SUPERPIN 40 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

In 1967 Peter Cleveland led Superpin (5.10d or 5.11X) in the Black Hills. At the time (or any time) was considered one of the boldest climbs in the country. The story of how Cleveland sent his belayer Ron cox out to the road so Cox could view his success and not his failure (death fall) is a classic in the history of North American rock climbing. It is well documented in Pat Ament's book "Wizards of Rock".

I do not know the exact date in 1967 so the true anniversary may have come and gone.

Cleveland went on to put up very hard climbs here at Devils Lake. According to Ament in 1967 or 1968 Peter did a toprope ascent of "Death Lead 2000" (unrated) but perhaps the first 5.13 in the country. In 1968 Peter climbed "Bagatelle" 5.12, a true Devils Lake testpiece.

Congratulations and Happy Anniversary to Peter a man that made his mark in the history of North American rock climbing.

To add to the already amazing list of Cleveland's accomplishments:

Consider his 1965 onsight lead first ascent of Son of Great Chimney, a sparsely protected 5.ll at Devil's Lake. This was cutting edge at the time.

Check out this LIST of the hardest routes in the world and you will see that Cleveland stands alongside the likes of Barber, Pratt, Gullich, etc. A legend for sure.

If you go to the Pinfest/Pumpfest this weekend, you might get the opportunity to climb Superpin (on toprope, possibly!)

Congratulations and happy birthday to Pete, his birthday is this week,
Pete is amazing to watch climb, I was lucky to climb with Pete for many years,
P.S. Pete asked if there has been a 2nd onsight of it,