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Jun 16, 2021 Alpine Rock > San Juans > Needles > W Needle Mountains > Snowdon Peak North Face 5.11a ● Sort of looks like Jim Beyer beat us both out back in '09 ... not sure why these a separate entries....… View Comment
Dec 4, 2020 Albuquerque Area Sandia Mountains ● d. & Bill: Funny thing, just this morning I was thinking about adding a South Peak Buttress page to MP ...… View Comment
Nov 17, 2020 Wind River Range > Cirque of the Moon Pipeline 5.11c/d PG13 ● Ian & Dave - I changed the rating of P2 to reflect your input ... apologies for the sandbag, I only ever ai… View Comment
Nov 14, 2020 Alpine Rock > San Juans > Needles > W Needle Mountains > Snowdon Peak North Face 5.11a ● Truth to tell, the line I had my eye on is to the left of yours, right next to the couloir, so I guess I ge… View Comment
Nov 11, 2020 Alpine Rock > San Juans > Needles > W Needle Mountains > Snowdon Peak North Face 5.11a ● Matthias & Co., I'm a weird combination of miffed & stoked that you guys did this.... I've had my eye on… View Comment
Sep 29, 2020 Wind River Range > Cirque of the Moon Chicken Talk 5.10+ ● A fine looking set of lines & a nice addition to the surrounding area - I especially like the combo of clea… View Comment
Jul 5, 2020 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Foothill… > Fat City, India… > Upper Fat City Draina… The Knobby V2-3 ● Christopher - see pair of remarks under Roybal's Wall ... View Comment
Jul 5, 2020 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Foothill… > Fat City, India… > Upper Fat City Draina… Roybal's Wall V2-3 ● Christopher - you won't find Roybal's anywhere near Fat City ... hoof it farther upstream over the flood co… View Comment
Apr 13, 2020 Alpine Rock > San Juans > Needles > W Needle Mountains > Snowdon Peak Naked Lady Couloir Mod. Snow ● That's as good a reason as any, I reckon .... View Comment
Oct 6, 2019 Taos Area > Questa Dome > Questa Dome Question of Balance 5.11- PG13 ● The rollover left George describes for the P1 crux that gains you the pedestal belay is indeed part of the… View Comment
Aug 22, 2019 Taos Area > Questa Dome > Legs No Questa About It 5.10- ● Should anyone ever repeat this route I can see the upper arete being a super finish ... this photo by Ross… View Comment
Aug 19, 2019 Taos Area > Questa Dome > Legs No Questa About It 5.10- ● Chris - it's hard to know what to make of this beta ... on the one hand it seems to indicate the route has… View Comment
Jun 21, 2019 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Mountains > La Cueva Canyon (Upper) The Thumb ● As soon as I finished the above I realized that Bill Lawry actually posted some good beta photos/descriptio… View Comment
Jun 21, 2019 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Mountains > La Cueva Canyon (Upper) The Thumb ● Chris - the weird thing about Bowe's descent description is that it almost makes sense if you substitute 's… View Comment
Sep 6, 2018 New Mexico, oth… > Rio Arriba County (Br… Brazos Cliffs ● The Tierra Amarilla Grant (on which the Brazos cliffs lie) may be THE most contested land grant in NM histo… View Comment
Sep 6, 2018 New Mexico, oth… > Rio Arriba Coun… > Brazos Cliffs Soloing Easy Ridge 1977 ● Karl - is this from when we did it with Paul & Dave ... ? I lost all my pics of that day, nice to see this… View Comment
Aug 20, 2018 Wind River Range > Cirque of the Moon Pipeline 5.11c/d PG13 ● Congratulations Ian - yours is probably 2nd free ascent & 3rd overall ... good beta concerning pro & belay… View Comment
Jul 18, 2018 Albuquerque Area Sandia Foothills Bouldering ● Anyone looking for Embudo Canyon bouldering can find it under Upper Fat City Drainage ... View Comment
Jul 15, 2018 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Foothill… > Fat City, India… > Upper Fat City… > Roybal's Wall (V2-3 5+) Kathy Kocon on Roybal's Wall Doug Bridgers (on left) and Mike Roybal (on right) 1970's ● KK => NM's original Hardwoman ... View Comment
