2021 Climbing Goals

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2021 Climbing Goals:

Here are my ideas so far for some goals for the year. They will likely become more specific over the course of the year:

General

Redpoint 15 Traditional 5.10 (5 5.10+ | 5 multipitch):

  1. Wild Works of Fire (5.10) Indian Creek, UT onsight
  2. Kelley Route 29 (5.10) Indian Creek, UT onsight
  3. Turd Blossom (5.10) Indian Creek, UT flash
  4. Aero Space (5.10b) Joshua Tree, CA flash
  5. Thin Slice (5.10a) City of Rocks, ID onsight
  6. Lost Pioneers (5.10a) City of Rocks, ID onsight
  7. Evening Falls (5.10a) Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT onsight
  8. Exorcist (5.10a) Joshua Tree, CA onsight
  9. Hangman (P2 | 5.10a) Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT onsight
  10. Mexican Crack (5.10a) Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT redpoint
  11. Plumbline (5.10a) Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT redpoint (repeat)
  12. Equipment Right (5.10b)
  13. The Flakes? (5.10b)

Redpoint 20 5.11 (5 5.11+ | 5 multipitch | 5 Trad)

  1. Muzzle Loader (5.11d) Gun Club | Las Vegas, NV redpoint (2nd go)
  2. Total Recall (5.11d) American Fork Canyon, UT redpoint
  3. Trey Lizardos (5.11c/d) Turtle Wall | St George, UT redpoint (2nd go)
  4. Friendly Fire (5.11c) Gun Club | Las Vegas, NV flash
  5. Electric Company (5.11b/c) American Fork Canyon, UT redpoint
  6. Good To Be Awake (5.11b) New Jack City, CA onsight
  7. Tribal War (5.11b) Wild Iris, WY onsight
  8. Curvaceous (5.11b) Clear Creek Canyon, CO onsight
  9. The Full Nickel (5.11b) Wild Iris, WY redpoint (2nd go)
  10. Blurred Vision (5.11b) American Fork Canyon, UT redpoint (2nd go)
  11. Gordon’s Direct (5.11b R) Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT redpoint
  12. Two Bits (5.11-) City of Rocks, ID redpoint
  13. Juggernaut (5.11b) American Fork Canyon, UT redpoint (repeat)
  14. Shiny (5.11b) American Fork Canyon, UT redpoint (repeat)
  15. Gun For Hire (5.11a/b) New Jack City, CA flash
  16. Roll in the Hay (5.11a) Wild Iris, WY onsight
  17. Reefer Madness (5.11a) Clear Creek Canyon, CO onsight
  18. Grommet (5.11-) Ferguson Canyon, UT redpoint (2nd go)
  19. The Duke (5.11a) Wild Iris, WY redpoint (2nd go)
  20. Deep End (5.11a) American Fork Canyon, UT redpoint
  21. Deja Vu (5.11a) Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT redpoint (repeat)
  22. Director of Humor Affairs (5.11a) St George, UT redpoint (repeat)
  23. On There (5.11a) American Fork Canyon, UT redpoint (repeat)
  24. Punany (.11b/c)
  25. Division (.11d) one hung
  26. Weed B Gone (5.11c/d | 3 Pitches) one hung
  27. Flashdance (5.11c R | 5 pitches) tr clean
  28. Scarface (5.11b)
  29. Tick Fever (5.11a)
  30. Equipment Overhang (5.11a)

Repoint 10 5.12s (2 5.12c+ | 1 onsight | 1 multipitch | 1 trad):

  1. Wilderness (5.12b) American Fork Canyon, UT redpoint
  2. Ghost Dance (5.12b) Ruth Lake, UT redpoint
  3. Cool to Be You (5.12a) New Jack City, CA onsight
  4. Cliffhanger (5.12a) Gun Club | Las Vegas, NV redpoint
  5. Route 66 (5.12a) American Fork Canyon, UT redpoint
  6. Condor (5.12a) Ferguson Canyon, UT redpoint (3rd go)
  7. 26 (5.12a) American Fork Canyon, UT redpoint (repeat)
  8. Techno Christ (5.12c)
  9. Algorithm (5.12b)
  10. Isotoner Moner (5.12b)
  11. Black Sails (5.12a/b)
  12. Highlander (5.12a)
  13. Refugees from Reality (5.12a | 3 pitches)

