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Cerberus is a 5.11d Squamish mostly-bolted 'sport' route on an amazingly clean wall with incredible small dyke feature. Getting into the main business via the 5.10d Catharsis Crack provides the head crux with 50 meters of tenuous undercling smearing. Great FUN for both leader AND second! https://www...

I'm looking for a partner for multipitch routes like Grand Wall, Cerberus, Freeway, Milk Road, High Plains Drifter, etc. If you're a fast second and good belayer I'm willing to lead everything. Also potentially looking for a partner for yosemite this fall! Hit me up on Facebook: https://www.facebook...

I heard from someone in Skaha that you 'broke both your legs.' I am glad to hear that was not true! I've used a Ushba for five years - first the old Russian model, then the new Brasovia. I've fallen on them hundreds of times. The old Russian model began dropping me a little farther each time, but ne...

Grizzly Bear Encounter: Rogers Pass, British Columbia (July 9th, 2015) by Jesse James http://WhippersAndTears.com Having just climbed the Southeast Ridge of Mt Uto, my partner and I were descending lazily in the extreme heat of the afternoon when an off-duty ‘visitor safety’ specialist named Lydia b...

Hot in the valley this weekend .. if anyone wants to go with me to Tantalus Range and climb Dalwinnie (5.11b sport) and Paul Cordy's new route on west face of dione (5.10d trad) please Facebook me: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008360059088 If these grades are above you I will lead all ...

Just climbed The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers (5.11a) on the north wall of Habrich (aka, Fluffy Kitten Wall .. who comes up with these names??). What an AMAZING rock climb!! One of the best in Squamish. This is full-on, relentless crack climbing. Every pitch is good, and the rock is BOMBER. All but...

The Classic – by Jesse James (dedicated to the Columbia Buttress in Revelstoke. Sorry Ruedi ...) The guidebook marked it ‘classic’ The FA called it ‘boss’ Above me on the starting pitch – One hundred feet of choss. My parter froze with mouth agape The looseness gave him pause Handing him the rack I ...

A Guide to Sandbagging Newbies and Sport Climbers on Squamish's Grand Wall (5.11a) http://whippersandtears.com/?p=34 by JESSE JAMES …. One of the most legendary multipitch excursions in all of Canada, the Grand Wall cuts a brilliant line up the cleanest sweep of granite in Squamish, an imposing face...