Jul 15, 2018 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Foothills Boul… Fat City, Indian School ● For those in search of it, the bouldering area traditionally known as Embudo Canyon is here under 'Upper Fa… View Comment
Jun 29, 2018 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Foothill… > Fat City, India… > Upper Fat City… > Amputation (V1-2 5) Me on Amputation early 70's. ● My bad ... View Comment
Jun 20, 2018 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Foothill… > Fat City, India… > Upper Fat City Draina… Amputation V1-2 ● Thanks Clark, info has been modified accordingly ... View Comment
Jun 20, 2018 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Foothill… > Fat City, India… > Upper Fat City… > Roybal's Wall (V2-3 5+) Kathy Kocon on Roybal's Wall early 70's ● Great vintage photos, Clark! View Comment
Jun 20, 2018 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Foothill… > Fat City, India… > Upper Fat City… > Amputation (V1-2 5) Me on Amputation early 70's. ● Shoenards! View Comment
Jun 20, 2018 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Foothill… > Fat City, India… > Upper Fat City… > Knobby (V2-3 5+) Kathy Kocon on the Knob early 70's ● Yeah, that's how ya do it ... in Robbins boots no less! ... View Comment
May 13, 2018 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Foothill… > Fat City, India… > Upper Fat City Draina… Brachiation V4 ● Dave - much as I'd like to take the credit, Paul actually swooped in & sent it just about the time I had th… View Comment
Apr 13, 2018 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Foothill… > Fat City, India… > Upper Fat City Draina… If a Tree Falls? V3-4 ● Pictures? View Comment
Apr 2, 2018 Las Cruces Area… > Organ Mountains > Rabbit Ears Area > N Rabbit Ear The east face of North Rabbit Ear as seen from Aguirre Springs Campground. YELLOW: East face approach gully, accessed from Baylor Peak trail. RED: Sleight of Hand 5.11- * GREEN: established variations BLUE: Hand Jive 5.8+ * ● TFPU - this has to be the preferred approach for east side routes ... View Comment
Jan 22, 2018 Las Cruces Area… > Organ Mountains > High Horns > Tooth Incisor 5.10- ● Nice addition ... rating seems about right but it is a burly pitch, dirt or no ... View Comment
Aug 19, 2017 Las Cruces Area… > Organ Mountains > High Horns > Tooth > Tooth or Consequences (5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b) Tooth: T or C, Glen Banks on FA ● Glen was (is) a beast ... View Comment
Jul 11, 2017 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Mountains > La Cueva Canyon… > Chaos Crag Mucho Jale 5.12b ● Not to worry ... DS probably does exit left significantly below the roof ... it's a blank face you wouldn't… View Comment
Jul 10, 2017 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Mountains > La Cueva Canyon… > Chaos Crag Mucho Jale 5.12b ● FWIW this is the first pitch of Duck Soup ... 'disconnected cracks' came from the Hill guide entry… View Comment
Jun 25, 2017 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Mountains > La Cueva Canyon… > Chaos Crag Duck Soup 5.10 R ● George - thanks for the catch ... descent beta has been modified accordingly ... View Comment
Apr 21, 2017 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Mountains > La Cueva Canyon… > Yataghan Blood on the Blade 5.10 R ● One of the more imposing route names out there ... seems like I recall PH proposing an extended name: '… View Comment
Jan 4, 2017 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - Tower Two Rosy Crucifixion 5.10b PG13 ● Bolts ... the kids these days! View Comment
Nov 17, 2016 Wind River Range > Cirque of the Moon > Moonquakes (5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a A1 X) On the R/X slab ● Gorgeous! View Comment

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