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Oct 5, 2022 Boulder > Flagstaff > Monkey Traverse > Long Traverse aka The… (V4 6B) Traffic at the Monkey. ● Sure do miss those days! View Comment
Nov 19, 2015 Southeast Utah > San Juan County > Indian Creek > Battle of the B… > Cave Route (5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b) Enjoying the shade on Cave Pitch ● That climb is awesome, probably 15 degrees cooler in there on a hot day. View Comment
Jul 10, 2008 Yosemite NP > Tuolumne Meadows > Cathedral Range > Cathedral Peak > Southeast Slopes Southeast Buttress 5.6 ● Very cool climb and spectacular summit. We climbed the right side-ish, over many crystal studded faces, an… View Comment
Jun 28, 2008 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Valley S Side > P. Cathedral Area > 6. Middle Cathedral Rock Kor-Beck 5.9 ● The belay/rap anchors at the top of the 4th pitch have wobbly bolts! They look new, but when I weighted th… View Comment
May 25, 2008 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Valley N Side > C. El Cap Picni… > 5. Manure Pile Buttre… Nutcracker 5.9 Start Variation 5.9 ● Beware that if you take this alternate (and polished) start to Nutcracker, you may be passed by parties on… View Comment
May 2, 2008 Southeast Utah > San Juan County > Indian Creek > Supercrack Buttress Incredible Hand Crack 5.10 ● i think I places 7 #2 camalots, and maybe a #1 at the start. Easier than it looks if you have huge man han… View Comment
May 2, 2008 Canon City > Shelf Rd > Dark Side Redlined 5.11c ● This route may have gotten slightly harder over the last 9 years. There is a big move off of a deteriorati… View Comment
May 2, 2008 Canon City > Shelf Rd > Dark Side Enchanted Porkfist 5.11a ● Uhhhhh.... I was pretty pumped, but this climb has some really cool improbable holds. 11a. View Comment
May 2, 2008 Canon City Shelf Road ● Shelf Road is dog friendly for the same reason it is bolt friendly. Yay for public lands! Dogs are not we… View Comment
Apr 23, 2008 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Bastille > Bastille - W Face Sunset Boulevard 5.11b ● Lots of fun, the start looks intimidating but is pretty solid. A small RP can back up the pin and a blue A… View Comment
Apr 17, 2008 Grand Junction… > Palisade Things Of Beauty (aka Interstate I-70 Towers) ● You people are absolutely MAD! It looks like vertical kitty litter... Those pillars only exist because th… View Comment
Apr 3, 2008 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Lower Merced Ri… > Aj. Cookie Area > Cookie Cliff The Cookie-Right 5.9 ● My first real gear lead, of course I was sandbagged into it, there's really not that much pro at all, just… View Comment
Apr 3, 2008 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Valley S Side > P. Cathedral Area > 6. Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress 5.10c A0 ● Not that you should, but the top of the pedestal is a pretty sweet bivy if you want to beat all the other c… View Comment
Apr 3, 2008 Yosemite NP > … 1 > B. El Capitan > 1. Base Routes > Southwest Base > Moby Dick & Pterodact… Moby Dick Center 5.10a ● I have huge hands, so I never really considered the upper part as part of the crux, for me it was just gett… View Comment
Dec 24, 2007 San Francisco B… > S Bay Area > Castle Rock & S… > Falls Area > Waterfall Cliff The Falls - Direct Start 5.10+ R ● When I did this route (maybe 1996?) The last bolt wasn't installed, it was more like a 25 ft. runout to th… View Comment
Dec 24, 2007 San Francisco B… > S Bay Area Castle Rock and Sanborn Area ● After learning to climb around here, I moved to Colorado... I would definitely recommend leaving the Bay A… View Comment
Oct 14, 2007 Southeast Utah > San Juan County > Indian Creek > Cat Wall Johnny Cat 5.11+ ● managed to hangdog and leapfrog cams while doing the moves on this one. the jams were tight as hell for… View Comment
Oct 14, 2007 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > W Ridge > W Ridge - part E - to… Chockstone 5.10a ● I went back recently, and I have to admit that the sling anchor is total sheit. Perhaps a bolt anchor woul… View Comment
