Climbing
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Cannon Cliff: Whitney Gilman Ridge (Direct Direct)
Region: White Mountains, NH Type: Trad, Alpine Grade: 5.8 Length: 5 pitches (done in 3) Style: Onsight, All Leads Back in the early 2000’s while I was still studying I frequented Cathedral Ledge and was always impressed by the sight of Cannon Cliff en-route. Sure, it wasn’t as pretty looking at Cathedral Ledge, with it’s
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Adirondacks: Spider’s Web & Owls Head
Region: Upstate New York Grades: 5.10’s Style: On-sights Spider’s Web It had been many years since I had been up at The Web (too many) and even more years since free climbing there. My last visit was way back in 2018 while I was nurturing an injury and wasn’t ready for free climbing but still
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Bald Eagle Peak, Buffalo Point & Mount Lady MacDonald
Region: AB, Canmore Area / Bow Valley GPS Elevations: Bald Eagle Peak 2532m (8307ft), Buffalo Point 2805m (9203ft), Mount Lady MacDonald 2610m (8563ft) Difficulty: Low 5th class Style: Solo Total Ascent: 2058m Distance: 16.4km Moving Time (Moving Average): 8h52 (1.9km/h) I wanted to try a more difficult scramble (according to Kane’s book) and for the
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Royal Arches (Thin Fingers Variation) & Super Slide
Region: California, Yosemite Style: TradGrade: Royal Arches 5.10- Variation / Super Slide 5.9 Length: 16 pitches, ~600m (2000ft) / 5 pitches, ~150m (500ft)Style: Onsight, Shared Leads Warm-ups Was back in California for work so I extended the trip through a weekend to try to get some climbing in. Was really fortunate this trip to find
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Indian Creek
Region: Utah Grades: 5.10’s Style: On-sights Incredible Hand Crack, 5.10 Hayley’s Heyday, 5.10 Supercrack of the Desert (aka Luxury Liner), 5.10 Gorilla, 5.10 Misc. Photos
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The Nose, El Capitan
Region: California, Yosemite Grade: Grade VI, 5.10 C2 Length: 31 pitches, ~900m (3000ft)Style: Shared Leads, French Free above 5.10
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The Vampire (5.11a)
Region: California, Tahquitz (Idyllwild area) Type: TradGrade: 5.11a Length: 4 pitches Style: Onsight, All Leads The are some historical names behind the FAs of this one (e.g. Royal Robbins on the FA and John Long on the FFA). I didn’t have my camera for this one but I still wanted to post about it because
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Joshua Tree: Coarse and Buggy (5.11-)
Region: California, Joshua TreeType: TradGrade: 5.11- Length: 1 pitch, ~25m (80ft)Style: Onsight Links Rock Climb Coarse and Buggy, Joshua Tree National Park
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Strathcona Park: Crest Creek Crags
This was my home crag! I learned to climb here with the Heathens Alpine Club, which has since disbanded. A special thanks to Chris B. for taking the time to teach me solo aid climbing and helping me bolt my first route. And a special thanks to Paul R. for all his support (too much