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Oct 26, 2023 Eastern, MA Zink-Northwoods in Bolton ● Glad to see this area posted up…. Haven’t been out there in a few years. If you follow the trail past the m… View Comment
Aug 21, 2023 Monadnock Region > Marlow Profile > Main Face > Sunny Slab Left (5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a) I think this is the correct route for this climb ● Haven’t been back to this area in a while but Sunny Slab is the route as I described it and as recorded in… View Comment
Jun 15, 2022 Eastern, MA Berlin/Bolton/Lancaster ● Been meaning to write up the Zinc Trail in Bolton. Haven’t had much spare time for MP these days. If you wa… View Comment
Jan 28, 2022 Central, MA > Crow Hill & Leo… > Leominster Ice Quarry Monoosnuc Madness WI4 ● Worth noting that this pillar originates from the face about five feet below the top. It usually takes some… View Comment
Sep 22, 2021 Central, MA > Crow Hill & Leo… > Crow Hill > 4. The Buttress > Fool on a Hill (5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a) I believe this climber is on the 5.9 to the right of Tarzan called Fool on a Hill. The climber in the blue coat is on Jane (11+). ● Yeah and I guess Watusi is a fair 9 as well…. View Comment
Jun 17, 2021 Eastern, MA Harvard Yard ● Will have to check this area out next time I’m in the neighborhood. There are scattered boulders all over t… View Comment
May 13, 2021 Central, MA > Crow Hill & Leo… > Redemption Crag Casual Monday 5.7 ● Just an FYI as I have stated on other routes... nothing on this little crag is an FA. This cliff was docume… View Comment
Apr 8, 2021 WM: Kinsman Notch > 4. Kinsman W End 7. Tsunami Wall ● Please head the warning in the guidebook and be careful on this ledge. The dirt portion of the ledge won’t… View Comment
Apr 8, 2021 WM: Kinsman Notch > 4. Kinsman W End > 7. Tsunami Wall Anal Volcano 5.7 ● Full value pitch! Thin face to a fun roof into a great crack then wandering a seemingly endless face. Long… View Comment
Mar 19, 2021 Central, MA > Crow Hill & Leo… > Sholan Farms Chin Diaper V1-2 ● Is this the small cliff below The Pulpit? View Comment
Jan 23, 2021 Western MA > Farley Ledges Perfect rock. ● Not recognizing the route here? Crag X? View Comment
Nov 28, 2020 Central, MA > Crow Hill & Leo… > Sholan Farms A side shot, this cliff is actually pretty epic. ● Man, the easier routes to the left are looking dirty.... I had this place scrubbed pretty good eight years… View Comment
Nov 27, 2020 Central, MA > Crow Hill & Leo… > Sholan Farms Sholan Showdown 5.11a V2-3 PG13 ● Sweet, this finally went! I cleaned this years ago and never got back to sending it. Nice job! I had figure… View Comment
Nov 26, 2020 Central, MA > Crow Hill & Leo… > Crow Hill > 5. Main Face > Franny's Folly (5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b) Unknown climber on Franny's Folly. ● Neat photo.... makes Franny’s look like a 5.10! View Comment
Nov 26, 2020 Western MA Western Mass has some of the best gear routes in the state. ● Always got my vote for “best in grade”... great crack. View Comment
Nov 25, 2020 Eastern, MA > Berlin/Bolton/L… > Garfield Woods > Anvil Quench V1 ● This is a fun problem I remember from about eight years ago. Joe Comeau may have been the FA, though it is… View Comment
Oct 26, 2020 Eastern, MA > Berlin/Bolton/L… > Garfield Woods > Middle Earth Boulders Prow of Mirkwood V3 ● Nice. Both problems on this boulder are fun. When I did them seven years ago, the holds were all covered in… View Comment
Jul 16, 2020 Central, MA > Crow Hill & Leo… > Redemption Crag The large pine in center of photo contains a massive beehive in the trunk. Don't use it as an anchor. The smaller pine to the right is good though. ● Was fixing a rope to the tree when I noticed it was humming... walked around it and found the entrance. If… View Comment
