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May 16, 2014
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Mar 31, 2026
Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Fall Wall
5.11 Crack 5.9+
● My first "trad" lead. I was 16, and I started up the route with no small stoppers intent on getting to the… View Comment
Jan 24, 2026
Eastern Sierra > Mammoth Lakes Area > Rock Creek > Gong Show Wall
Jonny Mon 5.12c
● The original route climbed the left side of the arete. I never considered going right, but I guess it's the… View Comment
Jan 22, 2026
d. Midcoast > Ocean point
The Swordfish V4
● Great boulder! I did it the same way! View Comment
Jan 22, 2026
Eastern Sierra > Bishop Area > Pine Creek Canyon > Cyanide Gully
Semper Farcisimus 5.10d
● This route IS the tribute to Warren! This was sent on the day of his memorial party at Mill Creek Station. View Comment
Dec 11, 2025
Eastern Sierra > Bishop Area > Owens River Gorge > Upper Gorge > Dihedrals
O.R.G.asm 5.11a
● You guys are really pushing it with your trad climbing in the gorge. 1. The angry locals and their very tr… View Comment
Nov 9, 2025
Southern-Wester… > Hwy 41: Fresno… > Shuteye Ridge > C. Shuteye Cree… > Electric Eagle
Electric Eagle | 3345 5.13c
● I don't understand how this route name is flagged. It's called Trail of Tears It was named by Lonnie Kauk… View Comment

Forum Messages View All 10

General > General Climbing
Reply: Emily H free’d Golden Gate in a day.
Nov 11, 2020 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ View Message
General > General Climbing
Reply: Emily Harrington First Woman to Free El Cap IAD
Nov 11, 2020 Bad reporting, but the real message here, and the reason I came here searching for info....Emily is completely badass! View Message
Regional > Northern California
Reply: El Portal Morning Honker
Oct 27, 2020 I'm not a honker either, but the morning honkers (not big boobs flashing you as they drive by) really could care less about climbers.They just don't want you trashing and poopi… View Message
Regional > Northern California
Reply: El Portal Morning Honker
Oct 27, 2020 Right.....let me take time out of my life, so I can clean up the trash and poop of 45+ highway bivy rigs.That's totally the right thing to do.I'll be quitting my old life tommo… View Message
Regional > Northern California
Reply: El Portal Morning Honker
Oct 27, 2020 I didn't know there was a "campground" there!I thought that's just where the unimaginative bivied.Definitely not climbers, as evidenced by the bouldering pads....snxxxxxxxxBut… View Message
General > General Climbing
Reply: Information on Hetch Hetchy Climbing
Sep 7, 2020 This post (and a topo drawn by Chris Williams) inspired me to post the info and some photos of Resurrection on Hetch Hetchy Dome.The topo is top notch!BTW, climbing above the r… View Message

Route Scores View All 87

5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 14
● Legends of the Low Sierra
Sport
Yosemite NP > … > Aj. Cookie Area > E Pillar of the Cookie
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 65
● Hotline
Trad 7 pitches
Yosemite NP > … > Bc. Elephant Ro… > Elephant Rock
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 1
● Biznass Time
Sport
Southern-Wester… > … > Mammoth Pool > Jackass Rock
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
 2
● Crack of Mercy
Trad
Yosemite NP > … > Bc. Elephant Ro… > Elephant Rock W Face…
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 72
● Desperate Straights
Trad
Yosemite NP > … > Lower Merced Ri… > Am. Pat & Jack Pinnacle
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 79
● Flying In The Mountains
Trad 6 pitches
Yosemite NP > … > Lower Merced Ri… > Aa. Parkline Slab
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Legends of the Low Sierra Yosemite NP > … > Aj. Cookie Area > E Pillar of the Cookie
Avg:  14
Brian:
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
● Hotline Yosemite NP > … > Bc. Elephant Ro… > Elephant Rock
Avg:  65
Brian:
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Trad 7 pitches
● Biznass Time Southern-Wester… > … > Mammoth Pool > Jackass Rock
Avg:  1
Brian:
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
5.12a
● Crack of Mercy Yosemite NP > … > Bc. Elephant Ro… > Elephant Rock W Face…
Avg:  2
Brian:
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Trad
5.12d
● Desperate Straights Yosemite NP > … > Lower Merced Ri… > Am. Pat & Jack Pinnacle
Avg:  72
Brian:
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad
● Flying In The Mountains Yosemite NP > … > Lower Merced Ri… > Aa. Parkline Slab
Avg:  79
Brian:
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad 6 pitches
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