I started climbing with some friends in High School. We would skip class and boulder, in our running shoes, in the woods next to the campus. Years later I still remember the problems that took multiple visits to send.
Fast forward 8 years and I have climbed all over the US. I settled in the SouthEast for it's impeccable sandstone, many angles, and low-key community. My favorite crag, route, or boulder problem is the one I am currently obsessing over. The area is full of projects! When one falls, another takes its place. My climbing goals center around being injury-free. Being able to climb five or six days a week takes precedence over all else. Time touching stone, surrounded by nature, under a blue sky is the best way to spend a day!
The most memorable sends are the routes or problems that I developed an intimate relationship with. Longterm projects or onsight affairs. The climbs that are so much fun that it doesnt matter if you send today or next year, just being able to experience the moves and holds is satisfying enough. That being said, here are my favorite five...
Turbo Dog, Foster Falls, 5.13d
The Big Empty, Foster Falls, 5.13c
Snatch, Secret Crag, 5.12c
Social Distortion, Rumney, 5.12b
Flakes of Wrath, Queen Creek, 5.11a
Blue Arete Sit, Mowbry Mtn, V8
Cleopatra, Little Rock City, V7
MoLiddy, Townshend, V6
The Wave, Little Rock City V6
Bat Roof, Priest Draw, V3
Information coming soon....