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Aaron Cannistra

43 years old · Male

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Member Since

Jan 25, 2015

Last Visit: 10 hours ago

853 Points
Point Rank: #1,842 Details Drop down

6 Areas

90 pts - 15 each

41 Routes

410 pts - 10 each

70 Photos

350 pts - 5 each

0 Approach Trails

0 pts - 4 each

3 Page Improvements

3 pts - 1 each

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Best Times to Meet: Anytime

Likes Trad, Sport, Tr, Gym

	Leads	Follows
Trad	5.11a	5.12a
Sport	5.11a	5.12a
Ice	WI6	WI6
Mixed	M6	M8

Other Interests

Mountaineering, Backcountry Skiing,

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Oct 9, 2024 Central-E Casca… > Stuart-Enchantm… > Dragontail Peak A Kidney for a Friend 5.8 ● For folks considering linking P2+P3, our 60m rope came up short when trying to link these pitches (we start… View Comment
Jun 2, 2024 N America > … > British Columbia > Sea to Sky (N o… > Duffey Lake Rd > Seton Lake Lieutenant Dan’s Aquatic Death Ride WI4+ ● I posted this comment in the trip report, but figured I'd add it here as well. When Zach and I climbed t… View Comment
Jan 11, 2023 N America > … > British Columbia > Sea to Sky (N o… > Duffey Lake Rd > Seton Lake Lieutenant Dan’s Aquatic Death Ride WI4+ ● Our trip report: cascadeclimbers.com/forum/t… View Comment
Sep 7, 2022 Central-E Casca… > Stuart-Enchantm… > Mt Stuart > Gorillas in the Mist (5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c Easy Snow) First pitch of Gorillas In the Mist. You can scramble up the left side to the base. After climbing the crack you can stop early at the tree ledge, but building a belay in the yellow chimney will help with rope drag on the following pitch. ● This photo is great to show the start of the route. Before this pic was uploaded, we mistakenly started in… View Comment
Sep 13, 2021 South-W & Tacoma > Columbia Gorge > Ozone > (1) Shire Wall First Breakfast 5.8 ● Unclear how well the "roof" block was attached. Maybe its solid, but if it did come loose would be bad for… View Comment
Mar 22, 2021 Mt Hood National Forest Polallie Creek Falls ● Ice formation is tempermental, not sure what has to align to get good quality ice forming. Seems to be form… View Comment

Forum Messages View All 9

Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion Reply: Merlin Rock Gear Closing Down Jan 2, 2023 Thanks for giving us wide weirdos protection before no one else would Erick! View Message
Partners > Pacific Northwest Partners Portland Based Ice Partner Jan 11, 2022 I'm trying to get out to Banks lake area for ice climbing over the next couple weekends and looking for a partner. I lead WI5+ and have all gear. Hit me up if interested. View Message
Partners > Pacific Northwest Partners Reply: Looking for weekday or weekend partner- Portland Jul 2, 2020 PM Sent View Message
Regional > Pacific Northwest Portland Area Climbing Apr 25, 2019 Hey, looking for partners to get out regularly on weekends (I also get every other Friday off) anywhere in the area-ish (Smith, Index, Beacon, Ozone, etc). I climb trad, sport,… View Message
Partners > Pacific Northwest Partners Smith this weekend (Aug 18-19) Aug 16, 2018 In the Portland area and looking to climb at Smith this weekend. I climb mid 10s trad or sport. View Message
Partners > Pacific Northwest Partners Looking for regular climbing partner - Portland Dec 15, 2017 Looking for regular rock, ice (whenever possible), and alpine partner in the Portland area. I lead solid 5.10 outdoors and WI4. I tend to gravitate toward crack and multi-pitch… View Message

Route Scores View All 3

5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 8 ● Butterfly Trad Portland & The… > … > Wall of Shadows > Right Side
WI4+ 1 ● Lieutenant Dan’s Aquatic Death R… Ice 10 pitches N America > … 1 2 > Duffey Lake Rd > Seton Lake
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 3 ● Ablation Zone Trad 3 pitches South-W & Tacoma > Columbia Gorge > Twilight Zone