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Nov 16, 2018 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Black Velvet Ca… > Whiskey Peak > N Face The Delicate Sound of Thunder 5.11b ● Brilliant route. A #4 could help protect the second pitch. View Comment
Dec 1, 2017 Southwest Utah > Zion NP > Angel's Landing > Prodigal Sun (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c C2) You gotta love tricams... Last aid pitch placment between the bolt ladders.... The tricam is sticking half out of the pod. It took me 5 minutes to commit to it! I've done C3 in the arches which wasn't as bad as this placement! I 3 foot reach stick would avoid it. ● armchair aid-climbing here, but it looks like there is a brass nut placement in the back of the pod, a camh… View Comment
Jul 10, 2017 Lake Tahoe > W Shore > Eagle Creek Canyon > Eagle Lake Cliff Space Walk 5.11c/d ● best climb i've done in the tahoe area. gear-- green aliens to #3; extra purple 0.5s if you do the… View Comment
Jun 12, 2017 Sonora Pass Hig… > Table Mountain > Grotto Snake Bite 5.11- ● i thought this climb was more fun and interesting than raw hide... wish it was longer View Comment
Jun 12, 2017 Sonora Pass Hig… > Table Mountain > Grotto AC Devil Dog 5.10d ● bolts are in stupid locations, but otherwise a fun climb View Comment
Jun 12, 2017 Sonora Pass Hig… > Table Mountain Welcome Wall ● The approach beta photo mentioned in the above comment by SWGuillemot is correct-- note that there is anoth… View Comment
Jun 1, 2017 Lake Tahoe > Highway 50 Corr… > Sugarloaf Area > Sugarloaf > W Face Hyperspace 5.10b ● quite fun, wish it was longer. the flake is solid and the gear is good, i don't know what people are ta… View Comment
Jun 1, 2017 Lake Tahoe > Highway 50 Corr… > Sugarloaf Area > Sugarloaf > W Face Happy Face 5.10c ● route decreases in difficulty dramatically after the first bolt. not a super good route... View Comment
Jun 1, 2017 Lake Tahoe > Highway 50 Corr… > Sugarloaf Area > Sugarloaf > W Face Under the Spreading Atrophy 5.11b ● was fun, but a bit contrived-- you take the line of most resistance to the second bolt, and then you escape… View Comment
Apr 5, 2017 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Lower Merced Ri… > Bc. Elephant Ro… > Killer Pillar The Hundredth Monkey 5.11b ● not sure why a comment says that it "needs traffic"-- when we did it was quite clean. An unus… View Comment
Apr 5, 2017 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Lower Merced River Ca… Bc. Elephant Rock Area ● Additional info for getting to the killer pillar-- the comments are correct for how to get from the parking… View Comment
Apr 5, 2017 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Valley S Side > L. The Chapel Wall Drive By Shooting 5.12a ● Fantastic movement and great fun. Ignore the reid guide-- no #2 friend is needed-- I think a bolt has been… View Comment
Apr 5, 2017 Yosemite NP > … 1 > B. El Capitan > 1. Base Routes > Southwest Base > Slack to W Buttress Mark of Art 5.11a ● Very long pitch and very sustained. Has got to be the hardest 10d I've ever tried. 4-5 purple c4 size n… View Comment
Apr 5, 2017 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Lower Merced Ri… > Aa. Parkline Slab Flying In The Mountains 5.11a ● An unusual climb by yosemite climbing standards-- lots of positive feet and handholds to use. More bolt… View Comment
Feb 7, 2017 Southwest Utah > Zion NP > Confluence Smashmouth 5.11 ● Overall the climb felt pretty average-- nothing spectacular. Shortness of the pitches detracts from the cli… View Comment
Feb 7, 2017 Southwest Utah > Zion NP > Cerberus Gendarme Flip of a Coin 5.10 ● pretty fun climb, though a bit sandy. Feels almost like a yosemite climb-- lots of chimney/arm-bar on this… View Comment
Feb 7, 2017 Southwest Utah > Zion NP > Cerberus Gendarme Electrica 5.11+ PG13 ● incredibly fun face-climbing route. all glue-in bolts except for one drilled angle. The bolt positions seem… View Comment
