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Dec 19, 2025 The Tennessee Wall ● December 2025 update: I've been parking my van with all my earthy posessions in it here for a few months… View Comment
Dec 19, 2025 Tennessee Wall > (7) Orange Blossom Wall I'm Late 5.7+ ● It's kind of lame to sandbag a moderate; who are you trying to impress by saying this felt easy? You're jus… View Comment
Dec 19, 2025 Tennessee Wall > (5) The Wasteland Where Lizards Go to Die 5.10a ● Feels Gunks-y, and at the Gunks this would be 5.7. At T-Wall this is maybe comparable to some of the 5.8s.… View Comment
Nov 15, 2025 Red River Gorge > (BRRP) Bald Roc… > Hazel Hollow Hazelnut 5.10a ● Fun! There are a few sequences that I embarked on not sure how it was going to turn out, but everything was… View Comment
Nov 13, 2025 Red River Gorge > Northern Gorge > Long Wall Autumn 5.9 ● My favorite climb I've done in the Red to date. I've done harder, but this is just so quality. GEAR BETA… View Comment
Nov 13, 2025 Red River Gorge > (MFRP) Miller F… > Fruit Wall Slice of Spice 5.10a ● Wonderful route! The crux sequence is some of the coolest movement I've done above gear. View Comment
May 8, 2025 Red River Gorge > Northern Gorge > Pebble Beach Environmental Impact 5.7 ● Great climb! The first pitch is an appropriate first trad lead--my friend climbed it and took his first… View Comment
May 8, 2025 Red River Gorge > Northern Gorge > Pebble Beach Zambezi Plunge 5.8 ● To the ledge is a fun little pitch, maybe 5.6, appropriate for the budding leader. I didn't go further beca… View Comment
Apr 30, 2025 Red River Gorge > Northern Gorge > Eagle Point Buttress Foxfire 5.7 R ● This was a great climb! Contrary to what some have said, I think routefinding would not have been very hard… View Comment
Dec 22, 2024 Red River Gorge > (PMRP) Pendergr… > Coal Bank Hollow > Crossroads Fairweather Friend 5.10c ● In an attempt to avoid pump on Golden Ticket, I skipped a bolt. The tactic didn't work, and I fell in a des… View Comment
Dec 8, 2024 Red River Gorge > Northern Gorge > Fortress Wall Bombs Bursting 5.8 ● The original anchor for this climb is gone (chopped) but there are chains with rappel rings on the wall dir… View Comment
Dec 7, 2024 Red River Gorge > Natural Bridge… > Zoo (CLOSED) > Old Zoo (CLOSED) Zookeeper 5.14a ● soft View Comment
Dec 6, 2024 Red River Gorge > (MFRP) Miller F… > Cooper's Cove Skull Eyeland 5.9 ● Some interesting movement, but you can go around the two hardest spots by moving left slightly which makes… View Comment
Nov 28, 2024 Red River Gorge > Natural Bridge… > Global Village Vision 5.7 ● Underrated! Pad the tree on your way up so repeated rope dragging across it doesn't kill it eventually. View Comment
Nov 28, 2024 Red River Gorge > Natural Bridge… > Global Village Father and Son 5.7 ● Splitter finger crack with a ton of face holds. From the ground it looks pretty aesthetic, but the way it c… View Comment
Nov 26, 2024 Red River Gorge > Muir Valley > Inner Sanctum Netizen Hacktivist 5.9+ ● If you don't like slopers you won't like this. This is comfortably 5.10a, which everyone knows is easier… View Comment
Nov 14, 2024 Red River Gorge > Northern Gorge > Fortress Wall Snake 5.8 ● I sewed this up with nothing larger than a #3. The "chimney" will be the onsight crux for a lot of leade… View Comment
Nov 14, 2024 Red River Gorge > Northern Gorge > Fortress Wall American Crack 5.6 ● Sandy spots and questionable rock make this a little less enjoyable than some of its similarly-graded neigh… View Comment
