Creature Walls with Garth, Ben, and Steve C....

Sunday June 10,2012

Creature Walls with Garth, Ben, and Steve C....

Went to Keene and climbed the Creature Wall.
There is some tough stuff in there, I was beat from the day before...
Met Steve C., that man can climb...

Creature Wall

 Mommy and her fawn...

Hike Blue Mtn. and Sugar Loaf with Ben...

Saturday June 9th 2012

Hike Blue Mtn. and Sugar Loaf with Ben...

Flew up Blue Mountain on a very wet gray day.
Nice hike...
Headed to Sugar Loaf off the Cedar River Flow.
Bushwacked in to the cliffs, awesome.
Caught some of the Black Fly Bike Challenge...

View from Blue...

 Cliffs on Sugar Loaf

Great Day...

Hike Gore with Mammut...

May 28,2012

Hike Gore with Mammut...

Nice day.
Mammut and I hiked Gore.

My Best Friend...



High Peaks View...

Summit Chair...

Hike/Rock Climb Chimney Mountain

May 27,2012

Hike/Rock Climb Chimney Mountain

Ben and I spent the day at Chimney.
What a cool place.
There is way more rock climbing options than the book indicates.
Killer views, nice hike...

Ben on the top...

View from the top...

Ben on the 5.6...

Climb King Phillips and Shiptons

May 26, 2012

Climb King Phillips and Shiptons...

Climbed with Ben, Roger and his son Ryan.
We hit the climbers right walls this time.
Threw one rope down the wrong place, it turned out to be a 5.10 crimp fest (Ben and I sent it)...
Roger and his son did great.
Beautiful day...

Roger on the wall...

Roger again... 

Me on the Crimp fest...

Me Rappin'

Ryan taking a picture from the top of Shiptons...

Chappel Pond and the Washbowl...

Ben on Belay (again)...

Me doing my Batman imitation...

May 18th-20th, 2012


Camp and Climb at Crane Mountain...


Spent the long weekend at Crane camping and climbing with Garth and Ben.
Managed to get another FA, a 5.8 on the top of the Measel Walls called Halitosis.
Took my first lead whippers, blew out a pair of shoes!
Started a cool adventure/mountanieer/climbing trail up to the top of Crane above the Measels.

Here is the view from the top.

One of the cool boulders on the way to the top:

Climbed Shelving Rock with Garth, Ryan, and Jenna...

May 6th, 2012

Climbed Shelving Rock with Garth, Ryan, and Jenna...

Another great day.
Climbed the Devo wall area then went down to Log Bay.
All good except Garth launching himself into the Pond on the corner at 70 MPH.
He's a very luck man...

Saw a couple large snakes...

Climb Deadwater with Steve, Heidi, Ryan, and Tom Lane.

May 5th 2012

Climb Deadwater with Steve, Heidi, Ryan, and Tom Lane.

I climbed Boseman Bullet, Space Cowboy, Geronimo and part of Drifter.
Also made it up under the nose on the arrette then back out to Boseman finish...

Another great day, no bugs...

Tom Lane and Ryan climbed WISWIG (5.11a)

Climb Grey Area with Ryan and Jay...

Tuesday April 17th 2012


Climb Grey Area with Ryan and Jay...

Jay came up to the house for the first time.
I gave him the quick Gore Tour and we went up.
We hiked around the Grey area then met up with Ryan and started to Climb.

Jay got a FA (2 to the left of Ethical Dilemma).

Ryan got a FA (Just Left of Ethical Dilemma).

Ryan took a nice Whipper, blew out a cam, but finished.
Wow...

It was a bit cold, nice though.
No Bugs.

Climb Deadwater and Sharp Bridge...

Saturday April 14th 2012

Climb Deadwater and Sharp Bridge...

Garth Briscoe, Joe Morris, Ryan Heffernan, Steve & Heidi Podnorszki, and Myself.

Garth led Bozeman Bullet, Ryan Led Space Cowboy.
We climbed those for quite a while then went to Sharp Bridge.

Bozeman Bullet was amazing.
Actually, so was Space Cowboy.
Great day, no bugs.

Climbed King Phillips with Steve and Joe Morris...

April 7th 2012

Climbed King Phillips with Steve and Joe Morris...

Met Steve and Joe at the Shamp.
Drove up to King Phillips.
Joe's first rock climb, he did good.





































We moved on to recon Deadwood.
Going back next week.

Great day again.
50 degrees no bugs...

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Climbed Crane Mountain with Garth, Cheryl, Matt...

April 6th 2012

Climbed Crane Mountain with Garth, Cheryl, Matt...

We started at Social Climber, I led.
Next I led Hydrophobia.
We moved over to my new project at messed around for a while.

We hiked on in to the Height of Land area and met up with the Parris family.
Spent some time at Rain Dance then moved on.

 

Ran into Jay, Tom Lane, and Ben at Recuperation Blvd.
Tom had just finished a FA at the Pinnacle Rock, nice job...

Moved on and Garth led Amphitheater Crack.
I worked on Broken Broom.

Great day, around 50 and sunny, no bugs, excellent...


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Hiked VanDusen Preserve hiking trail with mom...

