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Ben Ruef

Santa Cruz / Süd-Deutschland / San Diego
22 years old · Male
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Member Since
Jan 29, 2019
Last Visit: 9 hours ago
70 Points
Point Rank: #13,241 DetailsDrop down
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Likes Trad, Sport, Tr, Boulders
Leads Follows
Trad 5.10a 5.12b
Sport 5.12b 5.12d
Boulders V7
Other Interests
Swimming in alpine lakes Surfing
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Hit me up if you want to climb sick routes in:

California:
San Diego Area (El Cajon Mtn, Tahquitz, Big Bear, etc.)
Bay Area (Yosemite, Table Mountain, Jailhouse, etc.)
Bishop (Pine Creek, Alpine stuff, the Gorge)

Or The Alps in Summer!!

Comments View All 5

Nov 27, 2023
Lake Tahoe > I-80 Corridor > Donner Summit > Black Wall > 1. Black Wall - Left
One Hand Clapping 5.9
● Climbed this in freezing cold conditions the day after Thanksgiving. Couldn't feel hands or feet on pitch… View Comment
Jul 17, 2023
San Diego County > S San Diego County > La Jolla
Sea Lice V4+
● Cool, good to know! I sent it in 2021 too, long before I put it on mountain proj, but it's likely that he… View Comment
Aug 16, 2022
San Diego County > S San Diego County > La Jolla
Sea Lice V4+
● youtu.be/MhfUCqbAqKs View Comment
Jul 30, 2022
Europe > Austria > Tirol > Zams > Burschlwand
Donna Dolores 5.10b
● For spoilers: Pitch 1: little pumpy but worse case go to the left into the choss and it's pretty easy. P… View Comment
Jul 30, 2022
Europe > Austria > Tirol > Zams
Burschlwand
● In the summer the crag dries out really fast. If it rains in the morning and then the sun shines for an ho… View Comment

Forum Messages View All 12

Partners > Southern California Partners
Tahquitz partner anytime Aug 16-24
Aug 12, 2023 Anyone wanna climb tahquitz between August 17-25?  I have a single rack with some extras, some experience trad climbing up to Yosemite 5.9, no multipitch trad experience b… View Message
Partners > Northern California Partners
Reply: Santa Cruz Area Partner Oct 17th - 20th
Sep 26, 2022 So like Peter said, Santa Cruz climbing is very limited and not good for the most part (yes I know even though Sharma came from here), but I'd be down to climb castle rock or Y… View Message
Partners > Northern California Partners
Reply: Looking for sierra partners
Sep 25, 2022 Sierras is way too broad.  Eastern or Western?  And which part, like bishop or the hulk, tuolumne or the needles, etc View Message
Partners > Southern California Partners
Reply: Looking for a sport or trad partner.
Aug 25, 2022 I'd also be down.  Never done multipitch trad, but I'm sure I can follow if you're confident.  Done a lot of climbing on granite, couple of leads in Josh, and bolted… View Message
Partners > Southern California Partners
Reply: San Diego Area Trad Partners
Aug 18, 2022 Hey Colin, I'm a new trad leader but really want to trad climb as much as possible Sept 1-10 while in San Diego.  I have a single rack, not much trad experience, but I'm a… View Message
Partners > Extended Trips and International Partners
August Partner for Innsbruck area Austria
Jun 28, 2022 Looking for a Sport climbing and bouldering partner for August when I'd like to spend about a week in Innsbruck at a hostel and climbing.  It'll probably be August 7th-14t… View Message

Route Scores View All 4

5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 1
● Licht in Dunkel
Sport
Europe > … > Ewige Jagdgrunde > Wig und Wam
V4+ 6B+
 2
● Sea Lice
Boulder
San Diego County > S San Diego County > La Jolla
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 1
● Supermumpfer
Sport
Europe > … > Ewige Jagdgrunde > Wig und Wam
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 3
● Moby Dick
Sport
Europe > … > Ewige Jagdgrunde > Wig und Wam
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Licht in Dunkel Europe > … > Ewige Jagdgrunde > Wig und Wam
Avg:  1
Ben:
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
5.10d
● Sea Lice San Diego County > S San Diego County > La Jolla
Avg:  2
Ben:
V4+ 6B+ Boulder
V4+
● Supermumpfer Europe > … > Ewige Jagdgrunde > Wig und Wam
Avg:  1
Ben:
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
5.11a
● Moby Dick Europe > … > Ewige Jagdgrunde > Wig und Wam
Avg:  3
Ben:
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
5.11a/b
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