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Dec 27, 2025 Boulder > Flatirons > North > Third Flatiron > College Drop Out aka… (5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b) The rope is closer to the right than left leg of the reddish-colored U. It takes a couple pieces of gear below the U, then it is runout for about 45 feet. Climbers in the upper left are on the Direct Finish. ● I usually climb the to the right of the U for a more consistent line. Equally or more runout, though solid. View Comment
Nov 22, 2025 CO Ice & Mixed > Staunton SP Ice Elk Falls WI2- ● Sure, Dave. Bring a couple screws. View Comment
Sep 17, 2025 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon > Dog House Dog Bite 5.8+ ● We TR'd (from the top anchor) an overhanging, sidepulling, pumpy, line to the left I called Sweaty Paws. Th… View Comment
Jun 30, 2025 S Platte > Goose Creek/Mol… > Sheeprock > Helen's Dome Rode Hard and Put Up Wet 5.8 ● This is what we did, and we did a number of routes here. I am looking forward to your clarifications. View Comment
Mar 1, 2025 CO Ice & Mixed > RMNP - Mixed/Ice > Glacier Gorge T… > Loch Vale Gorge Mixed Emotions WI5- M5 ● Alex (responding 22 yrs later): Not too surprising those 2 pins weren't good anymore; I placed them on l… View Comment
Nov 4, 2024 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon Oz ● Thanks, Greg, for all the updates and hard work. I generally dislike "The 'anything'" too, but you have… View Comment
Oct 4, 2024 S Platte > Staunton SP > Staunton Rocks > Park View Dome Learn to Fly 5.8- ● I used the summit anchor farthest from the lip (vertical bolts/chain/rings), and our 60m barely reached the… View Comment
Aug 28, 2024 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon > Oz Finding Nemo 5.5 ● Jonathan: I saw your picture (spooky), so I took care of it last year. View Comment
Aug 20, 2024 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon > Catslab Crystal Cat 5.9+ ● Someone moved the original anchor Mussy hooks down to the 2nd to last bolt and added a 1/2" bolt. Now yo… View Comment
Aug 11, 2024 10 Mile Canyon > Officer's Gulch… > Twisted Ankle (5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a) Met this nice group escaping the heat from the front range and enjoying a lap on Twisted Ankle. ● HEY! That's me, daughter, S-I-L, and grandkids. 9 years later I'm still climbing with my granddaughter! View Comment
Jun 23, 2024 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon > Oz > Finding Nemo (5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a) The large, detached flake at the top of P2. ● I took care of this. View Comment
Jan 30, 2024 CO Ice & Mixed > Ouray (Ice/Mixed) > Uncompahgre Gor… > Outhouse Wall (aka Sh… The route Tucks with a single rope. ● Looks like Royal Flush to me. View Comment
Oct 11, 2023 10 Mile Canyon > Dome > Steel Your Face (5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b) East Wall. ● George, Any chance there are 3 routes here? I don't have a guidebook. (My arrow shows the way I went: so ma… View Comment
Sep 21, 2023 S Platte > … > Staunton Rocks > Meadow Dome > Permission Wall > Wounded Knee (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a) Above the second bolt. ● Another ass shot of Jay (consider putting these in your personal album instead of public?). View Comment
Sep 15, 2022 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon > Cats vs. Dogs Wall > Purrrfect Puppy (5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b) By the second bolt. ● Underexposed butt shot. Don't waste our time posting them. Maybe put it in a tick album instead? View Comment
Aug 26, 2022 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Lincoln Lake Slabs Golden Slab 5.8+ PG13 ● FYI, that first bolt is about 45 feet up. I didn't use #3 Camalot at the top. View Comment
May 11, 2022 Golden > Clear Creek Canyon > Catslab > Mungajerry (5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a) The fun start. ● This is the start of Mungajerry. View Comment
Nov 11, 2021 S Platte > Deckers > Atlantis Slab Aquaman Arete 5.8 ● Well, I added a bolt down low, and I may add another after even more erosion. (That happened quicker than… View Comment
Aug 24, 2021 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Lincoln Lake Slabs Dan Hare's Route 5.9 PG13 ● Dan Hare belayed from the crack BITD, but you can skip the extra big stuff for the trad' anchor if you go a… View Comment
