patrick

rock climbing in Squamish on the Chief. so magical.

Sam on Handsome and Well Hung @ Bridge Buttress in the New.

Did not send this day. Placing gear in that crux is scary. Enjoy the newly fixed nut. :(

#tradclimbing #rockclimbing #newrivergorge

Rock Climb Standard (West Fins), Southeast Utah Find rock climbing routes, photos, and guides for every state, along with experiences and advice from fellow climbers.

Nothing wrong with easy. :). One of the most memorable days I ever had was on the West Fins route in Arches. About 20 feet of 5.easy climbing and a rappel is the price you pay to have an incredible hike mostly to yourself in a super busy park
www.mountainproject.com/route/106674...

Being a climber with anxiety is hard, but nothing resets your "should I be anxious" circuits like being in a potentially dangerous situation. It's hard to worry about day to day life stuff when you've spent your weekend rapping off a long route or climbing over sketchy gear!

Oh my gosh, that's so beautiful. Is there any info available on he web re: this route? We normally do a family trip out through SD and WY every summer and this looks like a great adventure.

Nothing about that looks like screwing up to me. Good clean fun! Love that steep southern climbing. 😆

But also: thanks boomer!

It's nice to see that so many boomers are still flexible enough to pat themselves on the back.

Sicko. :)

5.8 hero roof with 2000 feet of air below on Inti Watana. Last one from the trip! #rockclimbing

Same. I'd always rather onsight, but I'm sloooowly coming to appreciate the magical sensation of turning something impossible into something easy and flowy. The moment you surprise yourself with a "how am I at the end already?" is special, too.

Yesterday: Woke up 4am. Chug cold brew and day old muffin. Drive to crag. Hike 2 hours up mountain. Climb 8 hours in full sun fueled by sour patch kids. Hike out. Eat $25 in burritos and fries. Rehydrate with coke & beer. Apply Vaseline to wounds. And at 46 people still say I only look 45!

Love it. If I have to use my head it's a good problem.

And of course this is just a baby version of how social media distorts normal life and makes us miserable. Fuck all that. A bowl of beans is a fine meal, living a messy life is fine and climbing V0 at the gym is cool.

tl;dr: the best climber is the one having the most fun. #tbcitohtmf

What the hell is wrong with people risking their lives for dumb stuff like this?

As a climber, a notable thing about bluesky is the lack of algorithm warping my sense of normal. In the instagram climbing world, 5.12-5.13 seems like normal people grades. In the real world, most folks are happy to send 5.10 on rock (or way less).

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Inti Watana on Mt Wilson Yesterday with Sam. 1900 feet of elevation gain to the base and then 1600 feet of climbing. Full value! Made it back to the car with daylight to spare (shoulda done the Resolution Arete linkup!). #rockclimbing

Plumbers crack #rockclimbing

YouTube video by R0CK AND ICE PXL 20250327 200716577

Rapping off DOWT in Red Rock. So much air below!

youtu.be/DRSgqQHL1eA

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Dream of Wild Turkeys with my son Sam was FANTASTIC today. Epinephrine was a serious all day slog but a few routes over you're on endless rompy 5.10 fun for 700 feet and back in Vegas in time for dinner and an early bed time. #rockclimbing

YouTube video by R0CK AND ICE March 26, 2025

Even the 3rd class exit traverse off epinephrine was pretty wild with that big 1800 feet of exposure off one side. #rockclimbing: youtube.com/shorts/XJFOS...

Epinephrine with my son yesterday. 300+ feet of slippery chimneys is the physical crux, but the mental crux is looking up at the 1000 feet you have to go afterwards with no option to bail. SO GOOD! #rockclimbing

NO.

j/k least of all because I am not schlepping wide gear to Upper Meadows.

When a sport climber bolts an offwidth and puts the bolts on the wrong side for the crack to be climbed properly. Gonna go back, do this on gear, and chop those goddam bolts one day. #rockclimbing

V3 R or 5.11b DWS depending on conditions. 😅

mossy offwidth in oven mitts? sign me up.

Yep! You clip the hanging rope. Then you're just walking across this ledge system. Scary AF but there's almost no way you could fall.