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10 hours ago Fairbanks & Vic… > Grapefruit Rocks > E Grapefruit Rocks > Peanut Butter Peanut Butter Direct 5.12+ ● The undercling broke during the fire a few years ago and this is likely much harder now. One move wonder. View Comment
Jul 22, 2026 S Central Alaska > Hatcher Pass > Archangel Valle… > Green Gully > Brown Spot (5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a R) Jake enjoying the thin cracks high on the brown spot on an evening rope solo. ● Who put that eyesore there!? View Comment
Dec 13, 2025 Southeastern Al… > Juneau > Juneau Ice & Mixed > Mt Juneau Ice Climbing A snow free Chop Gulley viewed from town ● Haters will say it’s a deepfake View Comment
Oct 8, 2025 S Central Alaska > Seward Highway > Sunshine Ridge Sunshine Ridge 5.7 ● Balin's offer still stands, hit me up if you complete the Bingo card View Comment
Jan 24, 2025 Interior Alaska/Alask… Denali National Park ● Believe it or not. The mountain doesn’t give a fuck what you call it, or if you die on its flanks for that… View Comment
Dec 1, 2024 S America > Argentina > Santa Cruz > El Chalten > Paredon de Los Condores Here Reibman 5.11 ● Best cragging route I’ve done in El Chalten. Classic! View Comment
Nov 20, 2024 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Valley N Side > B. El Capitan > 3. Southeast Face North America Wall 5.8 C3 ● I couldn’t figure out how to safely pull on the block leaving the cyclops eye. It was beyond my risk tolera… View Comment
Oct 6, 2024 Fairbanks & Vic… > Grapefruit Rocks > W Grapefruit Rocks > Second crag Easy way out 5.9+ ● This route has two bolts now. Some hand sized cams are nice supplementary gear for leading. View Comment
Aug 24, 2024 S Central Alaska > Chugach Mountai… > O'Malley Peak Somewhere on O'Malley ● Doesn’t look too bad View Comment
Aug 16, 2024 Fairbanks & Vic… > Grapefruit Rocks > W Grapefruit Rocks > Rubble Pile Crag Postcards from Paradise 5.12b/c ● I believe some holds have broken since the FA and this route has gotten harder. However there are multiple… View Comment
Jan 3, 2024 S Central Alaska > S Central Alask… > Seward Highway… > Weeping Wall aka PFM Prince of the Highway WI6- M7+ ● There is now a shiny two bolt anchor in the rock above this climb and Unknown White Powder. View Comment
Dec 13, 2023 S Central Alaska > S Central Alask… > Seward Highway… > Rdside (Scales,… > We Are the Truth (M8-) 'It's like the Canadian Rockies' - Ethan Berkland ● I don’t remember saying that View Comment
Sep 3, 2023 S Central Alaska > Hatcher Pass > Archangel Valle… > Green Gully Prelude To Aid 5.12 ● The first pitch of this route is stellar and one of the best pitches directly off the ground in the green g… View Comment
Aug 11, 2023 Europe > Switzerland > Graubünden > Bergell > Piz Badile, North-E Wall Nordkante (North Ridge) 5.6 ● The crux of rappelling the north ridge is navigating all the angry Swiss people who insist you should go do… View Comment
Jul 26, 2023 S Central Alaska > Hatcher Pass > Archangel Valle… > Diamond Toto to the Pinnacle link up 5.10b ● Getting to Green Gully from Toto is awful, I would reccomend just scrambling down to the right and hiking a… View Comment
Jun 1, 2023 Fairbanks & Vic… > Cantwell Cantwell Crag ● Damn now that it’s on mountain project there is going to be lines to get on these classics! Sorry to all th… View Comment
May 22, 2023 S Central Alaska > Mat-Su Valley B… > Wookie Wall/Wei… > Weiner Lake Routes > Right Side Walls Kiss The Sky 5.11b ● I and two others agreed that pitch 1 is ~11b and pitch 2 is ~10d. View Comment
Nov 19, 2022 Southeast Utah > Grand County > Castle Valley > Rectory Fine Jade 5.11a ● I walked up to climb this beautiful route and was shutdown by an over-the-top production crew who had monop… View Comment
