Top 25 Entertainment Values:
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Climb |
Grade |
Date |
Description / comment |
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1 |
NE. Buttress, Mt. Slesse |
V 5.10 |
02 |
Excellent position,
super-hero climbing |
|
2 |
Cruel Shoes ]
Grand Wall, Squamish Chief |
IV 5.11 |
91,95,02 |
Sustained and varied
difficulties (only finished to Bellygood once, 91) |
|
3 |
Clean Break, Juno Tower |
IV 5.10 |
02 |
Interesting and varied
difficulties on good rock |
|
4 |
Direct N. Ridge, Mt.
Stuart |
V 5.9 |
96 |
Superb view of the Ice
Cliff cirque, 3k of simulclimbing, 1 pitch of difficulties |
|
5 |
Zodiac, El Capitan |
VI A2 5.8 |
97 |
Steep and clean my
first taste of wall climbing |
|
6 |
Ice Cliff Glacier ]
Girth Pillar, Mt. Stuart |
IV 5.11 WI III |
00 |
Booming ice falls,
strenuous climbing and serious descent make this the real deal |
|
7 |
Swiss Arete, Mt. Sil, King's Canyon, CA | III 5.7 | '03 | Moderate climbing with superb views to 14k' summit |
|
8 |
E. Ridge, Mt. Triumph |
II 5.8 |
00 |
Best summit view in
Cascades (so far), Pickets are so near yet so far |
|
9 |
Tooth & Claw,
Lexington Tower |
IV 5.12 |
95 |
Hard friction, excellent
cracks and 1 rotten pitch, cool views of the Bell |
|
10 |
Direct E. Buttress, S.
Early Winter Spire |
III 5.11 |
95 |
Nice mixture of climbing
with good exposure |
|
11 |
Charlotte Dome, E. Face
direct variation |
III 5.10 |
02 |
Connected with
classic route midway up, steep and easy, excellent views |
|
12 |
Triple Couloir, Dragontail, WA |
III WI IV |
98 |
Wind, snow, fog and
spindrift avalanches made this a winter adventure |
|
13 |
S. Face, Prussik Peak |
III 5.10 |
98 |
Excellent setting,
strenuous offwidth, hard approach makes this a big day |
|
14 |
E ]
W Traverse, Forbidden |
III 5.8 |
02 |
Super classic alpine
traverse, good rock, excellent views |
|
15 |
Colchuck Balanced Rock W.
Face |
III 5.10 A1 |
96 |
A few outstanding pitches
and excellent summit views |
|
16 |
Giants Tears ]
Dreamer, Green Giant Buttress |
III 5.10 A0 |
96,
98 |
Frightening bolts and big
runouts on good friction, excellent features above |
|
17 |
Monkey Space, Smith Rocks |
II 5.11 |
97 |
Superb exposure
spiraling the Monkey Face tower |
|
18 |
Centerfold, Index |
III 5.10 |
99 |
Sustained hard climbing |
|
19 |
Davis-Holland ] Lovin Arms, Index, WA |
III 5.11 |
96 |
Harder than it looks hand
crack, good views of Mt. Index N. Face |
|
20 |
Serpentine & Backbone
Arκtes, Dragontail |
III 5.8-9 |
99,
01 |
Super setting, limited
difficulties except for runout offwidth |
|
21 |
Black Dike, Cannon Cliff |
III WI III |
98 |
Done spur of the moment
in a warm year, involved much unprotected rock |
|
22 |
Inverted Staircase, Fairview Dome, Tuolumne, CA |
III 5.10 |
91 |
Exposed traverse to
bolted on lost arrow, exciting! |
|
23 |
Super Pooper, Tahquitz |
III 5.10 |
91 |
Interesting stemming,
some routefinding troubles |
|
24 |
Snow Creek Wall |
III 5.8-11 |
91
|
Numerous routes and
combinations |
|
25 |
Town Crier, Index, WA |
V 5.8 A3 |
02 |
Moderate aid on a good
line |
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