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| Eyedrops (7C+) | First touched this thing a couple years ago and it felt impossible. Came back to it and did all the moves first session, link from the second move to the top sesh two, chuffed the top next sesh, then spent the next two ending up staring at the trees for hours tired cause I just wasn't feeling good. Took a couple days to rest and came back and did it second go. Really cool to see concrete evidence of getting stronger. The one thing I told myself grade wise when I seriously started climbing was it would be cool to climb v10. It suited me well and I felt strong on it and found my own solid beta. Is this? Probably? I dunno, who cares though. Sick climb, on to the next one. |
25 Mar 2024
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| First touched this thing a couple years ago and it felt impossible. Came back to it and did all the moves first session, link from the second move to the top sesh two, chuffed the top next sesh, then spent the next two ending up staring at the trees for hours tired cause I just wasn't feeling good. Took a couple days to rest and came back and did it second go. Really cool to see concrete evidence of getting stronger. The one thing I told myself grade wise when I seriously started climbing was it would be cool to climb v10. It suited me well and I felt strong on it and found my own solid beta. Is this? Probably? I dunno, who cares though. Sick climb, on to the next one. | ||||||
| The Meat Sweats Sit (7C+) | Started sleeting unexpectedly during my session so I also did this as a hang and drop. Really nice addition that definitely adds a lot of difficulty to the first move of the stand. These lines are so good really good to see big improvements from years past. Nearly pulled off a first go hail mary eye drops sit send during the deluge. Probably the most heinous deproach I’ve ever done. 20 minutes to go 200 meters slipped on the slush countless times. |
1 Mar 2024
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| Started sleeting unexpectedly during my session so I also did this as a hang and drop. Really nice addition that definitely adds a lot of difficulty to the first move of the stand. These lines are so good really good to see big improvements from years past. Nearly pulled off a first go hail mary eye drops sit send during the deluge. Probably the most heinous deproach I’ve ever done. 20 minutes to go 200 meters slipped on the slush countless times. | ||||||
| Cam Cam (7B+) | Awesome. Never thought this style of line would be possible on greenstone. Weird cross over beta to slap the sloper with the right hand... so fun. |
21 Feb 2024
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| Awesome. Never thought this style of line would be possible on greenstone. Weird cross over beta to slap the sloper with the right hand... so fun. | ||||||
| Eye Drops Sit (8A) | Really enjoyed this climb. I thought it would be relatively simple to link after doing the sit to Meat Sweats but the links ended up being harder than expected and took some time. Really cool sit start movement added to an already stellar climb! |
11 Jan 2024
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| Really enjoyed this climb. I thought it would be relatively simple to link after doing the sit to Meat Sweats but the links ended up being harder than expected and took some time. Really cool sit start movement added to an already stellar climb! | ||||||
| Amygdule (Stand) (7B+) | Amazing climb, surprisingly beautiful day with sunshine and flurries. Starting the year off right. |
1 Jan 2024
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| Amazing climb, surprisingly beautiful day with sunshine and flurries. Starting the year off right. | ||||||
| Gift Wrapped (6B) | Crack on right side of boulder. Good problem |
30 Dec 2023
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| Crack on right side of boulder. Good problem | ||||||
| Cam Cam (7B+) | Took a drive on skyline and found myself here. Third sesh; struggled on the first move and then getting out of the sloper on previous two sessions. Didn’t even get the right cam locked in that well, just cranked on the mono and decided not to fall. Lovely climb. |
23 Nov 2023
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| Took a drive on skyline and found myself here. Third sesh; struggled on the first move and then getting out of the sloper on previous two sessions. Didn’t even get the right cam locked in that well, just cranked on the mono and decided not to fall. Lovely climb. | ||||||
| Amygdule (8A) | One of Greenstone’s finest. Props to Fanning for finding, cleaning, and first ascending this problem. Wonderful vision. My first of the grade. drums please, fab |
23 Oct 2023
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| One of Greenstone’s finest. Props to Fanning for finding, cleaning, and first ascending this problem. Wonderful vision. My first of the grade.