Sep 25, 2022 Fairbanks & Vic… > Grapefruit Rocks > W Grapefruit Rocks > First Crag Fern Hueco 5.9 ● This is a well-protected trad-lead when combined with the bolts on fern gully for the upper half. Bring alp… View Comment
Sep 25, 2022 Fairbanks & Vic… > Tanana River Bl… > Pandemic Area Ventilator 5.11a PG13 ● While this probably warrants the pg-13, I also wouldn’t let it scare you away. The gear is there, it’s just… View Comment
Sep 23, 2022 Fairbanks & Vic… > Grapefruit Rocks > W Grapefruit Rocks > First Crag Peril 5.11a ● The description above is inaccurate, this is the third bolted route from right. The majority of pictures ar… View Comment
Sep 9, 2022 Fairbanks & Vic… > Grapefruit Rocks > E Grapefruit Rocks > Gorilla's Head Pull My Finger 5.10b ● After the second bolt you can go left for a slabby but slightly easier crux than pulling the bulge direct.… View Comment
Sep 9, 2022 Fairbanks & Vic… > Grapefruit Rocks > E Grapefruit Rocks > Gorilla's Head A Grey Day 5.10 ● I recommend preclipping the second bolt on this one. The clipping stance at the second bolt is insecure and… View Comment
Sep 8, 2022 Fairbanks & Vic… > Dragonfly Creek Upper Falls WI3 ● That is typically a drytool TR route, there should be two bolts, but I suspect one was under ice. Not sure… View Comment
Jul 6, 2022 S Central Alaska > Hatcher Pass > Archangel Valley Spor… Practicing my straight lines (it's hard) ● Very cool art Noah! View Comment
Jun 5, 2022 Interior Alaska… > Delta Range > Bear Creek Bear Creek crag ● I guess we can stop bolting choss if it makes you upset? Lmao I don’t know what to tell you dude, if the pi… View Comment
May 23, 2022 Interior Alaska… > Denali NP > Mt Hunter I am Tobin hear me roar ● Tobin went to the summit View Comment
Apr 28, 2022 Interior Alaska… > Delta Range > Bear Creek > Bear Creek crag Castner Kegger 5.8 ● How does this qualify as “alpine” exactly? View Comment
Apr 21, 2022 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Lower Merced Ri… > Aj. Cookie Area > Cookie Cliff Cookie Monster 5.12a ● Great rainy day activity as it is in a cave. As long as it’s not too windy the only hold that gets wet is t… View Comment
Apr 21, 2022 Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Lower Merced Ri… > Ad. Arch Rock Anticipation 5.11b ● With an 80m rope and extra slings one can link the first two pitches as described above into one pitch and… View Comment
Feb 10, 2022 Southwest Region > Bozeman Area > Hyalite Canyon > Genesis Area Year End Giving M7- ● I don’t think this route is great, but by hyalite standards it’s not dangerous. The looseness seemed par fo… View Comment
Nov 9, 2021 Fairbanks & Vic… > Grapefruit Rocks > E Grapefruit Rocks > Twin Towers There's Got To Be A Way 5.10+ ● How this could possibly be considered a “classic” of the Fairbanks area astounds me. I can name 10 others 5… View Comment
Jun 29, 2021 S Central Alaska > Hatcher Pass > Archangel Valle… > Catch The Wave Rebirth 5.11c ● My favorite pitch I’ve done in Hatcher and maybe all of AK. Pulling out of the roof will remind you what yo… View Comment
Jun 21, 2021 Fairbanks & Vicinity Savage River ● Thanks for recording these! The rock is a random outcrop of compact, high quality quartzite within the mica… View Comment
Apr 21, 2021 Central Oregon > Smith Rock > (z) Lower Gorge > W Side > (2) Wildfire Wall On The Road 5.11a ● Protected well with a standard rack & nuts. I placed a 0.2 X4 as my smallest piece at the crux and it was b… View Comment
Apr 21, 2021 Central Oregon > Smith Rock > (z) Lower Gorge > W Side > (2) Wildfire Wall White Trash 5.12a ● Had to come here and say how super ultra mega classic this thing is with the extension. So fun! View Comment

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