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Apr 16, 2020
Sonora Pass Hig… > Table Mountain > Grotto
Table Manners 5.8
● very fun route, but because of the 10d next door, no gear is required if you can reach the bolts. I'm 5'10"… View Comment
Apr 1, 2020
Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Lower Merced Ri… > Aa. Parkline Slab
Bring in the Fembots 5.8-
● Probably the most proud I've ever been leading 5.8. Nothing bigger than a .4 camalot/ yellow totem was plac… View Comment
Feb 26, 2020
Yosemite NP > … > B. El Capitan > 1. Base Routes > Southwest Base > Slack to W Buttress
Sacherer Cracker 5.10a
● Absolutely glorious climb. Beta warning below... Didn't place a single #4... by the time you get to the of… View Comment
Feb 16, 2020
Yosemite NP > Tuolumne Meadows > Lamb Dome > W Face of the Lamb
On the Lamb 5.9
● Did the whole thing in approach shoes and sans chalk after opening my backpack and finding neither. Wasnt b… View Comment
Feb 16, 2020
Yosemite NP > … > Tuolumne Bould… > Olmsted Point B… > Olmsted Crack B… > Olmsted Crack (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c V1 5)
Elliott Robinson bouldering the Olmsted Crack (V1)
● Elliott showed me this crack a few years ago. We did it in approach shoes. No pads. Then he showed me his s… View Comment
Feb 16, 2020
Yosemite NP > Tuolumne Meadows > Tuolumne Bould… > Olmsted Point B… > Olmsted Crack Boulder
Olmsted Crack 5.8 V1
● Beautiful video but JESUS! Liebacking? Double Gastons? Its a perfect hand crack. Jam it! View Comment

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General > General Climbing
Reply: What is a "5.X climber?"
Aug 21, 2020 I just usually say, "I'm a pretty solid 5.9 leader."At least when I'm in shape. View Message
General > General Climbing
Reply: What is a "5.X climber?"
Aug 19, 2020 You are not a 5.x climber unless you can lead any 5.x, and in any style, whether it be offwidth, face, fingers, slab, etc...Cant say much about having to onsight.edit: thats at… View Message
Regional > Southern California
Multipitch routes around Bakersfield?
Jul 18, 2020 Impromptu climbing trip with a friend from Bakersfield. We would like to do some easy/moderate routes within a few hours of Bakersfield. Anything from 5.easy to 5.9 woyld be id… View Message
General > Beginning Climbers
Reply: Quickdraws or rope first?
Jul 18, 2020 I'd do a rope first, but I don't think it matters, you're going to end up with both inevitably, aintchya. View Message
Regional > Pacific Northwest
Reply: To Max
May 7, 2020 That sounds like a threat.A canine interaction.Fear not the big dog. View Message
General > Fixed Hardware: Bolts & Anchors
Reply: leaving a fixed line in weather
Apr 8, 2020 As long as I don't see too much sheath wear, or any core shots, I'll clip in. I've used those same fixed ropes Salamander talks about.Think of the Heart Lines. They last a whil… View Message

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