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6 days ago Central-W Casca… > N Bend & Vicinity > Exit 38 > Exit 39 Deep Cut 5.10c ● Another great route! This felt like the hardest if the 10c's to me and my follower. View Comment
6 days ago Central-W Casca… > N Bend & Vicinity > Exit 38 > Exit 39 Clippin' and sippin' 5.10c ● Got confused when linking this from Deep cut, thought it ended at the right anchor which felt natural after… View Comment
6 days ago Central-W Casca… > N Bend & Vicinity > Exit 38 > Exit 39 All that, and a bag of chips 5.10b ● "All that" takes the best parts of each climb for a phenomenal linkup. Go right at the third bolt of Plausi… View Comment
Jul 17, 2026 Central-W Casca… > N Bend & Vicinity > Exit 38 Exit 39 ● If you're a 10s climber who likes vertical edging, positive crimps, and finger jams you'll love it. Drove u… View Comment
Jul 16, 2026 Central-W Casca… > Skykomish Valley > Index > Lookout Point Area > Halloween Tower of Terror 5.10b ● Amazing. Fall for the follower at the second bolt is a pretty big swing and the rope cuts across an edge (s… View Comment
Jul 16, 2026 Central-W Casca… > Skykomish Valley > Index > Lookout Point Area > Halloween Carol 5.10a ● Boulder start by far the crux for me, but no longer appears dirty! The rest was super fun, lots of sneaky j… View Comment
Jul 16, 2026 Central-W Casca… > Skykomish Valley > Index > Lookout Point Area > Halloween Twenty-Five 5.10a ● This thing felt multiple grades harder than Carol, at least onsight. Cool moves though. I ended up going ri… View Comment
Jul 13, 2026 Northwest Region > Darrington & Mt… > Glacier Peak Wi… > Morning Star Peak Mile High Club 5.10a ● Sweet route! Approach was pretty easy for alpine climbing. And this is alpine, not the crag, be prepared. P… View Comment
Jul 8, 2026 Central-W Casca… > … > Index > Inner Walls > E Side > (c) Missing Bottle Bu… Handline to get to the base of Troubled Waters, Who Put the Purr in My Pussy, and Happy Puppy. ● This photo is no longer accurate I believe. We scrambled around to the right, then back left and there is j… View Comment
Jul 8, 2026 Central-W Casca… > Skykomish Valley > Index > Inner Walls > E Side (c) Missing Bottle Buttress ● Absolute sleeper of a crag. Multiple 3/4 star routes. Deserves a brush station to keep things clean. I'll b… View Comment
Jul 8, 2026 Central-W Casca… > … > Index > Inner Walls > E Side > (c) Missing Bottle Bu… Troubled Waters 5.11a ● Amazing. Easy to top rope after purr. Absolute money holds and movement, felt like everything was right whe… View Comment
Jul 8, 2026 Central-W Casca… > … > Index > Inner Walls > E Side > (c) Missing Bottle Bu… Who Put The Purr In My Pussy 5.8 ● Super sweet route. Great off width practice. Somewhat spooky start on not much gear, best to just shove you… View Comment
Jul 8, 2026 Central-W Casca… > … > Index > Inner Walls > E Side > (c) Missing Bottle Bu… Happy Puppy 5.9 ● Soft for 5.9 if you climb it like a chimney, which is super fun and great practice. #4, 3, 2 protects it. O… View Comment
Jul 8, 2026 Central-W Casca… > … > Index > Inner Walls > E Side > (c) Missing Bottle Bu… Doug Thompson gets the First Ascent 5.9 ● This climb rocks. Super fun movement. Need to come back with a brush though, super mossy and dirty. Clean o… View Comment
Jul 6, 2026 Central-E Casca… > … > Icicle Creek > Eight Mile Area > Eight-mile Butt… > Eight-Mile Buttress,… Stump Route 5.6 ● Arrived at the base of Tree Route at 9:30am on a Saturday to 2 groups on P1 anchor and 5 at the base! My pa… View Comment
Jul 6, 2026 Central-E Casca… > … > Icicle Creek > Eight Mile Area > Eight-mile Butt… > Eight-Mile Buttress,… The Tree Route 5.6 ● Arrived at the base of this route at 9:30am on a Saturday to 2 groups on P1 anchor and 5 at the base! My pa… View Comment
Jul 6, 2026 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Eight Mile Area Eight-mile Buttresses ● I put together a Gaia folder with waypoints and GPX for some of the crags up here. Tons of great stuff wort… View Comment
Jul 6, 2026 Central-E Casca… > … 1 > Eight Mile Area > Eight-mile Butt… > Eight-Mile Butt… > S Park Succubus 5.9 ● Unfortunately only climbed the first pitch while I was here and didn't take photos, but it's absolutely wor… View Comment
