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Jan 4, 2026 Los Angeles Basin > Santa Monica Mountains The view from Inspiration Point, New Year's Day 2026. ● Outstanding! View Comment
Jan 2, 2026 High Desert > … > Horsemen's Center > BMX Crags > Tower of Power > Running Amock (5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c) At the first crux. ● Textbook example of how not to belay. View Comment
Oct 3, 2025 San Bernardino… > Highway 38 Crags > Monkeyface Falls > Alcove > Alcove Right Evil Morty 5.4 ● Poorly bolted, especially for the easier climber who is new to leading and/or climbing. An additional bo… View Comment
Oct 3, 2025 San Bernardino… > Highway 38 Crags > Monkeyface Falls > Alcove > Alcove Right Kwail-A-Roo 5.2 ● Poorly bolted, especially for the easier climber who is new to leading and/or climbing. A bolt should be… View Comment
Oct 1, 2025 San Bernardino… > Highway 38 Crags > Monkeyface Falls > Monkeyface Boul… > Monkey Ball 3 Jane Goodall V3 ● RIP Jane Goodall latimes.com/obituaries/stor… View Comment
Sep 23, 2025 San Bernardino Mountains Highway 38 Crags ● Highway 38 road damage. youtu.be/1VQX0Kg66hk?featur… View Comment
Sep 23, 2025 San Bernardino Mountains ● Highway 38 road damage. youtu.be/1VQX0Kg66hk?featur… View Comment
Sep 22, 2025 Hangar 18 Upland - Indoor Mural Painting ● Painting based on a photo of John Ford climbing Technicolor Tango (5.12c) at the Riverside Quarry. View Comment
Aug 27, 2025 Joshua Tree NP > … > Central Joshua… > Stonehenge & Fr… > Stonehenge Boul… > Relic Boulder Paleontology V2 ● The stand start (V0-) to this problem is also fun. View Comment
Jul 27, 2025 San Bernardino… > … 1 > (i) Hungover Wa… > Hungover Wall > Hungover Wall -… > Segments in Space (5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a) Spicy move to first bolt ● Much easier to clip the first bolt from the horizontal crack above or pre clip from the ground. View Comment
Jul 13, 2025 Wasatch Range > Central Wasatch > Little Cottonwo… > Coffin Buttress > Exsqueeze Me (5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a) Bill Robins lower down on the climb. ● Merrell Flashdance shoes. View Comment
Jul 3, 2025 San Bernardino… > Running Springs… > Keller Peak crag finder ● A great addition, thanks Jeremy! View Comment
Apr 30, 2025 Albuquerque Area > Sandia Mountains > Chimney Canyon > Clandestine Wall > Cat Daddy (5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c) John Duran at the crux of Cat Daddy (5.13a), Sandia Mountains Photo by David Benyak (1988) ● RIP John View Comment
Feb 3, 2025 Joshua Tree NP > Pinto Basin > Jumbo Rock Area > Jumbo Rock West > Cowboy Rock Otis 5.10d PG13 ● Route trivia - Otis was the name of the bald bespectacled dishwasher at the now defunct Arturo's Mexican re… View Comment
Jan 24, 2025 High Desert > Apple Valley Area > Margheritaville > Downtown > Saddle Rocks Go on-site something! PC Jay ● Requiem (5.11a) View Comment
Jan 23, 2025 Joshua Tree NP > … > Wonderland South > Central Wonderland > Elephant Arches > Black President (5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c) Jan 1992. Took a fall up high on Black President on this #1/2 size rigid stem Friend. The cam held but bent. I got back on the route below it and finished the climb. I suspect that the Friend had rotated upward as I climbed past it. ● It was madness! View Comment
Jan 16, 2025 Inland Empire > … > Lake Perris SRA > Big Rock Area > Big Rock - Main… > Main Slab - Lower Sierra Club Direct 5.6 ● Harder than the nearby Raging Slab. View Comment
Jan 4, 2025 San Bernardino… > … 1 > Big Bear City Area > N Shore Boulders > Upper Hill > Taggers Lightning Visit 5.7 ● A fun addition to the area, thanks Chris! View Comment
