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Aug 17, 2020 S Platte > Cathedral Spire… > Poe Buttress Mississippi Half-Step 5.11d ● There was a loose, violin case-sized block right below the P2 anchor in the crack. Be aware as you're going… View Comment
Jun 12, 2020 Boulder > Flatirons > North > Green Mtn Pinnacle Transgression 5.12b ● If you are working this and would like to take multiple burns, I'd recommend building a belay after the lip… View Comment
Mar 1, 2017 N America > … > Nuevo Leon > El Potrero Chico > El Toro (The Fr… > Land Of The Free Land of the Free 5.12b PG13 ● It's the middle of the three bolt lines after the fixed line/4th class. The shiny ones going up the fac… View Comment
Mar 1, 2017 N America > Mexico > Nuevo Leon > El Potrero Chico Fitness Cave ● Pulled the giant tufa off of Serendipity last week as I climbed past it. Climb is much harder now I imagine… View Comment
Sep 15, 2015 S Platte > W Creek > Thunder Ridge > Post Office Bandu 5.12 ● Broke a hold this weekend towards the beginning. Feels a little harder now. View Comment
May 9, 2014 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon High Wire Crag ● Pulled the 2nd huge, loose hold off of what I think was Wild Card. It was the climb 2 to the right of the 3… View Comment

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General > Injuries and Accidents Reply: Scapholunate rupture - have repair surgery? Nov 19, 2025 Hey Stu-I didn't get multiple opinions (probably should have), but dealt with a similar lack of progress just through PT. Based on my imaging, they thought it was a moderate te… View Message
General > Injuries and Accidents Reply: Wrist ligament tear- scapholunate interosseous lig… Nov 18, 2025 Some more info in this thread here. View Message
General > Injuries and Accidents Reply: Scapholunate rupture - have repair surgery? Oct 9, 2025 Glad the surgery went well and that it was just the repair. I had a pin in for about a month and was in a cast for about 8 weeks. After all my rehab, strength is fully returned… View Message
General > Injuries and Accidents Reply: Scapholunate rupture - have repair surgery? Sep 22, 2025 I had a very similar injury with a fully ruptured scapholunate. Had surgery and have been climbing for the past two years harder than ever and pain free. Don't know any surgeon… View Message
Gear > Lost and Found Lost: Cam on BG Crack - Vedauwoo May 22, 2023 Some chuffer (me) was gripped on BG crack and overcammed my belayer's #5 on BGC. It's wiggling, but we were unable to free it before dark. If you find it, and find it in your h… View Message
General > Injuries and Accidents Reply: Boulder Canyon - rock fall? Info? Nov 30, 2020 A climber was walking in the gulley at the base Blob Rock and tried to lower himself using a large boulder. The boulder (200-300lbs) dislodged and both the climber and boulder… View Message

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V7- 7A+ 206 ● Sunshine Day Dream Boulder Central Utah > … > Left Fork > Right Sign Area
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b 21 ● Drinking Kool-Aid Trad 7 pitches Northern Arizona > … > Sedona > Mormon Canyon
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 37 ● Oski Trad 4 pitches Northern Arizona > … 1 2 > Bear Mtn Area > Bear Mountain
5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b 32 ● Kicked out of Heaven Trad 5 pitches Northern Arizona > … > Sedona > Mormon Canyon
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 11 ● Brothers in Arms Trad S Platte > Cathedral Spire… > Poe Buttress
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 54 ● Reality Check Trad S Platte > … > Thunder Ridge > For Real Canyon

● Sunshine Day Dream

Central Utah > … > Left Fork > Right Sign Area

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Patrick:

V7- 7A+ Boulder

● Drinking Kool-Aid

Northern Arizona > … > Sedona > Mormon Canyon

Avg:	21
Patrick:

5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b Trad 7 pitches

● Oski

Northern Arizona > … 1 2 > Bear Mtn Area > Bear Mountain

Avg:	37
Patrick:

5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Trad 4 pitches

● Kicked out of Heaven

Northern Arizona > … > Sedona > Mormon Canyon

Avg:	32
Patrick:

5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b Trad 5 pitches

● Brothers in Arms

S Platte > Cathedral Spire… > Poe Buttress

Avg:	11
Patrick:

5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Trad

● Reality Check

S Platte > … > Thunder Ridge > For Real Canyon

Avg:	54
Patrick:

5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Trad