Jul 5, 2026 Central-W Casca… > Snoqualmie Pass… > Guye Peak > Summer-Fall (rock) South Rib Easy 5th ● This is a sweet route, can't believe it isn't climbed more often. Agree with Ben that this isn't for a new/… View Comment
Jul 1, 2026 Central-E Casca… > … > Icicle Creek > Eight Mile Area > Eight-mile Butt… > Eight-Mile Buttress,… South Park ● Worth visiting after climbing something on middle buttress, several quality routes. Guidebook has a good to… View Comment
Jul 1, 2026 Central-E Casca… > … 1 > Eight Mile Area > Eight-mile Butt… > Eight-Mile Butt… > S Park Cloud Frog 5.9 ● Only climbed P1, but it was sweet! Had a little bit of everything, some friction slab, steep jugs, chicken… View Comment
Jul 1, 2026 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Memorial Buttress Loopholes 5.9 ● Really enjoyed this route! Thanks Gosh for replacing the bolts at the start, it was very nice to be able to… View Comment
Jul 1, 2026 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek Memorial Buttress ● Thanks Gosh for all the work cleaning up the approach! Tons of cairns, essential to our smooth navigation,… View Comment
Jun 29, 2026 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Snow Creek Area > Snow Creek Wall Outer Space 5.9 ● Crux p3 feels like the physical crux of Godzilla + the mental crux of princely ambitions and is stylistical… View Comment
Jun 24, 2026 Central-W Casca… > N Bend & Vicinity > Exit 38 > Mt Washington > Amazonia Ten-ish Ooze 5.10b ● Don't think Jonathan climbed the right route, this doesn't merge with firewalk, it goes right. Climb is eas… View Comment
Jun 24, 2026 Central-W Casca… > N Bend & Vicinity > Exit 38 > Mt Washington > Amazonia Arbo-Reality 5.10d ● Sweet route. Great rests until the crux double roof, but it's relatively short and then you're done. Felt 1… View Comment
Jun 24, 2026 Central-W Casca… > N Bend & Vicinity > Exit 38 > Mt Washington > Amazonia Tropicana 5.10c ● Maybe I didn't find the optimal beta, but at least the flash go of this felt much harder than arbo. More co… View Comment
Jun 19, 2026 Central-W Casca… > N Bend & Vicinity > Exit 38 > Deception Crags > Nevermind Wall Architect Rally 5.11a ● This route rocks, don't understand the bad reviews. This is an excellent climb to break into the 11s. Tight… View Comment
May 25, 2026 Central-W Casca… > Skykomish Valley > Index > Lookout Point Area > Hag Crag Hag Crack 5.6 ● I found this to be a step up from frogs and bergschrund, particularly the somewhat commiting fingers at the… View Comment
May 25, 2026 Central-W Casca… > Skykomish Valley > Index > Lookout Point Area > Hag Crag A Good Place to Find Frogs 5.6 ● Cordelette is very sun faded and quicklinks rusted, I should've cut it off. The slab finish is mossy, ancho… View Comment
May 25, 2026 Central-W Casca… > … > Index > Lookout Point Area > Planet Index > Lookout jr It Takes a Whole Cloud to Make One Raindrop 5.8 ● Great route! I started up oyaji and traversed into the route at the bolt. Didn't find it harder than oyaji,… View Comment
May 25, 2026 Central-W Casca… > … > Index > Lookout Point Area > Planet Index > Moai Return to Easter Island 5.9 ● Wet, appreciated having the bolts! I used extended single slings on them and climbed the wet crack. Super f… View Comment
May 25, 2026 Central-W Casca… > Skykomish Valley > Index > Lookout Point Area > Hag Crag Magician's Apprentice 5.7 ● Cleaned this up a bit today. The moves and gear should be clean, but lots of dirt and moss still around. I… View Comment
May 3, 2026 Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Icicle Creek > Icicle Buttress… > Bob's Wall Bob's 6th Crack 5.9 ● This route is very aesthetic from the ground and super fun to climb. The crux sequence is short, but powerf… View Comment
Nov 13, 2025 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Pine Creek Canyon > Mescalito > Dark Shadows Wall Chasing Shadows 5.9 ● Sweet route! I appreciated the 4 and 5 I brought, but probably not needed. P3 and the bolts of P4 are excel… View Comment
Nov 9, 2025 Central Region > … > Echo Basin > Sunshine Wall > (a) Far End > (c) Tomato Wall Canadian Hand Job 5.10a ● Sweet climb, heartbreaker crimps at the end. 10- still feels right, the feet are really good for those crim… View Comment

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