April 3rd 2012

Hiked VanDusen Preserve hiking trail with mom...

Mom and I hike up the new trail system off West Mountain Rd.
We took Mammut and Rolly.
Beautiful day, no bugs, about 60 degrees, perfect hiking weather.
Nice hiking with mom...

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Climbed the Gray Area with Ryan

Monday April 2cd 2012


Climbed the Gray Area with Ryan


Ryan and I worked on setting up an easy top rope route and failed,
Then tried the hardest route on the cliff.
I managed about 10 ft, Ryan about 25.
Stayed until dark.
It was quite cold.

Great to get out after work...



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Climbed at Crane Mountain with Jay...

Sunday April 1st 2012


Climbed at Crane Mountain with Jay...


Jay and I went in to the Measel Walls via "Social Disease".
I climbed it in my boots and had a hard time removing the caribiner Jay used as pro.

It snowed the whole day so things were a bit slick.
It got cold.

We went to "Top of the Measels Wall" and worked on a new route.
I had started this route a couple weeks ago when I was camping.

We went to the campsite and tried working on the route on the back.
WAY too hard... Oh well.

Went back to Jay's and had some pizza with him and Robin.
Mammut joined us of course.

Good Day...

Hiked to the Vly with Steve and Heidi...

Saturday May 31st 2012

Hiked to the Vly with Steve and Heidi...

Steve, Heidi and I hiked down to the Vly with Mammut, Molly and Coco.
We found a dead coyote, just bones and fur.
Heidi grabbed a stick and carried the skull back.
Heidi is cool...

Climbed Stewarts Ledge with Garth

Thursday March 22cd 2012

Climbed Stewarts Ledge with Garth...

Hiked in and missed the trail somehow, must have been the three cute girls walking by.
Found another trail that took us to the top of the ledge.
We took a gully down to the main trail and headed up.

Reaching the main climbing area, I heard "Hey Crane Mountain is on the other side of the lake!"
It was Doc and Tom.
I told them about some of the fantastic new routes on Crane, we should see them out there soon.

Garth and I climbed The Entertainer and the one to the left.
I started out poorly but warmed up and did well.
Garth lead Valium, I followed.
I did not make it up this time.

Mosquitoes were out already!
Tons of frogs too...
It was dark by 7:30 and we headed out.

Worked on The Gray Area with Ryan.

Wednesday March 21st 2012

Worked on The Gray Area with Ryan.

Still wet and snow.
Started cleanup, much to do...



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Jay's Climbing Event on Crane Mountain...

Saturday-Sunday March 17-18 2012

Jay's Climbing Event on Crane Mountain...

The first Rock Climbing event of 2012.
11 people 2 dogs about 10 routes climbed.

Cheryl, Mammut, and I managed to haul in a ton of gear and camp in early March!
Stars were awesome Venus was huge with Jupiter close.
Got windy and cool, but was fun.

I climbed:
-Measles (cheated on Cat Scratch as it was still damp)
-Recuperation Boulevard x2
-Lead Stairway To Heaven
-Started cleaning Top of the Measels Wall.

No falls, felt strong even after hauling in Way too much gear.

Came out beat up and tired on Sunday, great weekend.

Went to Nameless Knob with Jay Harrison.

Thursday March 15th 2012

Went to Nameless Knob with Jay Harrison.

I took a half day off from work and headed home in the rain.
I grabbed Mammut and my gear then met Jay at Stewarts...Still raining.
It looked like a bust, we didn't even bring pro.
Still, we were determined to at least get out there.
During the 30 minute approach, the rain stopped and things began to clear.
We hiked around the bottom and went up to the upper cliff.
The sun came out, the rock dried a bit and Jay lead a new route, improvising, without gear.
I followed, it was short, but great.
The rock is incredibly grippy and magic holds abound.
The view was spectacular and the sun still shining through the one hole in the clouds made just for us.
Mammut met us on top.

We rigged an ancor and Top Roped some more route which were also awesome.
I would put the ratings around 5.4 and 5.6.
Extremely fun stuff...

The weather was holding though we heard some thunder in the distance.
We decided to climb one of the routes on the lower cliff.
Jay knocked of some loose dangerous rock then sent me up.

It was a bit slippery, but I moved up.
I entered a large right rising crack and pulled on some large loose rock, which is no longer there...
Standing on the crack made for some awkward balance moves.
In reflection I should have kept the crack above me and traversed right.
I was 2 inches from the next good hand hold and fell.
Jay caught me, I rested and tried again.
This time I found an awesome right big toe hold and (with Jays help) finished the climb.
I figure the route was about 5.9 with the dirt, loose rock, and moisture, but should be a nice 5.8 when cleaned.

Jay climbed then came down just as the thunderstorms came closer and our hole in the clouds closed.
We packed up and headed out fast, Mammut leading the way...

Went to the Palace Theater - Celtic Women with my Mom.

Wednesday March 14th...

Went to the Palace Theater - Celtic Women with my Mom.

What a beautiful concert.
The Palace is a beautiful venue.
The women were beautiful.
The vocals were incredible.
The violinist was great.
I will see them again!