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Oct 9, 2023 Central-W Casca… > … > Exit 34; Middle… > Bessemer Mountain > N Bessemer Creek > Helm's Deep Full Time Hobbit 5.13b ● Completely biased, but I think this is one of the most fun 8a's in the valley. The crux is chef's kiss be… View Comment
Oct 2, 2023 Central-W Casca… > N Bend & Vicinity > Exit 32; Little Si > Woods Group > (b) The Woods Cleaning the Porta John 5.12a/b ● Can the FA please suggest a different name for the route? I understand that it’s a reference to the origina… View Comment
Sep 21, 2023 Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Fern Canyon Rocks > Rock Of Ages The Wasp 5.12d ● Amazing route! Always humbling getting on the hard gear lines in RMNP. Gear is good, but this isn't Indian… View Comment
Aug 25, 2023 Central-W Casca… > Skykomish Valley > Index > Lower Town Wall > (C) Main Wall, left side Sushi Farmer 5.12b/c ● Matt speaks the truth. I'm bummed knowing that I will never do a better rock climb than this. View Comment
May 11, 2023 Central-W Casca… > N Bend & Vicinity > Exit 32; Little Si > World Wall Group > World Wall [E] Extended Illness 5.13c ● Everyone just calls this route "Illness" these days. Extension to this is "Lizard Queen" (Athletic 13c). View Comment
Mar 23, 2023 Hueco Tanks > N Mountain > Dab Sigogglin V7 ● Excellent boulder that climbs some amazing features. Reminds me of river polished blocs. View Comment
Jun 27, 2022 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Easter Rock Sad Batman 5.12b ● Got on this yesterday, it's quite fun! Definitely a worthy addition. I'd guess about 12b for the grade give… View Comment
Jun 23, 2022 Lyons > St Vrain Canyons > N Fork of the S… > Longmont Reserv… > River Wall II Le Diamant E'ternal 5.13b/c ● This is one of the best hard slabs anywhere! There has been an incident of someone tumbling into the gully… View Comment
Jun 23, 2022 S Platte > Staunton SP > Old Mill Area > Black Creek Wall C. Black Hole ● This wall is great! The developers put an enormous amount of work into cleaning up this wall and making it… View Comment
Jun 23, 2022 S Platte > Staunton SP > Staunton Rocks > Dungeon Tanuki 5.13 ● Due to how steep this is, we found toproping this to be very difficult. Staunton granite is weird, and seem… View Comment
Jun 23, 2022 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Rincon > Rincon - L of Center… Fraid Line 5.13a PG13 ● In the last season at Rincon, I watched at least 4 people whip on to the hand placed beak. With good gear b… View Comment
Jun 23, 2022 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Bell Buttress M… > Bell Buttress - Main… Arms Bazaar 5.12a R ● With modern pro, I have a hard time calling this PG-13, let alone R. From the undercling, you can place at… View Comment
Jan 17, 2022 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Rincon > Rincon - L of Center… Surf's Up 5.13a ● Back to back boulder problems! At 5'4", the second boulder is worlds harder than the first. Gear up high is… View Comment
Oct 25, 2021 Southeast Utah > Indian Creek > Fringe Walls Cactus Flower 5.10+ ● Linking P1 + P2 makes for one of the best 5.10 pitches in the creek. 70 meters of fun! View Comment
Sep 11, 2021 Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Long's Peak > Diamond Black Dagger 5.11a ● If you are short, the moves exiting the chimney will likely feel like the crux of the route! I am 5'4" and… View Comment
Sep 7, 2021 Gunnison > Black Canyon of… > S Rim Routes Astro Dog 5.11+ ● A couple notes: In early September, the wall goes into the shade around noon. It was about 80 degrees o… View Comment
Nov 19, 2018 Southeast Utah > Castle Valley > Priest Honeymoon Chimney 5.11a A0 ● A single rack from .3 to 3 with many slings and draws should acceptable for most if you are comfortable at… View Comment
Sep 24, 2018 Rifle > Rifle Mtn Park > Lower Tier > W Facing Eulogy 5.13a/b ● Awesome climb. The type of climb that could only exist in Rifle. I watched 3 other people go up, and everyo… View Comment
Aug 27, 2018 Eagle/Vail/Mint… > Lime Park (a.k.… > Prow The Honeymoon Is Over 5.13c ● This climb continues to shed. Another key foothold popped off making the move from off the drilled pocket a… View Comment
Jul 15, 2018 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Black Wall Sinners On Sunday 5.12 ● FYI, you can lower off the anchors above the finger crack with a 60m provided you extend your anchor a bit.… View Comment
Jun 17, 2018 Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Fern Canyon Rocks > Rock Of Ages Days of Heaven 5.10d ● With a 70 and a lot of slings, you could do it in one pitch. Also I thought the gear on the first pitch was… View Comment
May 7, 2017 Central-W Casca… > N Bend & Vicinity > Exit 38 > Far Side > Shangri-La Skullduggery 5.12b ● This route is the bomb! Some of the moves you might expect to see in the competition boulder circuits. Kill… View Comment
Apr 30, 2017 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Snow Creek Area > Snow Creek Wall Edge of Space 5.11b ● The climbing to the first bolt is about 10a slab. Also the runout on the second pitch is super causal. abou… View Comment
Aug 27, 2016 Central-W Casca… > Skykomish Valley > Index > Side Walls > K Cliff CF Route 5.9 ● Thanks to whomever cleaned this recently and added another bolt. View Comment
Aug 11, 2016 Central-W Casca… > Skykomish Valley > Index > Lower Town Wall > (C) Main Wall, left side Marginal Karma 5.11b ● This thing is quite reachy! also I didn't see any loose flake at the beginning. I TR'ed it after cl… View Comment
Sep 14, 2015 Central-W Casca… > N Bend & Vicinity > Exit 32; Little Si > World Wall Group > World Wall Megatherion 5.11b ● It is 12 to the first anchor, 15, all the way to the top I believe. View Comment
May 7, 2015 Central-W Casca… > N Bend & Vicinity > Exit 32; Little Si > World Wall Group > World Wall [E] Technorigine 5.12c ● Can you lower off Techno with a 60M rope? or is a 70 needed? View Comment
Jun 14, 2014 Crested Butte > Skyland Boulders > High Times Open Book V1+ ● View Comment

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