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James Olsen

Santa Fe, NM
84 years old · Male
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Member Since
Oct 19, 2010
Last Visit: Dec 30, 2025
322 Points
Point Rank: #4,480 DetailsDrop down
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Best Times to Meet: Sun-Mon-Tue or Wed
Likes Trad, Sport
Leads Follows
Trad 5.8 5.10a
Sport 5.9 5.10a
Other Interests
Skiing, used to iceboat
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Comments View All 4

Apr 26, 2022
New Mexico Nava… > Ship Rock Area > Ship Rock
Southeast Buttress 5.8- R
● It's been 59 years since we did it. I have forgotten a lot about it, consequently I am not sure about the… View Comment
Jul 23, 2019
New Mexico, oth… > Las Vegas / El… > Porvenir Canyon > Elevenses Crag
The Maze 5.7
● I have forgotten how long the pitches are. If anyone climbs it get the lengths. View Comment
Oct 12, 2018
Upper Rio Puerc… > Cabezon Peak
Mad Hatter's Tea Party 5.6
● The route avoids the ash band. View Comment
Aug 13, 2018
Upper Rio Puerc… > Cabezon Peak
Mad Hatter's Tea Party 5.6
● There's room enough at the belay ledges for a party of three or four to ascend this route. View Comment

Forum Messages View All 3

Regional > Arizona & New Mexico
Reply: Tooth of Time, Cimarron NM
Jan 12, 2020 It sounds as if Lee Davis figured out why BSA won't let climbers on Tooth of Time.  Climbing while kids are throwing rocks is a bad combination.  The boys are th… View Message
Partners > Arizona & New Mexico Partners
Reply: Looking for partners for organ mountains
Jul 20, 2016 Hi, I just put my climbing info on MP Partners - somewhere. I would like to do some climbing in the Organs and Santa Ana(?)Mtns. as well (ie: checkerboard wall). My old clim… View Message
General > General Climbing
Reply: Best Jobs for Climbers
May 18, 2016 Field geologist. You can scout out new crags while doing your fieldwork. Sometimes you can even disguise this as doing field work. You may rationalize climbing them to: look… View Message

Route Scores View All 20

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 5
● Osa
Trad, Alpine
Albuquerque Area > … > Chimney Canyon > Sentinel - East
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 5
● Senile Superhero
Trad 3 pitches
El Rito > El Rito Traditional Area
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 1
● Knight Moves
Trad, TR, Alpine
Santa Fe Area > Santa Fe Ski Basin
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 7
● Blue Boy (aka Serendipity)
Trad
Taos Area > Tres Piedras > Aspen Alley
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 3
● Pinky and the Bro
TR
Santa Fe Area > Rats Peak
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 6
● Dirty Stinkin' Rats
Sport
Santa Fe Area > Rats Peak
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Osa Albuquerque Area > … > Chimney Canyon > Sentinel - East
Avg:  5
James:
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad, Alpine
5.7
● Senile Superhero El Rito > El Rito Traditional Area
Avg:  5
James:
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad 3 pitches
5.7
● Knight Moves Santa Fe Area > Santa Fe Ski Basin
Avg:  1
James:
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad, TR, Alpine
5.9
● Blue Boy (aka Serendipity) Taos Area > Tres Piedras > Aspen Alley
Avg:  7
James:
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad
5.8
● Pinky and the Bro Santa Fe Area > Rats Peak
Avg:  3
James:
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b TR
5.7
● Dirty Stinkin' Rats Santa Fe Area > Rats Peak
Avg:  6
James:
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Sport
5.7+
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