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Jun 6, 2026 Lake Tahoe > … 1 > Cloudburst Canyon > Tiers > 3rd Tier > Numb Bunion (5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b) Anchor bolts and nuts showing rust. ● Submitted badbolts.com/bolt_report_su… View Comment
Sep 11, 2025 Lake Tahoe > Highway 50 Corr… > Echo Summit > Echo Lakes Gold Finger Area ● instagram.com/reel/DLWC003y… Quoting Dave Hatchett here: “My brother and I, along with @mossh… View Comment
Oct 14, 2024 Lake Tahoe > W Shore > Eagle Creek Canyon > Mayhem Cove > Left Side Left Side \| 2077 5.12a ● I think about upper 10 / low 11 climbing through 3 bolts, and then a pretty powerful crux lieback, then 5.8… View Comment
Jul 23, 2024 Lake Tahoe > S Shore > Armstrong Pass Because It Is There 5.7 ● I look at this thing every time I MTB up to Armstrong pass. Cool to see it up here. Rather old post now! I… View Comment
Jul 23, 2024 Lake Tahoe > Highway 50 Corr… > Echo Summit > Echo Lakes > Berkeley Camp Rocks Flu Variation 5.12a ● This thing is fantastic. Great burly overhung sport climbing down low with a thin, technical crux in the di… View Comment
Jun 1, 2023 Lake Tahoe > … > Lover's Leap > Main Formation > Main Wall > Main Wall Traveler Buttress 5.9 ● That first pitch crux is bonafide 5.9 I’d rather climb 5.11 and know it’s the gas tank than this crypti… View Comment
Oct 3, 2022 Lake Tahoe > Carson Pass Hig… > Calaveras Domes > Calaveras Dome > 1. Northeast Face Sands of Time 5.9 ● Found the rap on pitch 6 (12 o'clock) ledge to be relatively easy to find. Traverse climbers left along the… View Comment
Oct 3, 2022 Lake Tahoe > Carson Pass Highway (88) Upper Bear River Reservoir ● Went here a couple of years ago to canyoneer "crack addiction" and noticed the large granite dome on the ot… View Comment
Oct 1, 2021 Lake Tahoe > Carson Pass Hig… > Mokelumne Wilderness Elephant's Graveyard ● Tim's comment is accurate. I got Will's contact info from Chris at Greater Tahoe Gripwork's. I met Will… View Comment
May 14, 2021 Lake Tahoe > S Shore > Luther Rock > Detox Wall With Draws 5.11a ● Great climb. A bit of a hiatus but it felt harder than other Tahoe 11a's like Made in Japan and Aerial: slo… View Comment
Jan 18, 2021 Lake Tahoe > Highway 50 Corr… > Phantom Spires > Upper Spire Fear of Flying 5.9+ ● My three cruxes: - 40 feet up, a featureless slabby corner stem thing. Quarter thick right facing edge o… View Comment
May 14, 2020 Lake Tahoe > Truckee River Canyon Twin Crags ● Uncrowded, fairly comfortable to set up top ropes on, great views, sunny and warm. Definitely worth the dr… View Comment
Oct 30, 2019 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Valley S Side > P. Cathedral Area > 5. Higher Cathedral Rock Northeast Buttress 5.9+ PG13 ● Lost the send on that final 5.8 chimney. I tried right side in, straight in... etc. Fuck that thing LOL! Pr… View Comment
Aug 28, 2019 Lake Tahoe > I-80 Corridor > Donner Summit > Black Wall > 1. Black Wall - Left Rambo Crack 5.12b ● Somewhat shenigans, but I did a TR lap from the top of Bourbon street with a redirect through the proper an… View Comment
Aug 15, 2019 Lake Tahoe > I-80 Corridor > Donner Summit > Black Wall > 3. Black Wall - Right Summer Breeze 5.11a ● I tope roped this thing. I thought it was harder than leading Aerial, Made in Japan, There Goes the Neighbo… View Comment
Aug 11, 2019 Lake Tahoe > I-80 Corridor > Donner Summit > Rd Cut, The Hit And Run 5.11b ● Climbing high up the crack in the pod works best IMO - clip that second bolt at your feet with a foot on th… View Comment
Jul 21, 2019 Western Nevada > Lake Tahoe Area > Crystal Bay Boulder Crystal Offwidth (aka Right Line) 5.10c ● This thing is awesome. Bomber finger locks, bomber hands, bomber stacks at the top. Really great movement a… View Comment
Jul 20, 2019 Lake Tahoe > I-80 Corridor > Donner Summit > Space Wall Purple Toupee 5.12b ● It looks like someone added anchors to this thing before the razor crimp crux. Given the dramatic change… View Comment
Jul 12, 2019 Lake Tahoe > I-80 Corridor > Donner Summit > Black Wall > 1. Black Wall - Left Bliss 5.10d ● There’s enough good gear to make this safe, and a bolt right off the anchor to prevent a factor 2. I though… View Comment
Jul 11, 2019 Lake Tahoe > Truckee River C… > Big Chief Area > Three Towers Wall Kalumete Arete 5.11a ● Quite confused. The 4th and 5th bolts are about 2 feet apart on the sport bolted variation. Could not suss… View Comment
Jul 10, 2019 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Valley S Side > P. Cathedral Area > 6. Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress 5.10c A0 ● The walk off from this thing is mega. Don't do it if you suspect there's snow - sounds like a nightmare - b… View Comment
Jul 5, 2019 Lake Tahoe > … > Donner Summit > Snowshed Wall > E Face > 3. E Face Main Farewell To Arms 5.10b ● Laybacking the top sounds exciting but it’s a good straight-in crack.Though it’s flaring thin hands, it wil… View Comment
Jul 5, 2019 Lake Tahoe > I-80 Corridor > Donner Summit > Black Wall > 1. Black Wall - Left New Fascination 5.10+ ● The last pitch is marked as the Fascination Finish from lizard ledge in the Horniak book. There’s a single… View Comment
Jun 15, 2019 High Sierra > 07 - Humphreys… > Merriam Peak Direct North Buttress 5.10b ● We were chased off the tippy top low 5th pitches after doing the hard technical pitches on this climb. The… View Comment
Jan 22, 2019 Southern Arizona > Cochise Stronghold > W Stronghold > Warpath Dome Warpath 5.9- PG13 ● I couldn't find the second bolt on p2 while walking along the dike. I had followed the dike climbers left u… View Comment
Dec 30, 2018 San Francisco B… > E Bay Area > Mt Diablo SP > Boy Scout Rocks > Lower Tier Earthcling 5.11b ● Moss. Lichen. Chopped bolts next to the glue ins, next to star dryvins. The anchor chains have this ridicul… View Comment
Dec 25, 2018 N America > … > Nuevo Leon > El Potrero Chico > Virgin Canyon > Lower Virgin Don Quixote 5.11d ● Tried to scum with my right side against the polished face, feet on the corner - kind of the opposite of th… View Comment
Sep 24, 2018 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Lower Merced Ri… > Ad. Arch Rock Midterm 5.10b ● Cannot be lowered from by a 70m unless you want to be hanging 10 feet off the ground, while your roped-in b… View Comment
Nov 26, 2017 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Black Velvet Ca… > Black Velvet Wall > Epinephrine (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a) The descent from Black Velvet Peak ● IIRC - walking through the cairn gate may have had us following more ridgeline for about 1/4 mile before th… View Comment
Dec 12, 2016 Central Coast > Pinnacles NP > W Side > Balconies Lava Falls 5.9 R ● TLDR; Can confirm that this can be lead with a single 70m rope! I'd make sure your belayer is tied in b… View Comment

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