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@cliche_utahn styling In Wolverine today.

@cliche_utahn styling In Wolverine today.

Fun day today. Photo @kirk_hilton

Fun day today. Photo @kirk_hilton

A couple weeks ago. Photo @kirk_hilton

A couple weeks ago. Photo @kirk_hilton

Still unsure how I feel about winter. Here’s to

Still unsure how I feel about winter. Here’s to making the most of it ⛄️photo @kirk_hilton

I’ve yet to go bouldering outside and find someo

I’ve yet to go bouldering outside and find someone who is worse than me. In fact, it seem most people I see climb at least 3 V grades harder than I do. Pretty much every sport climber I know climbs harder than I do even if they started climbing after me... And I don’t think I’ve found someone who gets more scared than I do trad climbing... Sometimes I wonder why I put so much effort into training to get better at a sport that I’m just not very good at. It’s a bit discouraging to be honest. I have fun most of the time, but I always find myself asking, “when do I get to be good?” Probably the wrong way to look at it but it feels that way sometimes. Oh well. I’m sure everyone feels this way? 🤷‍♂️ photo: @kim.westover At least it’s was nice to try hard in the sunshine!

I’m not very good at crimps.. or highballs. Tall

I’m not very good at crimps.. or highballs. Taller than it looks. Huntsman Graffiti (V5)

Here are my climbing stats for 2019. My goals this

Here are my climbing stats for 2019. My goals this year were a bit different than previous years and I bouldered more than I ever have, inside and outside. Page 1 is my MP stats for all my pitches (non-redpoints included). Page 2-3 are my 8a.nu outdoor roped climbs .10a and harder (redpoints or better). Page 4 is my indoor gym leads (redpoints or better). Page 5 is my 8a.nu outdoor bouldering (send or flash). Page 6 is my indoor bouldering ascents (send or flash). Probably need to start tracking whether I redpoint/flash/onsight for my indoor stats too. Maybe next year. I’ll share this in my story with some extra comments too!

Not a bad first few days to the snow season. Ticke

Not a bad first few days to the snow season. Ticked an old-to-us classic and a new-to-us classic!

This is my “I’m really well-equipped for mount

This is my “I’m really well-equipped for mountain things and having a really good time and it’s not windy at all” face. •
Photo by @kirk_hilton

The name of this boulder is V5. First time at Ibex

The name of this boulder is V5. First time at Ibex was pretty fun. A lot of tall and hard stuff.

@kim.westover and I boulder at the gym together a

@kim.westover and I boulder at the gym together a lot. It’s kind of funny because we have almost exact opposite styles of climbing. She’ll flash overhanging crimp ladders that I can’t even get off the ground on, and I’ll do dynamic power moves and lockoffs on sloper that she can’t do either. You’d think we’d be more similar since we climb and train together ~3 times a week. Seems like she probably has better technique and finger strength and I am just good at not-actual-climbing styles of problems 😂. Oh well I guess. It’s cool to watch her crush even though I’m secretly crying inside with jealousy.

I can’t believe it’s been over a year since wh

I can’t believe it’s been over a year since what is likely my favorite day in the mountains. It’s not often that you find yourself in a perfect balance between unknown and pursuit; when you fear your objective as equally as you wish to overcome it. It is in this environment where you get to push yourself beyond your comfort zone and into a place that cannot be explained. It’s a place that is documented in films and books because we all strive to reach it. I was lucky enough to take a risk and put myself into a situation where success was only possible by pure determination, and in this determination I’ve never felt more alive. With @kirk_hilton
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“Heaven’s not a place where you go when you die. It’s that moment in life when you actually feel alive.”
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📸: The summit of Mount Stuart at sunset via the Direct North Ridge + Gendarme. ~28 pitches at 5.9+ and one North America’s 50 classic climbs.

Pretty psyched on our adventure today. Kirk and I

Pretty psyched on our adventure today. Kirk and I linked Weed Killer (.11a) into Weed B Gone (.11c/d) which goes through all the roofs up and right of me in this photo. We both sent the first 2 pitches, but my foot slipped pulling the crux 3rd pitch 😣😣. I immediately pulled back on and sent the crux. Hilariously close to an onsight. I guess we have an excuse to climb this awesome route again. It feels good to have graduated from the conga line on outside corner and to be able to push ourselves on a harder, more obscure route like this one. Also fun to get on something put up by the guys at IME who have contributed so much to the Wasatch and climbing in general. Thanks for the photo @kirk_hilton

Flashed my first V4 today, but it must’ve been s

Flashed my first V4 today, but it must’ve been soft because I fell off the top of a V5 about 20 times and didn’t send... There are so many awesome climbing places near Salt Lake, sometimes it’s hard to choose what to do, but Kim and I have been trying out Joe’s a bit and haven’t been upset about it. Photo: @kim.westover | Shit (V4).

Wore ourselves out on some harder stuff that didn’t go today, but was happy to still get this one at the end of the day. Contact (V5). Video: @kim.westover

Got out to climb in Ogden today with @kirk_hilton

Got out to climb in Ogden today with @kirk_hilton and am psyched to send another .12a. My first try on this thing I got chewed up and spit out. After lowering down, I had to change my mindset from thinking I SHOULD be able to send to telling myself I need to fight super hard for it. The crux dyno move felt harder to me than the crux move on Left Pile (.12b), but you have a huge ledge to stand on here before the dyno and on Left Pile you are fairly pumped when you get into the crux. Who knows. 🤷‍♀️ Grades are weird. But trying hard, getting shut down, and pushing through is fun.

Stones taught me to fly

Stones taught me to fly

My schedule has been really weird lately. It’s b

My schedule has been really weird lately. It’s been hard to get outside. That, combined with a recent lack of inspiration, has forced me to find new, quicker forms of exploration. Bouldering outside is a type of climbing I haven’t really sought out and in the last month I’ve probably done more of it than in the entire past seven years of my climbing. Sometimes, you gotta go with the flow and let yourself get psyched where you can. And as a byproduct you get to tick off some classic boulders that you probably would’ve just glanced over. Photo: @sohmbody on one of my favorite problems to run laps on.

Nice weekend in City of Rocks with a fun crew: @ki

Nice weekend in City of Rocks with a fun crew: @kim.westover @sohmbody @__lindseymay__ @alpineorbust and #bartgram | We spent the weekend chasing the sun, making delicious camp meals, sitting around the fire, getting shutdown on hard routes and sending a few as well. Thanks for the cool pic @__lindseymay__

Happy Birthday to this diamond in the rough. This

Happy Birthday to this diamond in the rough. This salty dog. This guacamole on my burrito. Sometimes you meet someone and it just clicks. Happy you are my partner in life! Love you 😘

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