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Aug 30, 2019 Europe > Switzerland > Graubünden > Albigna Valley > Spazzacaldeira Northeast Ridge 5.7 ● Nice to hear someone else thought there was at least one 5.7 move. I soloed it on a perfect August morning… View Comment
Aug 27, 2019 Eastern Sierra > … > Alabama Hills > Alabama Hills N… > Western Wall Area > Hoodgie Wall Lafayette in America 5.8+ ● The route and at least one of the bolts were changed -- much in response to the first (then accurate) comme… View Comment
Jun 21, 2019 The Gravity Vault - Hoboken ● Obvious way to get to Hoboken GV is by walking or bicycling from around Hoboken or Weehawken. Driving can… View Comment
May 28, 2019 Eastern Sierra > Bishop Area Little Egypt ● Location: The GPS latitude longitude above on this page as of May 27, 2019 are roughly for the Parking area… View Comment
May 28, 2019 Eastern Sierra > Bishop Area Little Egypt ● Getting There: Parking is on asphalt next to power plant at GPS latitude longitude approx (N37.3024 W118.… View Comment
May 22, 2019 Eastern Sierra > … > Alabama Hills > Alabama Hills N… > Western Wall Area > Hoodgie Wall Hoodgie Wall Orange: Leonosphere (5.8) Red: Ankles Away (5.8) Yellow: Hoodgie (5.6) ● Really the Orange route to left is "Escuche Vaca Heard" . . . (not Leonosphere). View Comment
May 13, 2019 a. NorthWest > Cranberry Hollow h. Kovalcik ● Dangerous weak / loose rock? Better to avoid this route until somebody gets to check it out and address th… View Comment
Mar 5, 2019 Southern Nevada > Henderson Crags > Black Mountain > Black Mtn Ridge Black Mountain Ridge 3rd ● Courtney Purcell in his "Rambles & Scrambles" guidebook calls the N-S traverse of this ridge the "Railroad… View Comment
Mar 5, 2019 Southern Nevada > Henderson Crags Black Mountain ● Seems to be some confusion about naming around here. The Rambles & Scrambles guidebook by Courtney Purcell… View Comment
Jan 12, 2019 Southwest Utah > Saint George > Prophesy Wall Breaking the Sabbath 5.7 ● Now there is a new two-bolt top anchor a few feet right from the three-bolts-with-chains anchor which is at… View Comment
Jan 11, 2019 Southwest Utah > Saint George > Prophesy Wall Sticky Revelations 5.10a ● Pitch 2 now has a "shortcut" variation which finishes straight up past two glue-in bolts to a two-bolt anch… View Comment
Jan 2, 2019 a. NorthWest Cranberry Hollow ● jia wrote: > " as for claiming 1st ascents doing a TR, either you lead it to claim 1st ascent or you go ou… View Comment
Dec 26, 2018 Europe > France > Calanques > Calanque de Sug… > Aiguille de Sugiton Arete du vallon 5.7 ● Hiking: First SW thru village to junction of streets - GPS latitude longitude approx (N43.2131 E5.4424). Wa… View Comment
Dec 26, 2018 Europe > France > Calanques > Calanque de Sug… > Aiguille de Sugiton Arete du vallon 5.7 ● Sharon + I thought we'd try to climb this route on a warm non-windy day in late December. Since it was off-… View Comment
Nov 19, 2018 Southwest Utah > Saint George > Utah Hills > Woodbury Rd Crags > Kelly's Rock Rending of Garments 5.10a/b ● Could be made independent from the route to its right by starting up the left side of the low ridge / slab.… View Comment
Nov 17, 2018 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Second Pullout… > Stone Wall Roto Hammer 5.10c ● Move for more, perhaps more interesting than the climb to is left - (which is admittedly sustains its quali… View Comment
Nov 17, 2018 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Second Pullout… > Stone Wall Nirvana 5.11b ● For old-fashioned technical face climbing, this is it. View Comment
Oct 23, 2018 a. NorthWest > bouldering Northwest NJ Vinny Reilly Boulders (Cranberry Lake boulders) ● The GPS location given for this Area is not for the Parking or for the boulders, but I guess for the inters… View Comment
