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“I hate winter!” Is probably what I’m thinki

“I hate winter!” Is probably what I’m thinking here.

The old Squantch never gets old. Still one of my faves after all these years.

Thanks for the after work jaunt and pic @jp_yip

I hiked Rainier once. We read the “glacier rescu

I hiked Rainier once. We read the “glacier rescue” chapter of Freedom of the Hills on the drive out. We were one of 2 groups to summit that day. The other was guided. We were a bunch of inexperienced morons. We took a picture of how to tie an alpine butterfly so that we’d do the knot correctly on the mountain. I think that a lot of time, drive is more important than skill. I feel like as I’ve developed more skills I’ve also become more aware of dangers that I previously ignored. I used to think, once I get good at this skill I’ll be more comfortable doing this mountain or that route. Truth is, I feel more afraid of big mountains now than when I was new to it. Strange.

Gloomy weekend... 🌥🌥 Struggling to reach mos

Gloomy weekend... 🌥🌥 Struggling to reach most of the goals I set for myself this spring. I guess that’s part of pushing yourself.

photo by @sohmbody

Tried to find a route with a name that represented

Tried to find a route with a name that represented my ability as a climber and my character as a human. - “Turd Blossom” seemed appropriate. Watch closely and you’ll see here in this video, that even after all my time as a rock climber, I still have no idea what the hell I’m doing. 💁‍♂️💁‍♂️

Getting excited for the snow to disappear, so I ca

Getting excited for the snow to disappear, so I can spend time climbing in some of my favorite places. My trad head-game is definitely weaker than in the past, but I have been enjoying bouldering and sport climbing more the last few years. Sometimes you just gotta chase what feels right. Old photo by Tanner Frost with Sam on belay.

It’s probably dumb, but I love the Grand Teton.

It’s probably dumb, but I love the Grand Teton. The first time I climbed it, I made a goal to climb it every year after and have climbed it via the Upper Exum with @wesburdett , Full Exum with @kirk_hilton , and Owen Spalding with @kirk_hilton and @kim.westover . I have continued to meet this goal until summer 2019. My friend @bshafs and I tried to climb it via the Petzoldt ridge. However, due to lack of sleep or something, I got hit with altitude sickness. We decided to bail on the original plan and just make it to the top via Owen Spalding, but I just kept feeling dizzy and nauseated. Between the lower and upper saddle there are a few sections that aren’t super difficult, but are exposed and require attention. A fall could be bad. I wanted to push through one of these spots (one I had done before on several occasions) but I didn’t have any confidence in myself in my current state. I mostly felt bad for letting my partner and friend down, but I knew going down was the right choice. Anyways. Sometimes goals aren’t realistic, but they are fun, regardless. I am happy to have been able to climb that amazing mountain as many times already and hope to many more. Here’s a pic of @kim.westover just after the first “pitch” of the OS route. People hype up the exposure on this pitch. It’s out there, but it’s not too bad. Experience is a strange thing. It changes your brain and makes you feel comfortable in places that aren’t. Grateful for the experiences I’ve had that have made me comfortable in these positions.

@kim.westover on a classic. Can you name it?

@kim.westover on a classic. Can you name it?

Salt Lake doesn’t have the most amazing climbing

Salt Lake doesn’t have the most amazing climbing, but you can’t beat the after-work, 15-minute-drive vibe. Photo by: @johngaynes

@wesburdett on a thin-hands traverse back in 2017.

@wesburdett on a thin-hands traverse back in 2017.

I think remote alpine rock climbing will always be

I think remote alpine rock climbing will always be my favorite, but honestly, I love every kind of climbing.
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@bshafs following up pitch 2 of West Pillar Direct (.10b) on Eichorn Pinnacle in Tuolumne. Pitch 2 was a long 5.8 pitch through a bunch of roofs and was surprisingly exposed. Also surprising was the “5.8” pitch 5 to the summit which involved an all points jump off a crazy balancey “rib” 650ft off the deck above a black totem. I went around several corners and I ended up with so much rope drag I was climbing up steep bulges and stopping to turn and pull 10ft of slack so I could make moves through the next bulge.
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We climbed this route after simuling cathedral peak and the mental fatigue was fully setting in especially since I hadn’t done much alpine trad climbing this season. Anyways. I made it to the top and belayed brent up. We laughed about the last pitch during our hike back to the car.

The warmth improves my mood so much! It’s try ha

The warmth improves my mood so much! It’s try hard time!!

