Timeline 4:13 AM – Hiking 4:54 AM – Base (41 min approach) 5:05 AM – Climbing 7:00 PM – Top (13:55 hours climbing) 7:05 PM – Walking off 9:07 PM – Car (2:02 hour descent, just under 16 hours car-to-car) Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Btp5NkZQoqYRo6oU6
Northwest Face of Liberty Bell and Liberty Traverse attempt
On Sunday, we were planning on attempting the Liberty Traverse, and successfully climbed the Northwest Face of Liberty Bell, but then Concord was dripping wet, and with the 55% chance of rain at 2pm, we decided to bail after getting to the base of Concord (and that was the right call, it started raining at…
Unicorn Peak 2023
This was actually really fun! Skiing down was GREAT, snow was reasonably sun-softened, not too big of sun cups Views were AMAZING Skinning up was decent, had to boot up the two steep sections of ascent Getting from top of the snow bowl to base of the rock climb was a bit challenging, that took…
La Classique 3/18/2023
This was our last climb in Todra Gorge, and the best climb!! Every pitch has good climbing, no traversing nonsense, straight up, super well bolted, 5 min approach and a 35 min walk off! We linked 1-2, 3-4, 5-7 (10 ft of simul), and 8-9 with a 70m. I brought 17 draws (5 alpine), I’d…
Total Soul 2022
A challenging and sustained slab climb, decently well protected, pretty clean route! Bringing double ropes for the rappel was annoying though. Love the approach though! I got it clean except for one fall on P5. I surprised myself on getting some of the slabby moves! Gear brought Singles #0.3-2 – Worked perfectly, used all of…
Snagglepuss + Purdie Shuffle + Top Cat
We climbed 9 pitches, climbing Snagglepuss (7 pitches, 5.8+ trad) with the 5.10a Purdie Shuffle variation for pitches 4 and 5, and then climbed Top Cat (2 pitches, 5.8+ trad) at the top of Snagglepuss, for a lengthy amount of slab climbing! Overall: 3/4 stars Approach: 3/4 stars. Pretty good! At a very slow pace,…
Guaranteed Rugged 2022
We did it! 33 pitches in 6 hours and 10 minutes! And it was EASY! Everything was super fun and good except for the descent, really hated that steep loose gully where it was really bad for a 30 min section of the gully. WHY TO DO IT: 3,500 ft of pure climbing! You don’t…
Solitary Man 2022
After climbing Condor, we wanted to try out Solitary Man as a group of 3 with Josh and Alexis. The route is NOT bolted for rappels (you’re expected to rappel the other route, or walk off the gully). The route just has hangers, no rings/chains. P1 – 5.10-, 30m, ~9 bolts Our info claimed this…
Frogland May 2022
Overall If it weren’t for the runout, this would be a 4-star route. The approach is super easy, the climbing is overall fun, the belay ledges are nice, the descent (walk off) is super nice, it ends on a summit, etc. But the freaking runout… it was barely within my comfort level (and I consistently…
Coyote Tower Jan 2022
This climb was sustained and tough! Full body workout! Tons of stemming, good amount of hand jams (definitely crack gloves needed), overall quite good (but difficult) climbing. This was probably our favorite climb in Sedona, lots of quality climbing, pretty good approach, good rappels. Only downside is that you have to bring two ropes and…