drums please, fab | ||||||
| Cam Cam (7B+) | Greenstone’s best grips! This is a local classic. I dabbed on the first move but I will take it anyway, I don’t care. Great session today, everyone struggled on a different move. Beautiful day out! I think low end v8 |
15 Oct 2023
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| Greenstone’s best grips! This is a local classic. I dabbed on the first move but I will take it anyway, I don’t care. Great session today, everyone struggled on a different move. Beautiful day out! I think low end v8 | ||||||
| Hollywood & Highland (6C) | A moderately highballish slab climb right off the hightop trail. Fun technical face climbing on solid rock, with a somewhat committing top out. |
30 Mar 2023
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| A moderately highballish slab climb right off the hightop trail. Fun technical face climbing on solid rock, with a somewhat committing top out. | ||||||
| Cam Cam (7B+) | Best grips in the area - sloper is pure perfection. |
30 Mar 2023
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| Best grips in the area - sloper is pure perfection. | ||||||
| The Meat Sweats Sit (7C+) | Super windy and icy day. Starts on right sloper punch and left rounded edge. Pop to start edge for Meat Sweats. The difficultly for me lies in getting the start for MS properly. Makes the stand sequence a good deal harder in my opinion. CAUTION: top out is really dangerous and full of heavy loose blocks. I did my best to clean it but after an hour of removing choss... it's still pretty dangerous. While it's v0 climbing the risk is quite high. Can be done as a drop-off boulder as a result. |
15 Mar 2023
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| Super windy and icy day. Starts on right sloper punch and left rounded edge. Pop to start edge for Meat Sweats. The difficultly for me lies in getting the start for MS properly. Makes the stand sequence a good deal harder in my opinion. CAUTION: top out is really dangerous and full of heavy loose blocks. I did my best to clean it but after an hour of removing choss... it's still pretty dangerous. While it's v0 climbing the risk is quite high. Can be done as a drop-off boulder as a result. | ||||||
| Tacocopter (Stand) (7C) | Far right side of the boulder. Stand on the pedestal boulder to establish on 2 opposing slopers in compression. Punch to a good edge up and right and then to a large left jug... 2 fun moves. Not a great climb. Adding the lower start using a left undercling and right of the two slopers adds a v10ish move into this. Would be fun. |
5 Mar 2023
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| Far right side of the boulder. Stand on the pedestal boulder to establish on 2 opposing slopers in compression. Punch to a good edge up and right and then to a large left jug... 2 fun moves. Not a great climb. Adding the lower start using a left undercling and right of the two slopers adds a v10ish move into this. Would be fun. | ||||||
| Amygdule (8A) | Greenstone perfection! Amazing find and FA by Matt. This feels like the hardest v11 I've climbed and hits all my weaknesses from underclings to bunchy high heels to tiny crimps. Thrilled to send after seeing it come to life last season. This is the full line from the sit. |
26 Feb 2023
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| Greenstone perfection! Amazing find and FA by Matt. This feels like the hardest v11 I've climbed and hits all my weaknesses from underclings to bunchy high heels to tiny crimps. Thrilled to send after seeing it come to life last season. This is the full line from the sit. | ||||||
| Mineralism (7C+) | Start as for Amygdule (sitting) and climb into "They're Minerals." Incredible line that feels perhaps a touch easier than Amygdule. V10/11? |
19 Feb 2023
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| Start as for Amygdule (sitting) and climb into "They're Minerals." Incredible line that feels perhaps a touch easier than Amygdule. V10/11? | ||||||
| Amygdule (Stand) (7B+) | Amazing - stand start to Amygdule. Felt hard v8 to me but its a style of climbing that I struggle with. |
19 Feb 2023
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| Amazing - stand start to Amygdule. Felt hard v8 to me but its a style of climbing that I struggle with. | ||||||
| Eyedrops (7C+) | By far the hardest and most proud thing I’ve ever attempted… I had a similar experience to Peter, epicing on this line for weeks and ultimately taking me ~12 sessions. I learned a lot from the experience and am immensely grateful for it. Huge shout out to Fanning for establishing the bolder, Ross & Peter for showing me the way, and Behrens & Daniel for the support along the way. |
3 Nov 2022
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| By far the hardest and most proud thing I’ve ever attempted… I had a similar experience to Peter, epicing on this line for weeks and ultimately taking me ~12 sessions. I learned a lot from the experience and am immensely grateful for it. Huge shout out to Fanning for establishing the bolder, Ross & Peter for showing me the way, and Behrens & Daniel for the support along the way. | ||||||
| A Little Bit of Meatloaf (7B+) | To the left of "Meat Sweats" - start on jug edge and gain excellent triangle pinch w/ left hand... shoulder your way into the top out of Meat Sweats. A bit contrived as you could easily exit left earlier... Lincoln Woods variation! |
21 Oct 2022
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| To the left of "Meat Sweats" - start on jug edge and gain excellent triangle pinch w/ left hand... shoulder your way into the top out of Meat Sweats. A bit contrived as you could easily exit left earlier... Lincoln Woods variation! | ||||||
| In The Pulpit (6B) | Overhung compression line above the cam cam boulder. Did it with Jack. The ginseng lookalike up there is call Jack-in-the-pulpit |
24 Sep 2022
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| Overhung compression line above the cam cam boulder. Did it with Jack. The ginseng lookalike up there is call Jack-in-the-pulpit | ||||||
| Cam Cam (7B+) | Great conditions today made a big difference. Not 100% sure on the actual grade Ross gave it 7B but I’ll save those for Font. Definitely felt much harder last week, but either way excellent movement on unbelievable greenstone grips. Send trained it after Ross for the 2nd ascent. |
24 Sep 2022
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| Great conditions today made a big difference. Not 100% sure on the actual grade Ross gave it 7B but I’ll save those for Font. Definitely felt much harder last week, but either way excellent movement on unbelievable greenstone grips. Send trained it after Ross for the 2nd ascent. |