Photo by @wesburdett of me going full double dyno on Double Dyno (V2).

“Yosemite” Love is the drug we're all after Lo

“Yosemite”
Love is the drug we're all after
Love is the cure and the disease
I'm in a state of nostalgia
Dreaming of what could have been

Hollywood might be the death of me
So I'll carry my mind to Yosemite
Lay it all down in the summer breeze,
pick up my guitar
and play The Middle East

'Cause I don't want fans,
I want family.
I don't wanna stack bands,
I just wanna find peace
In the world that has drained
all my energy.

If you love me,
where are you now?
In the suffering,
where are you found?

- Vancouver Sleep Clinic

I have a weird relationship with things in life. I can’t half-ass it. It’s all or nothing. I have a really hard time dealing with something I want if I can’t do it 100%. The music I like is one of those things. I don’t like a band until I do. Then I’m obsessed and feel like they’re part of me. The same goes for hobbies. Work / life balance is painful for me. I want it all 😭 — I have always resonated with lyrics. I find them fascinating. I’m envious of people who can write them. This band has some relatable ones and this song stands out because it mentions Yosemite. There aren’t many songs that do and it is a place that has always felt magical to me. It fills me with awe. I guess you just have to go there to know what I mean. 🤷‍♀️

Pretty fun first day back bouldering in LCC. Sent:

Pretty fun first day back bouldering in LCC. Sent:
Double Dyno (V2) - Day flash
Fat Albert (V3) - Day flash
Surfboard (V4)
Twisted (V4) - 2nd go & 3rd go
Smiley Center (V5) - see video.
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I hired a climbing coach in January. I feel like I’ve been in a plateau for a bit and felt that a coach could help me push through it. With the program, I haven’t been climbing as much as I want, but sometimes the sacrifice is worth it. I feel stronger than ever! Psyched.

Was debating posting a photo today because I wasn’t sure if it’d make you feel enough envy or make you wish you were me enough. At the very least it might make you think, “Wow, now that’s a cool guy. I wish I was his friend.” Photo by @adventuresofkim of a V3 at night. I just posed on the crux holds for half a second before falling off. For the shot, ya know.

I have always kind of thought of myself as pretty

I have always kind of thought of myself as pretty psychologically strong. Despite being generally anxious and overly-worrying, I’ve fought hard to overcome fears. Skateboarding was a great way to do this when I was younger and now I work on it through climbing. Dealing with my fear of heights on committing, all-day, alpine rock adventures surely built up a solid mental fortitude and set me up to conquer anything life had to throw at me...

Unfortunately, I was wrong. My 32nd year of life crushed me in so many ways. It chewed me up and spit me out into some of the lowest points I’ve ever experienced.

I know this past year has been hard on a lot of people. And while I have begun to feel better over the last month or so, I’m sure some people are still struggling. If anyone needs someone to talk to about things, please reach out. I’ll do my best to help. Sometimes just knowing there is someone to talk to is enough.

Also. I want to thank all the people who have reached out to me over the last year and to my friends that have helped me through some rough points.

Here’s to 33 and 2021. I have high hopes that it can only get better!

This was definitely today. It was the best. Such g

This was definitely today. It was the best. Such good conditions. Better conditions than you’ve had, guaranteed. It was more fun too. More fun than you’ve ever had and ever will have. Climbing mountains and skiing down is just so casual. NBD bro. People sponsor me all the time. Companies and shit. It’s amazing. Check me out dawg. Instagram bro. 🤌🤌🤌

Cruised up this 800ft ice gully for the first time

Cruised up this 800ft ice gully for the first time today with @sohmbody . Pretty casual and mostly WI2 with a few steeper spots. Fun stuff! Here I am soloing up the first 80ft or so of the route when @nate_chaz was passing by on the descent and snapped a pic. Thanks dude! Cool finally meeting in person!!

Faffin in JTree.

Faffin in JTree.

Night bouldering in that cold cold a few weeks ago

Night bouldering in that cold cold a few weeks ago with @jp_yip @kate.michelle and @caleb.llop thanks for the pics Caleb!

The GWI is way different without snow filling in a

The GWI is way different without snow filling in all the gaps. I’m pretty new to ice climbing, but this route has been great for learning to lead and feeling confident on ice. I’ve never seen the route in these conditions. Really sticky, fat ice with no snow gives it kind of an epic, alpine vibe. Plus the pitches are like 2x longer. Really fun day out with @sohmbody running some laps on the first few pitches.

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