)
Trad
Joshua Tree NP > … > Freeway Wall > Upper Freeway Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 3
● Goat Rodeo (upper pitch)
Sport
Sierra Eastside > … > Inner Gorge > Land of the Giants
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
 9
● Enraged Pixie
Sport
Sierra Eastside > … > Inner Gorge > Land of the Giants
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 231
● Expressway
Sport
Sierra Eastside > … > Central Gorge > Upper Crust
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 168
● O.R.G.asm
Sport
Sierra Eastside > … > Upper Gorge > Dihedrals
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R
 183
● Sendero Luminoso
Sport
Sierra Eastside > … > Central Gorge > Solarium
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Sig Alert (aka Cast Up a Hi… Joshua Tree NP > … > Freeway Wall > Upper Freeway Wall
Avg:  65
Dustin:
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad
5.10
● Goat Rodeo (upper pitch) Sierra Eastside > … > Inner Gorge > Land of the Giants
Avg:  3
Dustin:
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
5.12a
● Enraged Pixie Sierra Eastside > … > Inner Gorge > Land of the Giants
Avg:  9
Dustin:
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Sport
5.11
● Expressway Sierra Eastside > … > Central Gorge > Upper Crust
Avg:  231
Dustin:
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
● O.R.G.asm Sierra Eastside > … > Upper Gorge > Dihedrals
Avg:  168
Dustin:
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
● Sendero Luminoso Sierra Eastside > … > Central Gorge > Solarium
Avg:  183
Dustin:
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R Sport
5.10b
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