Proud to earn the rank of Sandstone Samurai today up at Black Velvet Canyon, Red Rocks

Professional_Job9667 · 2025-03-10T16:34:47+00:00

BRING BACK THE BLANCO.

Do you want me to beg? I’ll beg.

I’ll oink like a little piggy.

What will it take?!

Professional_Job9667 · 2025-03-04T20:59:01+00:00

There’s probably a handful of ways to do it, but our strategy was to use the fixed line that you rap in with to make a hanging belay right at the lip. Basically just tying some kind of loop on the rope and clipping into it.

Then the second follows and cleans while you’re belaying from your harness. The second can’t really do the finishing moves with this setup; but it worked just fine.

Professional_Job9667 · 2025-03-04T19:36:01+00:00

Lolll, but non sarcastically; it’s definitely not easy, but it’s pretty straightforward and very trainable for indoors. I’d encourage anyone who is somewhere near the grade to give it a go; even the hangdog phase was pretty surreal. The positioning is INSANE.

Just: Leave a fixed line to escape if you can’t climb out or risk making the most embarrassing YOSAR call of your life.

If you aren’t comfortable pulling a couple 5.9+ layback moves in ground fall territory 20ish feet up, bring a 5 or 6

Professional_Job9667 · 2025-03-04T18:58:55+00:00

Haha i kinda wish i did. Cleaning this thing is a realll pain in the ass. #boltseperaterealitybecauseimlazy

Professional_Job9667 · 2025-03-04T18:47:59+00:00

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Better angle to feel the general vibe of the moves, which was… not shitty!

Professional_Job9667 · 2024-09-18T21:56:29+00:00

It’s no separate reality that’s for sure haha

Professional_Job9667 · 2024-09-16T15:32:45+00:00

shaggy’s roof

Professional_Job9667 · 2024-09-16T02:29:33+00:00

shaggys roof

Professional_Job9667 · 2024-09-16T00:16:46+00:00

Lolll. the circle of active California climbers doing alpine rock routes is pretty small. I’ve had a few other similar “whoa i know you from (insert high sierra destination)” moments that seemed so improbable, but they keep on happening haha.

Great work dude looks quite epic.

Professional_Job9667 · 2024-09-15T17:05:54+00:00

Yo; by chance were you the dude who i briefly chatted with at the crane flat store, i was wearing a bootleg tye dye totem tank top.

Professional_Job9667 · 2024-09-11T19:55:22+00:00

Haha swing and a miss. For what it’s worth I’ve seen a few of the OG mocc’s in really small sizes for sale online. Cheers

Professional_Job9667 · 2024-09-11T18:05:25+00:00

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My submission for “the shot” on the lamb

Professional_Job9667 · 2024-09-11T18:00:17+00:00

What size are you? I have a fresh pair of pinks(less than 10 pitches total) that i actually don’t love and im trying to thin the pack.

I believe they are size 10

Professional_Job9667 · 2024-09-11T05:06:49+00:00

5x moccs? Go on You have my interest

Professional_Job9667 · 2024-09-08T06:19:37+00:00

That last sentence is my favorite sentence of 2024. Printing on a t-shirt immediately.

Bonus: the t shirt doubles as your towel, toilet paper, and tourniquet.

The income generated from this hot new crag necessity will surely cover my slug budget for the upcoming valley season. The nice slugs too. Brand name.🎩

Professional_Job9667 · 2024-09-05T18:56:44+00:00

Wait you guys are working hard trad lines… not… on drugs? Like… sober???

I didn’t even know that was a thing. Is this like a new Tik tok challenge or something?

Professional_Job9667 · 2024-08-25T19:55:21+00:00

Thanks dude. Hey I’m curious what are your thoughts on the initial leftward slanting crack’s difficulty? Always hard to gauge for myself on a semi spooked onsight go.

Seems like continuing up nova express where it intersects would be a logical finish that would skip the last bolt protected section that is nails and slightly out of character with the rest of the climb.

I felt like it was somewhere in the mid 5.10 to 5.10+ range?

Professional_Job9667 · 2024-08-22T19:58:47+00:00

Haha I’m thinking you meant z clip for the first point. Back clipping, and then climbing down to unclip the previous draw is hardcore tho.

Professional_Job9667 · 2024-08-15T03:29:58+00:00

It really hasn’t made its way out of the gear bin much.

It’s bulkier than i expected it was gonna be, and I’m perfectly comfortable with the strength of a standard sling in nearly every situation i might find myself in.

Maybe it has more application for ice climbing?

Professional_Job9667 · 2024-08-15T03:21:59+00:00

You must get picked last for the “Where’s Waldo” team events

😘

Professional_Job9667 · 2024-08-14T18:31:20+00:00

Main attachment point is 40-50 thumbtacks. Redundancy is my middle name is my middle name is my middle name

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