Try a 5.13a:

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Complete 5 First Ascents

  1. Truffle Shuffle (5.10-) American Fork Canyon, UT
  2. What About Shmee? (5.10) American Fork Canyon, UT
  3. Shmee’s Me (5.10) American Fork Canyon, UT
  4. Bangerang (5.11) American Fork Canyon, UT
Climb/Hike 1 14ner:

Colorado

  1. West Slopes from Iowa Gulchprint (2nd Class | 14,036ft) Mount Sherman | Mosquito Range, CO

Alpine Rock | Big Wall

Climb 5 Multipitch Alpine Rock | Big Wall Routes (3 free)

  1. South Face (5.9 | 8 pitches) Petit Grepon | RMNP, CO onsight
  2. Center Thumb (5.9 | 4 pitches) Lone Peak, UT onsight
  3. Owen Spaulding (5.4 | 3 pitches) Grand Teton | Jackson, UT free solo
  4. Petzoldt Ridge (5.7 | 18 pitches) Grand Teton | Jackson, WY

Climb 1 N.A. 50 Classic Climbs

  1. South Face (5.9 | 8 pitches) Petit Grepon | RMNP, CO

Bouldering

Climb 10 V5s

  1. Frosted Flakes (V5) Joe’s Valley, UT send
  2. Proppa Dyno (V5) Joe’s Valley, UT send
  3. Handsome Blunderstone (V5) Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT send
  4. Tom’s Problem (V5) Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT send
  5. Kelly’s Arete (V5) Joe’s Valley, UT send
  6. Huntsman Graffiti (V5) Moe’s Valley, UT send (repeat)
  7. Dusty Coffee Sit Left (V5) Kraft Boulders, NV flash (I had done the stand)
  8. Jones’n (V5-) Kraft Boulders, NV send x4
  9. Mr Smiley Center (V5) Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT send (repeat)

Climb 5 V6s

  1. Vertical Ice (V6) Joe’s Valley, UT send
  2. Mr Smiley (V6) Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT send (repeat)
  3. Dean’s Problem (V6-) Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT send (repeat)
  4. Pilot Light (V6) Joe’s Valley, UT send
  5. Wills Afire (V6) Joe’s Valley, UT send

Climb 3 V7s

  1. Stephan’s Dihedral (V7)
  2. First Down (V7)

ICE

Lead 3 WI3 Routes | 1 WI4 Route | 1 AI 2-3 Route

  1. Willard Canyon Waterfall (WI2-3 | 4 pitches) Willard, UT onsight
  2. The Pricecicle (WI3-4) Price Canyon, UT

ALPINE ICE

Climb 3 Technical Peaks (AI2-3)

  1. Liberty Ridge | Mount Rainer (AI2-3 | Grade IV)
  2. Reid Glacier Headwall | Mount Hood (AI3 | Grade III)
  3.     or

  4. Leuthold Couloir | Mount Hood (AI2 | Grade II)
  5. Ford – Stettner Couloir | Grand Teton (AI2-3 | Grade II)
  6.     or

  7. Middle Teton Glacier Route | Middle Teton (5.5, AI2 | Grade II)

Climb 1 Foreign peak above 17,000 ft

  1. Sajama (21,460 ft) | Bolivia/Chile

Climb 1 Foreign peak above 20,000 ft

  1. Sajama (21,460 ft) | Bolivia/Chile

Climb 1 US peaks above 14,000 ft

SPLITBOARD MOUNTAINEERING

Climb and Ski from the summit of 3 Mountains (1 technical | 1 above 14k ft)

  1. Mount Adams | South Route
  2. Mount Whitney | Mountaineers Route
  3. Mount Hood | Pearly Gates

Gym

Boulder 10 V8s
Boulder 3 V9s
Redpoint 5.12c

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