Dec 31, 2024 Joshua Tree NP > … 1 > Rdside Rocks -… > Dihedral Rock > Dihedral Rock -… > Coarse & Buggy (5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c) Matt Oliphant leading Coarse and Buggy, 1980 ● Classic! Thanks for sharing, Bob. View Comment
Dec 20, 2024 High Desert > … > Horsemen's Center > Outer Limits > (b) Tourist Att… > Human Factor (5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b) Photo of large loose rock you should avoid ● The rock is no longer there. View Comment
Nov 10, 2024 Greg Opland > Me Topo for Highway 62 (5.9), Echo Rock - West Face ● That's it, Greg! View Comment
Nov 5, 2024 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Lower Merced Ri… > Am. Pat & Jack Pinnacle Cat's Squirrel 5.12a ● youtu.be/M2yaF7ySR7w?featur… View Comment
Oct 18, 2024 San Bernardino… > Big Bear Lake Area > Big Bear North > Big Bear City Area > N Shore Boulders Cockell's Dome on a winter's day. ● Looks like an owl from this direction. View Comment
Oct 18, 2024 San Bernardino… > Cajon Junction… > Mormon Rocks > Emoji Rock > Permagrin (5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b) Adam on the FA of Permagrin (5.7), Mormon Rocks ● Good eye, Chris. View Comment
Oct 1, 2024 High Desert > Apple Valley Area > Horsemen's Center > BMX Crags > Lightning Bolt Crag Thunder Buddy 5.8 ● A long well protected chimney that features a variety of movement - get on it! View Comment
Sep 25, 2024 Inland Empire > Perris Area > Lake Perris SRA > L-Slab/Lakeview Slab Glory Days 5.11d ● As hard as it gets for 5.11, the thin and tenuous moves on the traverse are best done when conditions are c… View Comment
Sep 25, 2024 High Desert > Apple Valley Area > Horsemen's Center > BMX Crags > Lightning Bolt Crag Ride the Lightning 5.10a ● A really fun and well protected addition to this convenient crag. View Comment
Sep 23, 2024 Tahquitz & Suic… > Tahquitz Rock > (d) Northwest R… > Long Climb (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c) I believe (with good confidence) that this is the P4 tree, showing part of P5, from the 4th belay of WMW. I have not climbed long yet, but i noticed it was missing some picture of p5. ● Nice spot for a picnic! View Comment
Mar 30, 2024 High Desert > … 1 > Old Chicago > Lower E Side > E Side Crag > Movin' on Up (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a) Bryn Owen enjoying desert granite. ● Nice chalkbag! View Comment
Feb 29, 2024 S America > … 1 > Itatim > Morro da Toca > N Face > Arco da Toca (5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c PG13) 3rd Pich of Arco da Toca by Juliana Fuzari ● Wow, what an amazing place! View Comment
Feb 19, 2024 Inland Empire > Perris Area > Lake Perris SRA Local wildlife, Lake Perris SRA ● Thanks, Ben. View Comment
Jan 28, 2024 High Desert > Landers Area > Spy Mtn Area > Spy Mountain Doppelganger (5.10) just past Little Sumpin Crag, Spy Mountain ● Thanks Todd, you rock! View Comment
Sep 28, 2023 Joshua Tree NP > … > Wonderland South > Wonderland Valley > E Wonderland Va… > Freak Brothers Dome I Can't Believe It's a Girdle 5.10b R ● "The bolts on this climb are in need of replacement. At this time, JTNP, has found wildlife, vegetation, an… View Comment
Aug 28, 2023 Joshua Tree NP > Quail Springs Area > Trashcan Rock > Trashcan Rock - W Face Finger War 5.11a/b ● Most likely already climbed as this area is roadside and seen climbing for over 50 years, plus this route i… View Comment
Jul 29, 2023 Shenandoah & NW… > Shenandoah NP > Old Rag > Patio > Ragged Edge #2 (5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b X) The old aluminum hangers ● Petzl self drilling bolts for caving. View Comment
Jul 27, 2023 N America > … 1 > Rockies > Mt Robson Provi… > Mt Robson > Kain Face (Easy 5th 1+ 3 I 5 M 1c AI3 Steep Snow) Climbers approaching the summit from the ridge and slopes above the Kain Face. ● Epic. View Comment

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