Nov 6, 2024 Red River Gorge > Northern Gorge > Fortress Wall Calypso I (direct variation) 5.9 ● There's a third horizontal low which takes a #0.75 or similar if you want to protect the moves directly off… View Comment
Nov 6, 2024 Red River Gorge > Northern Gorge > Fortress Wall Calypso III 5.5 ● There's no offwidthing required on this, as face holds abound, although the desperate chalk smears show tha… View Comment
Nov 6, 2024 Red River Gorge > Northern Gorge > Fortress Wall Calypso II 5.6 ● Stays dry in rain. Some cool movement. There were a few sandy holds but overall quite nice. View Comment
Nov 6, 2024 Red River Gorge > Northern Gorge > Fortress Wall Calypso I 5.7 ● Stays dry in rain. My favorite of the Calypsos. View Comment
Nov 6, 2024 Red River Gorge > (BRRP) Bald Roc… > Chocolate Factory EGBG 5.10a ● Awesome route. A bit soft for the grade; it's just a short boulder followed by a lot of jug bashing. Very f… View Comment
Oct 5, 2024 Red River Gorge > (BRRP) Bald Roc… > S Park A Crash Pad Love Story 5.7 ● Short and weird. The difficulty is probably about correct, but I wouldn't choose this as a first lead for a… View Comment
Oct 5, 2024 Red River Gorge > (BRRP) Bald Roc… > S Park Beginnings 5.7 ● Nice, fun climb. Agree this is good for a new leader. View Comment
Aug 31, 2024 Red River Gorge > (BRRP) Bald Roc… > Hazel Hollow Hazel Dormouse 5.9+ ● Joyous jugs and a mild boulder problem. People are giving it a 5.9+ but I think if you take advantage of th… View Comment
Aug 31, 2024 Red River Gorge > (BRRP) Bald Roc… > Hazel Hollow The Hazelnut Child 5.6 ● Very chill. Definitely a good target for the new leader. View Comment
Aug 31, 2024 Red River Gorge > (BRRP) Bald Roc… > Hazel Hollow The Hazelnut Fairy 5.5 ● Super easy and secure. Don't be afraid of it if you're a new leader. View Comment
Aug 27, 2024 Red River Gorge > Northern Gorge > Jewel Pinnacle Diamond in the Crack 5.6 ● Beautiful outing with a new climbing partner. Getting to the climb was the hard part. The climbing is stell… View Comment
Jun 14, 2024 Red River Gorge > (BRRP) Bald Roc… > Chocolate Factory Wonkaholic 5.10a ● First time I did this, I thought the crux was the start, but did it again recently and found a beta that ma… View Comment
Jun 14, 2024 Red River Gorge > Muir Valley > Great Wall Bitter Ray of Sunshine 5.10b ● For me there was a technical crux a body length below the roof, and a redpoint (pump) crux pulling the move… View Comment
Jun 14, 2024 Red River Gorge > Muir Valley > Great Wall Little T-Bone 5.9 ● I can't say this is much harder than 5.8 unless you're doing something contrived. I'm also pretty sure this… View Comment
Jun 14, 2024 Red River Gorge > Muir Valley > Great Wall Dynabolt Gold 5.10a ● Very cool. This route has a bunch of knee bar options, without much of an angle--it's a good intro to knee… View Comment
May 12, 2024 Cherokee Rock V… > Holiday Block My Dog Has Fleas 5.9- ● You don't have to grab a sloper on this, but finding the crimps is a challenge. View Comment
May 12, 2024 Cherokee Rock V… > Holiday Block Gravy Train 5.10a ● Excellent climb, fun movement. Gear gets a bit tricky at the top. The horn and anchors you can see from… View Comment
May 12, 2024 Cherokee Rock V… > Pinnacle Loosy Goosy 5.8+ ● Wonderful setting and fun movement make this a worthwhile climb, but they're held back by bad rock quality… View Comment

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