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7 days ago Southwest Oregon > McKinley Rock Wipeout 5.10- ● After reclimbing Wipeout recently, I'd probably give it * instead of my original. Climbing over the h… View Comment
Oct 19, 2025 Southwest Oregon > Callahans > Britt Nichols C… > Scorpion Buttress > E Ridge Lower half of East wall ● Lower wall of East ridge with anchors midway begins at 5.5 (far right) and rates higher as you move left. R… View Comment
Oct 6, 2025 Southwest Oregon > Callahans > Britt Nichols C… > Scorpion Buttress > E Ridge Looking at the East ridge from the gym wall ● Shows the belay ledge approximately 40 ft from top of the ridge. View Comment
Sep 28, 2025 Southwest Oregon > Callahans > Britt Nichols C… > Scorpion Buttress > Herpetarium, Lower Wall Ninja Knuckles 5.11a ● Jack & I originally thought this route rated at .10c, but recent feedback suggests some where in .11s. Need… View Comment
Sep 9, 2025 Southwest Oregon > Acker Rock Peregrine Traverse 5.7 ● Eric, you are welcome to leave rap rings anytime. We've found having everyone rapping off the upper ancho… View Comment
Jun 9, 2025 Southwest Oregon > Callahans > Britt Nichols C… > Scorpion Buttress > Herpetarium, Lower Wall SlapJack 5.11a ● Not "east", easy toprope access View Comment
Nov 20, 2024 Willamette Valley > Menagerie Wilde… > Turkey Monster Group The Turkey baster highline at sunset taken October 15th 2022 70m long 100-120m direct expo 300-500m perceived expo? All natural rigging Established by a team ranging from Sweet home, bend, Bellingham, south Africa, Portland & Seattle. FA Dylan Popp ● Great photo! And, an amazing effort!! Congratulations!!! View Comment
Oct 20, 2024 Willamette Valley > Menagerie Wilderness Chris Fralick selfie with Tyler Adams ● You're probably right Bill. View Comment
Sep 5, 2024 Southwest Oregon ● I'm attaching a link to Roseburg's Ad to local climbing. Inspite of huge inaccuracies in the video and writ… View Comment
Apr 23, 2024 Southwest Oregon > McKinley Rock Wilding-101 5.10a ● Fun time yesterday at McKinley. Road is a bit rough. Moss on first half of Wilding was a little challenging… View Comment
Feb 5, 2024 Southwest Oregon > Limpy Rocks > Middle Limpy > Talweg (5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13) Climb the southwest arete. Rap off northeast side to ridge between W and E ● Nice. Limpy Express starts at the Rock point in this photo just right of the star where you started on Tal… View Comment
Aug 13, 2023 Southwest Oregon > Acker Rock > Maltese Falcon (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13) Topo of Maltese Falcon in relation to the rest of Acker Rock ● This topo only includes first two pitches. Pitch-3 splits offering two options for topping out onto the Per… View Comment
Jul 22, 2023 Southwest Oregon The Honeycombs ● Be sure to have something warm in your pack, just in case. This has been a great place to be to beat the he… View Comment
Jul 22, 2023 Southwest Oregon > Medicine Rock > Crazy Crack (5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b) First on-sight free ascent of Crazy Crack, 1995. Photo: Harold Hall. ● We originally climbed this in one push, bit later came back & added a belay after this crux move. View Comment
Jul 20, 2023 Southwest Oregon > Honeycombs > N Comb Chutes and Ladders 5.10- ● Belay platform needs work. The platform has eroded enough that, for 5.10-, anyone 5'5" should use a cheater… View Comment
Jun 27, 2023 Southwest Oregon > Old Man Spire The Prize 5.11c ● No, the Prize was all Joe's. Definitely an adventurous Oregon ** Classic! One can approach a climb li… View Comment**
Jun 22, 2023 Southwest Oregon Terra Nova ● To help explain the nuance between ESA & MBTA, ESA protects against "harassment" while MBTA does not. The p… View Comment