Oct 12, 2018 b. N Central Green Pond Cliffs ● Despite what the text above says as of September 2018, access is _not_ "Unknown" for this cliff area along… View Comment
Sep 29, 2018 Europe > Switzerland > Via Ferrata > Bergseehütte (UR Gösc… VF Bergseehütte Beginners + Children 4th C0 PG13 ● Free climbing? I tried to see how much of this route could be climbed "free" with hands and feet directly o… View Comment
Sep 20, 2018 Europe > … > Dolomites > Sella Group > Passo Pordoi Area > Via Ferrata Ferrata Cesare Piazzetta Easy 5th ● MountainProject key concern for Dolomites via ferrata routes: "For climbers, the most "difficult" aspect o… View Comment
Sep 20, 2018 Europe > … > Dolomites > Sella Group > Passo Pordoi Area > Via Ferrata Ferrata Cesare Piazzetta Easy 5th ● Sharon + I climbed it today a second time with blue skies, and again enjoyed it for the variety of hiking a… View Comment
Sep 4, 2018 Europe > … 1 > Haut Durance /… > d. Guisane valley > Pantalon > q. Rochers Oranges Aretes du Couloir Orange 5.7 ● The first bolt of Pitch 2 is pretty close above the Pitch 1 top anchor. That's because the installers at fi… View Comment
Aug 29, 2018 Eastern Sierra > June Lake Area > Silver Lake > 2-Robinson Silver Fern 5.8 ● name of route: The silver fern is the iconic plant of New Zealand and featured on some national flag design… View Comment
Aug 21, 2018 a. NorthWest > Cranberry Hollow > c. Smiley Slopes Ski Bonticou 5.6 PG13 ● Leading it Trad: Crux 1 is the starting slab up left under the roof. Might consider placing a medium cam… View Comment
Aug 21, 2018 a. NorthWest > Cranberry Hollow > c. Smiley Slopes Gertrude's Nooose 5.6 R ● Leading it Trad: Arguably the crux of this route is the non-featured slab on top of the ridge a bit above… View Comment
Aug 13, 2018 Eastern Sierra > June Lake Area > Gull Buttress Smooth Buttress ● We visited Smooth Buttress in the afternoon, and found the two less difficult routes interesting. Seemed to… View Comment
Aug 10, 2018 Eastern Sierra > June Lake Area Gull Buttress ● We visited Smooth Buttress in the afternoon. Pleasant bucolic setting. Solid rock. Good equipment. Approac… View Comment
Aug 10, 2018 Eastern Sierra > June Lake Area Family Wall ● We got here by first climbing the easiest 3-pitch link-up in the Silver Lake climbing area: Salamander in s… View Comment
Aug 10, 2018 Eastern Sierra > June Lake Area > Family Wall Five Nine D 5.10a ● Lots of fun interesting moves the whole way. View Comment
Aug 10, 2018 Eastern Sierra > June Lake Area > Family Wall While You Were Sleeping 5.8 ● A number thoughtful moves fairly sustained, but not what many of us think of as "fun" ones: slopy and slanty. View Comment
Aug 9, 2018 Eastern Sierra > June Lake Area > Rush > 9-Chouinard One Pine 5.8+ ● My understanding is that even though the bolts were there, Derek did not attach any draws to any of them. I… View Comment
Aug 9, 2018 Eastern Sierra > June Lake Area > Rush > 9-Chouinard BD Left Inside 5.9 ● How this route came to be . . . It was near the end of a ten hour day. I had left my water back in the car… View Comment
Aug 8, 2018 Eastern Sierra > June Lake Area > Rush > 8-Dostie Upper Right Corner 5.8 ● warning: As of 2018 there is a shaky big rock in the lower quarter, but it's so heavy that one person alone… View Comment
Jul 31, 2018 Eastern Sierra > June Lake Area > Silver Lake > 7-Lewis > Trail Slab - Right Co… (5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c) worst bad rock of route Trail Slab - Right Corner ● Yes, Sharon and I tried and tried to remove the weak rock with hammer + crowbar . . . but we just kept unco… View Comment
Jul 24, 2018 Eastern Sierra > June Lake Area > Rush > 8-Dostie Central Fins - Left Corners 5.9+ PG13 ● .* Beta . The placement of the bolt inside the overhanging corner is designed to be clipped by climbi… View Comment*

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