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Sep 21, 2025 New River Gorge… > New River Gorge… > Kaymoor > 3. Rico Suave Buttress Brewed Newt 5.12a ● I don’t know how this thing doesn't get more traffic, it’s fantastic! The only negative part is the awkward… View Comment
Aug 23, 2025 Central & South… > Charlottesville… > Wintergreen > E Walls > 5.12 Comes to Winterg… (5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a) 5.12 Comes to Wintergreen ● It doesn’t have a name that I’m aware of, but it has been climbed as an easy alternative to 5.12 comes to W… View Comment
Aug 11, 2025 Seneca Rocks > S Peak - E Face > Upper Broadway Heavy Fuel 5.12c ● Straight up after the horizontal break is actually part of a separate route called Unleaded that traverses… View Comment
Jun 1, 2025 Seneca Rocks > S Peak - E Face > Upper Broadway Castor to Terror 5.11b PG13 ● A solid heady link up of two classics! View Comment
Mar 2, 2025 Shenandoah & NW… > Shenandoah NP > Old Rag > Wall That Dreams Are… Swan Song 5.12a ● I added a bolt anchor so there’s no longer any need to do all the shenanigans to get down The The or the lo… View Comment
Jul 13, 2024 Custer SP > Cathedral Spires > Station 13 Superstition 5.10 ● A single 80m rope will get you down no problem. View Comment
Apr 11, 2024 Shenandoah & NW… > Shenandoah NP > Old Rag > Bouldering > Parking lot boulder Echoing fart hold V0-1 ● I hate to break it to you, but none of these are new first ascents, this boulder has been climbed a ton in… View Comment
Mar 31, 2024 Shenandoah & NW… > Shenandoah NP > Old Rag > Upper God's Area Don't Bother Coming Home 5.9 R ● I updated the description for the added bolts, thanks for the reminder Bryan! View Comment
Mar 9, 2024 Southern Nevada > Eldorado Mountains > Keyhole Canyon > Lower Canyon > Demonstrator Wall Shake, Peel, and Pour 5.10c R ● This route definitely isn’t R or even PG-13, but it is quite a sandbag at 5.10c. I’ve climbed 5.10 and up a… View Comment
Mar 4, 2024 Seneca Rocks > S Peak - E Face > Upper Broadway Bogtrotter 5.9 R ● Another great link up is to climb Pollux, Bogtrotter, and Orangeaid in one big pitch. View Comment
Feb 28, 2024 Shenandoah & NW… > Shenandoah NP > Old Rag > Eagle's Gift Muscle Memory 5.11d ● The bolts on this route were replaced on 02/25/24. View Comment
Feb 28, 2024 Shenandoah & NW… > Shenandoah NP > Old Rag > Eagle's Gift Muscle Memory 5.11d ● After the second bolt, run it out up and left to a third bolt shared with The Ally before the long runout t… View Comment
Jan 13, 2024 Shenandoah & NW… > Shenandoah NP > Old Rag > Eagle's Gift Coyote Daze 5.11a ● The new Old Rag guidebook! You can order it from Sharp End. stores.sharpendbooks.com/ol… View Comment
Jan 13, 2024 Shenandoah & NW… > Shenandoah NP > Old Rag > Eagle's Gift Coyote Daze 5.11a ● Unfortunately, this route didn’t make the new guidebook, but it is definitely worth a trip over here to cli… View Comment
Nov 24, 2023 Shenandoah & NW… > Shenandoah NP Old Rag ● Order the Old Rag Guidebook here! stores.sharpendbooks.com/ol… View Comment
Jul 29, 2023 Shenandoah & NW… > Shenandoah NP > Old Rag > Skyline Wall (PATC Wall) Earl’s Error 5.8 ● This is not a new FA. It was put up in 1951 by Earl Mosburg, Jerry Jankowitz, and Ken Pratt, they did both… View Comment
Jul 20, 2023 Seneca Rocks > S Peak - W Face > S Peak W Face (Main A… The Sorcerer 5.11- PG13 ● This route ends at the large ledge below the summit and below the first P.O. rapp. You can scramble up to t… View Comment
