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Getting Necky with Whatever (5.10a), and More!

(Photo: That's me on Turdland Direct (5.10d). Photo by Mike.)For over a month, I've been contending with a climbing injury.It all started in mid-April, in Berkeley, California. We were on a family...

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A Trip to the California Needles

(Photo: View of the Magician (on the left) and the Djin Needle (on the right), from the top of the Charlatan.)Why the Needles?Several years ago I came across some photos of the area (On Denis...

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Red Rain

(Photo: That's me on The Fury (5.11c) at Bibliothek, Muir Valley.)It is an annual tradition: the autumn climbing trip. Every fall, I break away from the family for a long weekend and I climb for a few...

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2017: The Year in 5.10 and Beyond

(Photo: That's me, leading Turdland Direct Direct (5.10d). Photo by Nancy.)It is always fun to take stock of the year as the climbing season draws to a close.We had a weird autumn this year. Summer...

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Not So Mellow in Yellow

(Photo: Andy following pitch one of Matinee (5.10d).)So psyched! We were going rock climbing in December.Andy and I were headed to the Gunks. He was planning to take it easy. He was in the middle of a...

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Rolling Like Movie Stars at Millbrook

(Photo: Will coming up pitch one (5.9) of The Movie Star (5.10+).)I never made it out to Millbrook in 2016, not once. I hoped to correct this regrettable oversight in 2017, but for some reason it...

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Dammit, Granite, I Love You! Four Days in Squamish

(Photo: Adrian's shot of me on the Angel Crack (5.10b).)The month of May seems so long ago.I've let the year get away from me!I meant to write a post, oh-so-long ago, about my climbing trip to...

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Moving the Goalposts in the Gunks

(Photo: That's me on Enduro Man's Longest Hangout (5.11c), pitch 3. Photo by Gus.)"So what about you?" Gus asked. "Don't you have any projects?"It took me a second to process that he was talking to...

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My First 5.12: Uphill All the Way

(Photo: At the final crux on Uphill All the Way (5.12a).)I know, I know.It has been a while-- over two years!-- since I published a blog post.It's not that I stopped climbing. Far from it.But for...

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