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Jul 24, 2024 Central-W Casca… > N Bend & Vicinity > Exit 34; Middle… > Garfield Ledges > Spouse Wall Aspergillus 5.8 ● Climbed this morning, with one other party out there. Pitch 4 (5.8) has eight bolts and is tough on short… View Comment
Jul 22, 2022 Northwest Region > Darrington & Mt… > Darrington > Squire Creek Wall South Face ● What's the est. approach time to Concerto? Kind of confused by the description and how it keeps noting time… View Comment
Sep 15, 2021 N America > … > British Columbia > Squamish > Shannon Falls > Shannon Falls Wall The Spirit of Squamish 5.8 ● Rained Sat PM, climbed Monday AM (Sept 13th). Pitch 2 was the scariest, given how wet it was. Pitch 4 was a… View Comment
May 16, 2021 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Eight Mile Area > Veteran's Club Face Value 5.8 ● Following me, my partner wound up falling when a decent-sized chunk of rock popped off when he grabbed onto… View Comment
May 27, 2020 S Central Utah > San Rafael Swell > San Rafael Swel… > Chimney Rock Chimney Rock 5.4 ● Led the first gulley. The upper slab is definitely harder to protect. Whatever handholds were there in 2009… View Comment
Oct 17, 2018 Europe Greece ● Please note that Americans MUST have an International Driver's Permit (IDP) to drive now in Greece. gr.u… View Comment
Jul 31, 2018 Northwest Region > … > N Cascades > Washington Pass > Kangaroo Ridge > Le Petit Cheval Spontaneity Arete 5.7 ● The yellow tape that Kyle Elliott mentioned in Aug 2017 is no longer reliable. I saw two yellow-taped trees… View Comment
Aug 29, 2017 N America > … 1 > Squamish > Stawamus Chief > Bulletheads > Bulletheads South Dora's Delight 5.8 ● We had a 60m rope and we had no issues with rappelling. We landed just where we started (just below and sli… View Comment
May 27, 2017 Northwest Region > Darrington & Mt… > Darrington Spring Mountain ● Current conditions (as of Friday, May 26th, 2017): Other Side of the Tracks is dirty and still pretty wet… View Comment
May 27, 2017 Northwest Region > Darrington & Mt… > Darrington > Exfoliation Dome Blueberry Hill & Proxima Wall ● We went up there yesterday, clearing logs in the road. We started the approach, but we backed off after hik… View Comment
May 14, 2017 Northwest Region > Darrington & Mt… > Darrington > Three O'clock Rock Silent Running 5.10- ● As of May 7th, the base of the route is covered with snow. The route was mostly dry, though some cracks tha… View Comment
Nov 13, 2016 Central Oregon > Smith Rock > (h) The Peanut Pop Goes the Nubbin 5.10a ● The description of the route as being well protected is misleading. I would strongly recommend modifying th… View Comment
Sep 25, 2016 Europe > Croatia > NP of Paklenica > Anica kuk > Stup G17-20 Karabore 5.9 ● To echo the comment posted for Mosoraski, route-finding can be a challenge. Several routes on this part o… View Comment
Aug 27, 2016 Central-W Casca… > Skykomish Valley > Static Point Online 5.10b PG13 ● By road, Dirk, do you mean trail? From my recent experience, there wasn't much opportunity to drive in… View Comment
Aug 15, 2016 Northwest Region > Darrington & Mt… > Glacier Peak Wi… > Vesper Peak True Grit 5.8 ● When you are at the notch looking down at the lake, with the north face of Vesper to your left, go up (and… View Comment
Aug 4, 2016 South-W & Tacoma > Columbia Gorge > Beacon Rock > S Face South East Corner 5.7 ● As peachy spohn mentioned, for P6, you can just keep heading right after the ramp. As you go up and right,… View Comment
Jul 31, 2016 Central-W Casca… > N Bend & Vicinity > Exit 34; Middle… > Stegosaurus Butte Fee Demo Wall ● The topo added by rivercat is outdated. The trees in the middle of the slab are now gone, with a whitewashe… View Comment
Jul 7, 2016 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Snow Creek Area > Snow Creek Wall Orbit 5.8+ PG13 ● Towards the end of pitch 3 (about 40 ft from the end), there will be TWO bolts near vertical and horizontal… View Comment
Jul 7, 2016 Okanogan > Mazama > Goat Wall Sisyphus 5.11a ● While on the 10b/c exposed pitch, look for the tree on climber's left. This will have rap chains that s… View Comment
May 7, 2016 Northwest Region > Darrington & Mt… > Darrington > Green Giant Buttress Dreamer 5.9 ● FYI - the pink flags diverge into two different routes at the base of the waterfall. Do NOT follow the pink… View Comment
Oct 19, 2015 Central Region > Frenchman Coule… > Echo Basin > Sunshine Wall > (c) King Pins Air Guitar 5.10a ● I used a #4 and was very thankful to have it! I didn't take up any smaller cams (<0.5) but wish that I… View Comment
Oct 7, 2015 N America > … > British Columbia > Squamish > Smoke Bluffs > Penny Lane Clandestine Affair 5.9 ● The feet are definitely there on the second traverse...look left. This route is less slick than Penny Lane,… View Comment
Sep 28, 2015 Northwest Region > San Juan, Fidal… > Mt Erie > (g) Main Wall > (b) Main Wall West Springboard 5.8+ ● I was bit by a bat 2/3 of the way up this route today. View Comment
Aug 5, 2015 Northwest Region > Darrington & Mt… > Darrington > Three O'clock Rock Silent Running 5.10- ● The final pitch definitely sees less use than rest of route. Unlike the rest of the pitches, there is a goo… View Comment

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