Aug 9, 2021 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Lincoln Lake Slabs > Dan Hare's Route (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13) The Double Exposure area. ● Do A or B have names? View Comment
Jul 10, 2021 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Aprons > 2nd Apron, Right Side… (5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a) Dirtbag cleaning tool beta. ● Why not just use your nutpick? View Comment
Jul 1, 2021 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Lincoln Lake Slabs > W Colfax (5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c) Left: Easy Flakes, middle: Golden Slab, right: unknown sport 5.8-, further right: 5.9+ (unlisted route). ● We have a name for 3rd from left now: West Colfax. View Comment
Jun 18, 2021 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Lincoln Lake Slabs Double Exposure 5.10 ● Also, frequently TR'd no doubt is a "No Exposure" variation. Straight up to the D.E. P1 anchors via the cr… View Comment
Jun 18, 2021 Alpine Rock > Mt Blue Sky (fo… > Lincoln Lake Slabs > Dan Hare's Route (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13) Dan belaying pitch two (white helmet). ● Looks like Dan climbed the right-facing inset dihedral just left of Big Horns. There are anchors at the top… View Comment
Apr 11, 2021 Southeast Utah > Potash Rd > Wall Street > Flakes of Wrath (5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a) Adam Perks, placing gear under the roof on The Flakes of Wrath (5.9+) ● WOW. Look at the rope cuts in the rock from top roping and lowering. I know it has gone out of fashion, bu… View Comment
Jan 15, 2021 Southeast Utah > River Rd > Eclipse Buttress Desert Eclipse 5.10 ● There were bolts on both when I did them in late October, 2004. View Comment
Jan 15, 2021 Southeast Utah > River Rd > Eclipse Buttress > Desert Eclipse (5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b) Desert Eclipse to the left. Unknown OW in the center, 2 p. ● I rope soloed both routes on 10/25/04. Only did first pitch of the Unknown before it got crazy wide. Was… View Comment
Nov 8, 2020 S Platte > Deckers > Atlantis Slab Sea Serpent (aka: Unknown 4) 5.9 R ● Good name. View Comment
Apr 6, 2020 S Platte > Deckers > Atlantis Slab > Aquaman Arete (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c) Looking straight up the steep part of the route. The finger crack was easiest start for me. ● That rock that I anchored to has now eroded and slipped down... View Comment
Jan 4, 2020 S Platte > Goose Creek/Mol… > Sheeprock > Land That Time… > Anasazi Arete (Pete H… (5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b) I just noticed he died at my current age. Life is short: get after it. ● Darren, my comment is a non sequitur, but if you have some pertinent story about his quote, elucidate us. View Comment
Sep 28, 2019 Olympics & Paci… > Elwha River > Waka Beach > Scare-D-Crack (5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b) Scare-D-Crack ... Sometimes there are bees that have made a home in the dirt hillside near the anchor. Proceed with caution. ● Anchor for Scare-D-Crack has been moved about 8-10 feet higher than this photo shows. View Comment
Sep 28, 2019 S Platte > Deckers Borneo Slab ● AB, I actually used a 100' tape measure to make sure you could use a 60m rope here (and a torque wrench, an… View Comment
Sep 20, 2019 Olympics & Paci… > Elwha River > Waka Beach Donut Run 5.7 ● I'm no expert, but 3.5 Billion yrs ago seems much too long ago... Eurypterids, AKA sea scorpions, became ex… View Comment
Sep 20, 2019 Olympics & Paci… > Elwha River > Waka Beach > Scareless (5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a) Scareless 5.3 ● The Scare-D-Crack anchors have been moved up the face another 8 ft from where this shows, so even more fun! View Comment
Sep 15, 2019 N America > … 1 > Sea to Sky (Squ… > Cheakamus Canyon > Chek > N Star Wall “Ursa Mi… Ursa Minor 5.8 ● On this walk in, in the midst of the hobbit forest, near the bench, I saw 4 hard looking routes being reta… View Comment
Aug 18, 2019 Golden > Lookout Mtn Rd > Tiers of Zion > B. Upper Tier Upper Tier overview. ● This black lettering works better. Thanks. View Comment

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