Nov 11, 2006 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Bastille > Bastille - N Face Outer Space 5.10b/c R ● Not 10c, not runout but very good and worth checking it out, maybe 10a/b. View Comment
Jul 2, 2006 Estes Park Valley > Lumpy Ridge > Book > Pages Wall Area Osiris 5.7+ ● Totally sweet...combined 1 and 2, just watch for rope drag. It's not a bad climb, just an out of fashion c… View Comment
Jul 2, 2006 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Cob Rock Empor 5.7+ ● The quickest way is to climb from next to the boulder, and link all the pitches finishing with the right an… View Comment
Jan 13, 2006 CO Ice & Mixed > Eldora > Hessie Hessie Chimney WI4 M5 ● I used your comment as an excuse to skin up 4th of July Rd. The chimney has ice but I wouldn't call it fat… View Comment
Oct 21, 2005 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Bastille > Bastille - W Face Blind Faith 5.10a ● I followed this in 98 and fell. led it in 2003 and fired the whole thing. Just make sure to rest well bef… View Comment
Sep 15, 2005 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon > Little Eiger Footloose 5.10a ● I remember it feeling like 10a, then another time I crossed the diagonalling roof at a different spot and i… View Comment
Mar 17, 2005 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Lower Dream Canyon > Wall of Winter Warmth Direct Cop Out 5.10b ● I think it's silly that there aren't more mixed sport/trad routes in Boulder Canyon. The rock is very fitt… View Comment
Jun 15, 2005 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Sport Park > Clock Tower > Upper Wall No Doze 5.12b ● Welcome to the Sport Park, this is the place to go to grab your "hardest" ascents. I still think some of t… View Comment
Oct 29, 2004 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - Lumpe to… Rewritten 5.7 ● I've always connected pitch 4 and 5, if you use long runners, a 60m rope will get you from the hand travers… View Comment
Jun 20, 2005 Boulder > Boulder Canyon > Happy Hour Crag Seein' Double 5.11a ● Tried to toprope this line and kept running into holds on "Thrill of the Chaise". I wonder how many ascents… View Comment
Oct 18, 2004 Canon City > Shelf Rd > Gallery > Menses Prow The Big Chill 5.10c ● P.S. you can also jam the crack insead of laybacking. View Comment
Oct 18, 2004 Canon City > Shelf Rd > Gallery > Menses Prow The Big Chill 5.10c ● we did this route once sticking to the face , and once in the crack. I think the crack is overall steeper/… View Comment
Oct 4, 2004 Boulder > Flatirons > North > Third Flatiron College Drop Out aka East Face North Side 5.6 ● Last year, I was able to do this route in 4X200ft pitches. If you start from the East Bench, and go towards… View Comment
Sep 13, 2004 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Rincon > Rincon - L of Center… Over and Out 5.8 ● If you do the upper pitch of Over the Hill or the dihedral to the left, there is a very quick descent to th… View Comment
Sep 11, 2004 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - Lumpe to… Rewritten 5.7 ● I guess we've always done the start from Great Zot instead of the real start. pretty cool jamcrack , just… View Comment
Sep 11, 2004 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - Lumpe to… The Great Zot 5.8+ ● I've only done the east slabs descent once, in the dark. But I think it sucks. It is like downclimbing a… View Comment
Sep 11, 2004 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - Tower One The Yellow Spur 5.9+ ● We found a tri-cam placement for the opening moves on the direct start. There is a disintegrating pocket th… View Comment
Sep 11, 2004 Boulder > Eldorado Canyon SP > Redgarden Wall > Redgarden - Lumpe to… Rewritten 5.7 ● I've led this line a couple of times and found that if you have a 60m rope, you can almost reach the Red Le… View Comment

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