New Line on Mt Gimli in the Valhallas, BC

My partner gets it done.

We did this as a party of four in 09. Used a 300' static line for the rap and the tyro. Made for a memorable day!

Topo to Swiss Cheese Wall

This route has a bit of a painful (for me) section of off fingers. And that isn't the crux.

Winslow Wall is a very pleasant place to climb in Arizona. This deep canyon has water and shade. Perfect for summer. Mike is burning through the off fingers section of this 12a.

Manu in "Lutzverschneidung". The route is only rated 5.10a, but it's a real pumpy beast. Speed is the most effective weapon to fight it. Placing a lot of gear from the layback position can easily throw you out, even if you onsight much higher grades normaly.

This little 5.10a corner crack does not look anything special for it's grade. But it's an evil one. One side of the corner is overhanging and there are lot's of tiny pebbles in the crack. The entry opens up a lot and so you already did a tricky entry boulder, when it comes to placing gear from the layback position. The guide book even states, that enough people coming for the 5.13d sport climb in the overhanging wall to the right, have failed to even finish the supposed 5.10 warm up in that corner beast :) - climber: Manu

My first lead climb

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Looking down the first pitch of the North Face of Wedding Rock. Climber is about 25 feet up above the wet section, and beginning the 5.4 slab.

First time at the "Leap" had a great time. Just a few weeks ago a climber took a huge fall and had to be air lifted. Not sure what route they were on???????

The mega classic North Arête of the First Flatiron

The left, thin crack start to crack left of Zig Zag Crack. Fun!

Fun lead with great views

This would be a beginner's paradise!! Solid rock, plenty of bolts, and plenty of cracks to lead on trad. Everything is a hold here.

Hellifiknow also makes a great trad route! Fun! I ended up clipping one bolt on my first time on it, then turns out I missed a small nut placement a few feet over. This would be the place to take your beginner climbing friends.

The unknown 5.8 travels right of Smokestack Lightning (the bolted Arete immediately right of Fire It Up) sharing the same start bolt. To add to the excitement. keeping it all trad, the first bolt can be skipped and two decent horns can be slung.

During our raft trip we climbed a couple of things. I found a pink tri cam on top. Destroyed my FA but it was fun nonetheless.

Not sure of the name of this route, but I see that it has two start options. Same start as Scott's Got Snot or move 15 feet to the left and scramble up and over the Yucca plant. This is a bit of a run out. The crack above will take a 4 or 5 cam and maybe some runners to extend the rope. You can build an anchor at the finish or traverse right 10 feet and use anchors in place. The center anchor could be tightened a bit. I plan on doing that the next time I go back.