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Dec 3, 2017 Lyons > St Vrain Canyons > S Fork of St Vr… > Mushroom Massif The Mushroom 5.8 ● Worth doing, esp for the 2nd pitch. View Comment
Oct 1, 2017 Yosemite NP > … > Valley N Side > B. El Capitan > 3. Southeast Face > Mescalito (5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a A3) cleaning pitch 23 ● hey, I recognize that photo... View Comment
Oct 1, 2017 Yosemite NP > … > Valley N Side > B. El Capitan > 2. Southwest Face > Shield (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c C3 PG13) Headwall of the Shield, El Cap. ● what a rock... View Comment
Sep 19, 2017 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Bookend The Great Dihedral 5.7 ● I'd never given this route a 2nd glance until a partner suggested it recently. It's soooper fun! We did it… View Comment
Jul 10, 2017 Gunnison > Taylor Canyon > First Buttress > Left Hand Left Hand Crack 5.8+ ● I think the 5.8+ grade is spot on, due to the excellent hand jams and varied (and large) features for the f… View Comment
Jul 10, 2017 Gunnison > Taylor Canyon > First Buttress > Parking Lot Wall Zig Zag 5.9 ● After placing a great stopper off the Sun Deck, and then doing the cool balancy moves after that, I got a s… View Comment
Oct 3, 2016 Estes Park Valley > Devil's Gulch &… > Cow Creek Canyo… > Sheep Mtn Rock Lamb Skin 5.8+ ● The description above more or less matches the line we followed. Pro can be a little tricky in some spots… View Comment
Oct 3, 2016 Estes Park Valley > Devil's Gulch &… > Cow Creek Canyo… > Rabbit Ears Rock Welsh Rarebit 5.11a ● It packs a wallop! View Comment
Sep 19, 2016 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Spelunk Spire Paper Training 5.9 ● Good route - characteristic of the 'short but sweet' nature of a lot of the climbs in this area. View Comment
Sep 12, 2016 Southeast Utah > Castle Valley > Castleton Tower Castleton as seen from Sister Superior ● great shot - really conveys the raw connection to the earth that climbing in the desert makes us feel. View Comment
Sep 5, 2016 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Blair (overview) > Upper Blair > John's Tower Yellow Belly 5.10 ● Interesting and varied. And clean. I wish there were more climbs like this at Blair. I also wish I had a… View Comment
Jul 14, 2016 Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Ypsilon Mountain Blitzen Ridge 5.4 ● Spectacular. The Aces and headwall are great, but for me, the 'endless' 3rd and 4th class above the… View Comment
Oct 11, 2015 S Platte > Rampart Range Rd > Parachute Rock No Chute aka Rip Cord 5.10a ● Best route in the alcove.... View Comment
Jun 28, 2015 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Valley Massif King of Coney Island 5.10a ● A fun and worthwhile finish to NAIL. View Comment
Jun 7, 2014 Southwest Utah > Zion NP > Angel's Landing Lowe Route 5.10 C3 ● More than any other that I have done, this route gives you a taste of the full spectrum of Zion climbing.… View Comment
Dec 17, 2013 Southwest Utah > Zion NP > Spearhead Iron Messiah 5.10b ● Tony B's comments on the last pitch brought back some spooky memories for me - my experience was very simil… View Comment
Jan 20, 2013 Wind River Range > Cirque of the T… > Shark's Nose Direct Southwest Face 5.9 ● For many years, a casual flip through my Wind River guidebook would always end up in my spending several mi… View Comment
Sep 9, 2012 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Valley Massif Zipper 5.8+ ● The squeeze chimney on p2 is pretty tight- I almost got stuck (32" waist). Do have a couple larger pieces… View Comment
Sep 10, 2006 Southwest Utah Zion National Park ● Beavs, you better get up there and do it to it, boy, before some other eager beaver beats you to the punch! View Comment
Sep 7, 2006 Devils Tower > W Face McCarthy West Face/Hong 5.11c ● My comments are for p.1 only- haven't tried the 2nd pitch (McCarthy West Face route)... A little differe… View Comment
Sep 7, 2006 Devils Tower > W Face Mr. Clean 5.11a ● Truly a world-class route. Put some nuts on single 'biners (~ #6 thru #11 stopper sizes) and just "drop 'e… View Comment
Aug 25, 2006 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Coke Bottle TM Chimney 5.7+ ● A great chimney, and a good route to do in warmer weather. When it's hot out there, it's nice and cool in… View Comment
Aug 25, 2006 Devils Tower > E & Northeast Buttres… Assembly Line 5.9 ● Hard to beat, esp. when combined with New Wave. Bang out the final pitch with a rope-stretcher on your 60m… View Comment
Aug 25, 2006 Devils Tower > E & Northeast Buttres… New Wave 5.10a ● New Wave is fer shur THE way to get to the goodness of Assemblyline. Although not a top-quality Tower rout… View Comment
Aug 24, 2006 Devils Tower > W Face One Way Sunset 5.10c ● Pitch one is straight-in splitter goodness for fingees. Pitch two is slamma jamma time for hands. mmmmm m… View Comment
Aug 24, 2006 Devils Tower > W Face McCarthy West Face (Variant) 5.10b ● A very fine route. Don't hang out at the roof- just place gear and go for it. Trust me - pulling the roof… View Comment
Jul 21, 2006 Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Long's Peak > Lower E Face Fields' Chimney (summer) 5.8+ ● Pre-dawn enthusiasm and a failure to ask ourselves, "are we really where we think we are?" combined a few y… View Comment
Feb 23, 2006 S Central Utah > San Rafael Swell > San Rafael Swel… > Mexican Mtn Rd… > Dylan Wall Planet Waves 5.11a ● Not a uniform splitter, but continuously changing in size and shape. View Comment
Feb 23, 2006 S Central Utah > San Rafael Swell > San Rafael Swel… > Mexican Mtn Rd… > Dylan Wall Idiot Wind 5.11c ● A superb route, with great pro, great moves, and great rests. View Comment
Feb 3, 2006 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Gollum's Arch Rock Facial Hair 5.11a R ● This IS something of a lost classic, and well worth doing. I don't remember it being very "R", but it was… View Comment
Feb 2, 2006 Laramie Area > Vedauwoo > Poland Hill Sugar Crack 5.7 ● This is a fine route. Judicious use of the right foot in and on the right side of the trough will make all… View Comment
Jan 25, 2006 Devils Tower > E & Northeast Buttres… Belle Fourche Buttress 5.10b ● If you're headed to the Tower, put this one on your list of "must do" routes! So beautiful to look at on t… View Comment
Jan 25, 2006 Estes Park Valley > Big Thompson Ca… > Combat Rock Across Enemy Lines 5.11b ● The bulge on p.1 probably isn't any harder than .10d or .11a. I haven't done p.2 yet. View Comment
Dec 27, 2005 Lyons > St Vrain Canyons > S Fork of St Vr… > December Wall Life After James 5.11b ● I only climbed the first 2 pitches. Pitch 2 (especially the upper half of it) is fantastic, well protected… View Comment
Dec 27, 2005 Lyons > St Vrain Canyons > S Fork of St Vr… > December Wall A Long December 5.11a ● Better than it looks, for both quality of the climbing and quality of protection. View Comment
Nov 28, 2005 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Crescent Wall Finger Lickin' Good 5.11a ● Awesome, especially p2. View Comment

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