Dec 29, 2016 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Lower Merced Ri… > Am. Pat & Jack Pinnacle Rocky Horror Show 5.12- ● a fun route-- lots of ninja stemming. It's nice to climb a route that isn't polished to death. View Comment
Dec 4, 2016 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Black Velvet Ca… > Monument Seduction Line 5.12a ● great climb. the fixed gear mentioned in the post above is gone. View Comment
Nov 27, 2016 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Black Velvet Ca… > Monument Handbone 5.10 ● very short, feels more like 5.9 Definitely not worth the hike if this is the only climb you had in mind. View Comment
Nov 27, 2016 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Black Velvet Ca… > Monument Clipper 5.11a ● really fun climbing above the bolt! an under-rated climb IMO View Comment
Aug 16, 2016 Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Long's Peak > Diamond D7 5.11c ● Fantastic route that I feel is diminished by the embarrassing number of pitons on this route.... I've n… View Comment
Jul 7, 2016 Yosemite NP > … > Valley N Side > H. Royal Arches… > Royal Arches > Western Royal Arches Super Slide 5.9 ● honestly, an awful climb with only one redeeming pitch. One can blame supertopo for making this route popul… View Comment
Jul 7, 2016 Yosemite NP > … > Valley N Side > H. Royal Arches… > Royal Arches > Western Royal Arches Serenity Crack 5.10d PG13 ● For those worried about protecting the bottom of the first pitch, totem cams work really well in the large… View Comment
Sep 21, 2015 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Valley N Side > G. Church Bowl Bitches' Terror 5.11a ● fantastic sport climb. Crux felt harder than 11a...ended up doing some difficult compression moves View Comment
Sep 21, 2015 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Valley S Side > M. Sentinel Rock Steck-Salathe 5.10- ● amazing climb in an amazing location. well deserved of its classic status. There are many pitches that felt… View Comment
Aug 25, 2015 High Sierra > 08 - Bishop Pas… > Mt Darwin Evolution Traverse 5.9 ● unfathomably long route. a couple comments 1) i found this beta is pretty good: zacwest.net/topos/Evo… View Comment
Aug 17, 2015 Yosemite NP > Tuolumne Meadows > Glen Aulin Area > Mt Conness Southwest Face (Harding Route) 5.10c ● recommended rack: nuts, blue alien, doubles green alien to #2 camalot; single #3 camalot, #6 camalot. R… View Comment
Aug 16, 2015 Yosemite NP > Tuolumne Meadows > Drug Dome Oz 5.10d ● amazing route. Much better to finish on gram than to do the final pitch of oz. Gear beta-- doubles gree… View Comment
Aug 16, 2015 Yosemite NP > Tuolumne Meadows > Drug Dome The Gram Traverse 5.10d ● Awesome route. Second pitch of gram felt very casual and non-physical (10a?) compared to the first. No… View Comment
Aug 10, 2015 High Sierra > 09 - Palisades & Surr… Temple Crag ● Note on driving directions: turn onto crocker st in the town of big pine (crocker street turns into glacier… View Comment
Jul 6, 2015 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Valley S Side > D. Half Dome > 1. Northwest Face Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome (RNWF) 5.9 C1 ● WARNING- rockfall has caused large changes to the route after the Robbins traverse. see supertopo.c… View Comment
Jun 29, 2015 Yosemite NP > Tuolumne Meadows > Tenaya Lake Pic… > Harlequin Dome Hoodwink 5.10- ● great climb -- probably best described as 5.9 V2... View Comment
Jun 29, 2015 Yosemite NP > Tuolumne Meadows > Fairview Dome > W Face Magical Mystery Tour 5.8 R ● Mellow and secure knob-pulling on run out. P1- ~60M. 2 bolts and gear to a bolted belay. The first bolt… View Comment
Jun 22, 2015 Yosemite NP > Tuolumne Meadows > DAFF Area > DAFF Dome > W Face Crescent Arch 5.10a ● favorite route at daff dome-- it still amazes me how little traffic it gets compared to West crack... View Comment
Jun 22, 2015 Yosemite NP > Tuolumne Meadows > DAFF Area > DAFF Dome > W Face Blown Away 5.9 PG13 ● after reading all the comments, I was a bit disappointed-- definitely not a classic. I would agree that thi… View Comment

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