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Backwards Eric

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Dec 28, 2014
Last Visit: 3 days ago
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Best Times to Meet: weekends for outdoors
Likes Trad, Sport, Tr, Gym, Boulders
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Trad 5.11d 5.12a
Sport 5.12d 5.12d
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Oct 9, 2025
Custer SP > Cathedral Spires > Spire Three > I Miss Anissa (5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b)
Headed up the start of I Miss Anissa
● For position/orientation - the Spire Four route chimney is directly opposite (behind the back of the photog… View Comment
Aug 18, 2025
N Shore Rock > Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head > Sound of One Hand Jam… (5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b)
The highly vegetated top of the route
● The topout for Praise the Many Seraphim is like 10 feet to the climber's right of this picture. This was ta… View Comment
Jun 16, 2025
Devils Tower > Durrance Approach > Persistence (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a)
From the bolted anchor, looking up at the two roofs and the next pitch (P2). You have to traverse left here to get to that crack.
● Note the crack on the right is the "Cussin Crack" of Durrance. View Comment
May 12, 2025
Needles Of Rush… > Iron Mountain > Raspberry Rocks > Weather Watchers Wall
Left Face of Eve 5.11
● Suggested rack: doubles of black through yellow totems (roughly .2 through .4 in Camalot sizing) and a sing… View Comment
Apr 14, 2025
Custer SP > Cathedral Spires > Spire Three
OO-EE-OO-AH-A 5.10
● Great route! My gear recommendation: doubles in cams from black totem thru #4 (Black Diamond), single #5, n… View Comment
Mar 24, 2025
Custer SP > Needles Eye Area > Bloody Spire
Bloody Direct 5.9+
● My suggested rack: cams (in C4 sizing) .4, .5, 4(2), nuts. View Comment

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General > General Climbing
Reply: Where is this picture from (album cover for Emanci…
Oct 28, 2025 Blake, that trip picture does look like it indeed! Good job everyone, mountainproject has achieved success. View Message
General > General Climbing
Reply: Where is this picture from (album cover for Emanci…
Oct 28, 2025 Nice sleuthing Anthony H! Next question will be what are the coordinates of that mountain    View Message
General > General Climbing
Reply: Where is this picture from (album cover for Emanci…
Oct 16, 2025 9 years later and I still wonder about this.Looking at google maps, Pisissarfik didn't look quite right, not enough trees. View Message
Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion
Reply: G7 Setbacks
Oct 6, 2025 I just wanted to report back in on this. Nathan from G7 contacted me directly and got me setup with a loaner and even redirected my shipment to try to hit my destination. There… View Message
Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion
Reply: G7 Setbacks
Sep 19, 2025 I ordered a G7 Pod a month ago, emailed them a couple weeks after it was supposed to have arrived and was told it was "held up in customs" (though the website says USA orders s… View Message
Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion
Reply: New TRS device
May 28, 2025 That does look fluid. It doesn't look like what I read in the manual and I hadn't found this way of doing it when I was trying it out. I'll have to try it. View Message

Route Scores View All 825

5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 11
● Teddy Bersheer
Sport
Spearfish Canyon > Blue Sky > Indecent Exposure
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 12
● Laid Back
Sport
Spearfish Canyon > Shadowlands > Slim Shady Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a PG13
 5
● Johnny Tsunami
Trad, TR 2 pitches
N Shore Rock > Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
 10
● Sioux Pride
Trad, Sport
Needles Of Rush… > … > Old Hill City Rd > Big Chief
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
 11
● Left Face of Eve
Trad
Needles Of Rush… > … > Raspberry Rocks > Weather Watchers Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 27
● Hippie Grenade
Sport
Spearfish Canyon > Danks > Upper Danks
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Teddy Bersheer Spearfish Canyon > Blue Sky > Indecent Exposure
Avg:  11
Backwards:
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
● Laid Back Spearfish Canyon > Shadowlands > Slim Shady Wall
Avg:  12
Backwards:
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport
● Johnny Tsunami N Shore Rock > Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
Avg:  5
Backwards:
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a PG13 Trad, TR 2 pitches
5.12a PG13
● Sioux Pride Needles Of Rush… > … > Old Hill City Rd > Big Chief
Avg:  10
Backwards:
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad, Sport
● Left Face of Eve Needles Of Rush… > … > Raspberry Rocks > Weather Watchers Wall
Avg:  11
Backwards:
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Trad
● Hippie Grenade Spearfish Canyon > Danks > Upper Danks
Avg:  27
Backwards:
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
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