Oct 17, 2022 Willamette Valley > Menagerie Wilderness Turkey Monster Group ● Is it true someone successfully made the first slackline out to Turkey Monster last weekend?? View Comment
Oct 17, 2022 Southwest Oregon > Rock Climbing Western… front cover ● Out of print. View Comment
Apr 11, 2022 Southwest Oregon > Honeycombs Forbidden Comb ● SWOCC has reconstructed the access trail from between 1st & 2nd landings to base of the Orange Bowl and out… View Comment
Apr 6, 2022 Southwest Oregon > Callahans Roadhouse ● Nate's adventure sounds epic. There is a gated rd off to the right from next switchback up Callahan Rd. Thi… View Comment
Dec 31, 2021 Southwest Oregon > Callahans Ray Williams, March climbing Kaluha Krypton on the Tyee sandstone of the Callahans in Western Oregon. gOrton ● This has been a great winter for climbing here. View Comment
Nov 22, 2021 Southwest Oregon > Acker Rock Peregrine Traverse 5.7 ● It's been beautiful fall climbing this Nov. at Acker. For a Peregrine Traverse update: One bolt added just… View Comment
Oct 12, 2021 Willamette Valley > Menagerie Wilde… > Turkey Monster… > Dod Route (5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c R) Following up pitch 3 ● nice perspective of the .11 crux wall. View Comment
Oct 11, 2021 Willamette Valley > Menagerie Wilde… > Rabbit Ears South Rabbit Ear ● It's tempting to skip the bolted belay anchors on top P3. But setting up an anchor towards the end of a 60… View Comment
Oct 11, 2021 Willamette Valley > Menagerie Wilde… > Turkey Monster… > Dod Route (5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c R) Old bolt from pitch three. Don't worry, there's newer bolts close by ;) ● Note that this section was supplemented several years ago with several SS glue-ins. View Comment
Jul 2, 2021 Southwest Oregon > Acker Rock > Peregrine Traverse (5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b) Looking up pitch 7 to the false summit from the belay. ● The path shown in this photo is one option however, I prefer following the path left of the ridge to the be… View Comment
Jun 21, 2021 Southwest Oregon > Honeycombs > S Comb > Secret Cleft > Edge of Fear (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c) Lots of moss at the start ● Moss is now gone. View Comment
May 23, 2021 Southwest Oregon > Medicine Rock > Crazy Crack (5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b) Willie Long revisiting the crux move over the mid-bulge after leading the route in a single push. gorton ● Before mid-belay anchors were added. View Comment
May 17, 2021 Southwest Oregon The Honeycombs ● Bolts and rocks are in great shape at Honeycombs. Be aware that any ledges that were mossy before the fire… View Comment
May 9, 2021 Southwest Oregon > Callahans Callahans from Roberts Mountain February 2021 ● Nice photo,Brian View Comment
Apr 15, 2021 Southwest Oregon > Rattlesnake Been climbing here for 11 years and this is only the third rattlesnake I've seen. Keep an eye out, though! ● For what it's worth I've also found rattlesnakes at the base of Pilot Rock, and on top of Emigrant. View Comment
Apr 12, 2021 Willamette Valley > Menagerie Wilderness Turkey Monster Group ● Rock Climbing Western Oregon, Willamette, 2006, pp. 137-225. View Comment
Mar 28, 2021 Southwest Oregon > Acker Rock Wizard Tower 5.7 ● If you look at the 2007 western oregon Umpqua guide pg. 47 the 5.7 route up Wizard's is only considered to… View Comment
Feb 15, 2021 Southwest Oregon > Old Man Spire > Prize (5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a) The Old Man in all his glory! Find the climbers down low! ● Cool photo, good coverage of the rock angle. View Comment
Jan 2, 2021 Southwest Oregon Limpy Rocks ● You will also find a huge deadend cave worth checking out at the lower south corner of West Limpy. View Comment

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