Jun 23, 2020 Eastern, MA > Berlin/Bolton/L… > Garfield Woods > Middle Earth Boulders Middle Earth Boulders found on the hillside of the yellow trail. ● The crack is a fun little distraction.... Right Handed Screw.... short but about 5.8 if I remember View Comment
Jun 19, 2020 S Shore, Cape, & Islands World's End ● Has anyone checked the erratic on the shore on the Boston side? Pretty nice chunk of stone... saw what appe… View Comment
Jun 16, 2020 Eastern, MA > A Temporary Holding Area Bunyan Mountain ● Pretty sure Josh Larson put up some hard highballs on some of the shorter cliffs.... V9ish kinda stuff. View Comment
Jun 6, 2020 Gunks > Trapps > b. Jackie & fri… > Jackie (5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a) Jackie is the route barely visible behind the cluster of ropes. ● Was leading this for the first time years ago and right after pulling the first overhang I happened to look… View Comment
Apr 26, 2020 Eastern, MA > Shining Rock The small cliff to the right of the main slab area. ● Climbed this route years ago... some fun moves, but watch out for loose rock. View Comment
Mar 9, 2020 Eastern, MA > Milford Bouldering > Quarry Land > Kahnah Slab Kahnah Arete V3 ● Almost sure that the Comeau brothers did this years ago.... View Comment
Jan 30, 2020 Eastern, MA > Berlin/Bolton/Lancaster Bolton Lunch Rock and Boulders ● Nice. Thanks... looks like it might be a nice place to take the kiddos.... View Comment
Jan 30, 2020 Eastern, MA > Berlin/Bolton/Lancaster Bolton Lunch Rock and Boulders ● Just for clarification.... is this boulder on the same side of Route 117 as the restaurant or the opposite… View Comment
Jan 24, 2020 Central, MA > Crow Hill & Leo… > Leominster Ice… > Monoosnuc Madness (WI4) Winter 2015 after three consecutive blizzards. ● That snow drift at the base of the route was six feet deep.... Very memorable day. Took three guys with sno… View Comment
Jan 9, 2020 Central, MA > Crow Hill & Leo… > Leominster Ice… > Monoosnuc Madness (WI4) Nearing the top. The topout was still a little thin.... ● The KMart stuff doesn’t add up to much.... few low angle slabs and a steep hillside.... View Comment
Jan 9, 2020 Central, MA > Crow Hill & Leo… > Leominster Ice… > Monoosnuc Madness (WI4) Nearing the top. The topout was still a little thin.... ● Sent you a PM... it’s not near KMart. View Comment
Oct 17, 2019 Monadnock Region > Monadnock SP Billings Fold ● Fun slab that is totally worth hauling the gear up there... a light rack of nuts and aliens would sew up ev… View Comment
Oct 17, 2019 Monadnock Region > Monadnock SP Billings Fold ● Don’t know route names so just consider those posted as placeholders. People have been climbing this slab f… View Comment
Sep 14, 2019 Cathedral Ledge > Airation Buttress > Echoes (5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a PG13) On the FA ● Congrats on the send Joe! Hopefully someday I can climb it! View Comment
Jul 29, 2019 Central, MA > Crow Hill & Leo… > Crow Hill > 5. Main Face Thin Line 5.9- PG13 ● Not sure what you mean by “upgrade” as the pins are fine, and the route protects perfectly. Maybe a new anc… View Comment
Jul 29, 2019 Cannon Cliff > Duet Area etc Lightning Crack 5.7 ● Absolutely stellar pitch! Two #4’s were nice to have as others have mentioned. I thought it was as good as… View Comment
Jun 5, 2019 Monadnock Region > Marlow Profile > Main Face > Layback (5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b) Starts in the obvious right-facing corner (crux). ● Double #2’s helpful for crux View Comment
Jun 1, 2019 Monadnock Region ● Lots of great climbing in the Monadnock and Keene area that is not documented here. Being unfamiliar with l… View Comment

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