May 28, 2023 Seneca Rocks > N Peak - W Face Circumflex 5.9 ● Probably not the best route for a 5.9 leader. There is a decent size runout to the roof on the first pitch… View Comment
Apr 12, 2023 Joshua Tree NP > … 1 > Rdside Rocks -… > Dihedral Rock > Dihedral Rock -… > Coarse & Buggy (5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c) Lee onsighting Coarse and Buggy ● Thanks! View Comment
Dec 4, 2022 Shenandoah & NW… > Shenandoah NP > Old Rag > Middle God's Area - R… Alpenglow 5.11- ● Bolts were replaced on 12/4/22 View Comment
Dec 4, 2022 Shenandoah & NW… > Shenandoah NP > Old Rag > Patio The Ragged Edge #2 5.10d X ● Bolts were replaced on 12/4/22 View Comment
Nov 14, 2022 Shenandoah & NW… > Shenandoah NP > Old Rag > Briar Ledge God Knows 5.11a ● Bolts were replaced on 11/13/2022 View Comment
Nov 14, 2022 Shenandoah & NW… > Shenandoah NP > Old Rag > Briar Ledge The Untamed 5.10d ● Bolts were replaced on 11/13/2022 View Comment
Nov 6, 2022 Seneca Rocks > S Peak - W Face > S Peak W Face (Main A… Back to the Front 5.9 ● Bolts were replaced on 11/6/2022 View Comment
Nov 6, 2022 Seneca Rocks > N Peak - E Face Desperado 5.9 ● A bolt anchor has been added to replace the dead pine tree anchor. View Comment
Oct 30, 2022 Seneca Rocks > N Peak - E Face Psychoprophylaxis 5.10c/d ● Tat anchor on the small dead tree has been replaced with a bolt anchor. View Comment
Oct 30, 2022 Seneca Rocks > N Peak - E Face Great Impostor 5.9 ● The tat rappel anchor on the small and now very dead tree has been replaced with a shiny new bolt anchor. S… View Comment
Sep 24, 2022 Seneca Rocks > S End La Bella Vista 5.10- ● I’m pretty sure the route pulls the final overhang on the left side through the hand crack and then heads u… View Comment
Sep 24, 2022 Seneca Rocks > N Peak - W Face The Bell 5.12a R ● Cal Swoager made a free ascent when he put it up. Hunt Prothro, Alex Karr, and Mel Banks we’re also on the… View Comment
Sep 23, 2022 Seneca Rocks > S Peak - E Face > Upper Broadway Bogtrotter 5.9 R ● There isn’t really much gear on this route, so try not to break any of the fragile flakes off. A lead fall… View Comment
Sep 22, 2022 Seneca Rocks > Lower Slabs Green Snake 5.11a ● This route has changed dramatically since the fire. It is significantly harder than 5.11. View Comment
Sep 18, 2022 3. Piedmont Region > Stone Mountain > Stone Mtn S Face Grand Funk Railroad 5.9- ● Probably my favorite route I’ve done at Stone so far. Like a lot of Stone Mountain climbs the only real tri… View Comment
Jun 23, 2022 Seneca Rocks > N Peak - W Face Irrelevance 5.10d R ● The guidebook calls this one 5.10d PG but you’d better be a solid 5.11 leader before attempting it. I’ve cl… View Comment
Jun 12, 2022 Seneca Rocks > N Peak - W Face Negative Feedback 5.11 ● This route is actually really cool, it gets an R rating in the guidebook but I’d say on the lighter side of… View Comment
Jun 8, 2022 Seneca Rocks > S Peak - W Face > S Peak W Face (Main A… Hit the Silk 5.11b R ● It maybe X, it’s been a while since I climbed it but I remember getting some good micro gear, either way it… View Comment
Mar 20, 2022 Seneca Rocks > S End Dracula Direct 5.12b PG13 ● This route is really good! The climbing is long, sustained, exposed, and exciting but it can be a bit of a… View Comment

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