Ascents in North America as Flash by Justin Case

Best flash of the year, and best in a long time! Flo went first and figured out the moves and set the draws. His beta fit my style perfectly. Bouldery first section followed by 5.11 pumpy climbing with thinnish feet. Excellent feeling, right when the sun was beginning to peek at the wall! Stoked! Flo got it straight after

Great way to start the day (7 AM session)! Flo set the draws on this long, varied, meandery expedition, and I did it next for warm up. Nice to be in a place in Boulder Canyon without view of the highway, and instead the sound and view of forests, mountains, and waterfalls.

OMG!! Hardest flash all year!! I had seen Datus' beta, which definitely helped. Unique climb, as it could be a trad climb in that there is jamming in hands, fingers, and feet, with a powerful crux. I screamed through it all, and got through all of it! Incredible feeling. Definitely improved my day, as I had been distracted with other concerning things.

Super nice slab with unique movement, including high heel cranking and triceps mantling on slopey shelves. Kinda run out, but definitely a worthy slab!

Did this one after Jakob, and it's a great bolted crack. Sometimes exposed, but cool

Pretty good warm-down on a juggy meander to wrap up a pretty darn good day.

Thin delicate slab to start with followed by a very cool overhang traverse on nicely textured granite. Very pumpy!

Second warm up of the day. Very cool overhanging sections with great holds!

Warm up. Very nice rock in this crag- almost RMNP bouldering rock!

10a in the guidebook. Very exposed but cool climbing.

Did it after Matt. Long route that is not pumpy and only has a couple of techy but high quality hard sections.

First flash at the grade, albeit soft Great holds for your hands on the sitstart, bad foot, throw for a tiny pocket with the right, then throw big to the jug, then it's over

Started more to the left than the original start. Doesn't add a grade, just makes it more solid. Nice traverse on slopers, really fun

Maria's pretty close to getting this one. Similar in style to Cyborg, but more delicate, I found. Another flash, awesome

I kinda loved the sequence on this one, complex and technical for sure, yet strong in the core. 3 techy moves, then easy slab. Happy days!

Not that much of a V4. One powerful move to a crimp then easy. Meh!

Not even V0. If it was 20m long maybe a 13-15? Good for downclimbing.

On our second day on, in the first dedicated bouldering weekend in Bernal, was feeling kinda stiff and a bit tired from the day before. This fit my style perfectly: strengthy yet techy moves on slopers. Happy for the flash

A decent techy problem. Not much else to say!

What can I say? Perfect name. Steep jugs into a slopey and crimpy mantle. Probably one of the best V1's in the Universe.

Also pretty awesome- love the horizontal pinch feature! Start is easier than it looks, and the mantle harder than it looks.

More like not so easy. I think this is more of a V2/3, unless I did it the wrong way. Little feet, either crimps or slopers. Really good line, though.

Right hand variant of Desperado. Also very enjoyable but exposed!

This side of the boulder looks like a lot like the bark of the trees at Joe's. Very aesthetic for sure. Gotta squeeze a bit at the start, but flows very well afterwards. Loved it.

Awesome slab boulder. You actually find people in the US who enjoy slabs. Not used to that because in Australia everybody seems to hate 'em. Could finally come out of the slab closet

First proper day at Joe's. Went straight to this boulder because it's the first one you encounter in the (very pleasant) approach. Nice arete climbing with a somewhat techy mantle. Enjoyable.

Was kinda bored, so got on this chossy but nice line. Fun!

After driving from Farmington, NM, we arrived at the paradise that is Joe's Valley. Pitched the tent on New Joe's and went exploring. Found some guys with guidebooks and they let us take photos of it (thanks guys!). After that, I flashed this outstanding techy line with heel-toe cams and technical mantle. Awesome start of an awesome trip

A couple of powerful crimpy moves and then it's a steep jug haul. Fun for sure

It's very tempting to cheat on this one. One hard move, then steep jug haul.

Pretty soft for V5, probably more like V4. Just long, tensiony moves.

Easier than V0. More of a downclimb from the boulder.

Excellent techy traverse on rooflet. Can't remember the exact date. Easy finish. Nice n' low.

Amazing core intensive, heel intensive movement along the lip of an overhang on great holds. It's all about stamina

Did this before trying the V6 eliminate variation. Way too much sun- fun traverse though!

Jug city- be careful at the end, though! Half in the sun, which is considerable!

Great moves to great holds. Perfect Joe's rock texture. Shoulda come to New Joe's before! Less cold and more scenic. Also, hanging around is easier and less crumbly (in other places of Joe's I felt like in a mix of Brooyar with Slider just hanging around). Gotta keep the body tension on this one! Just about not pumping out. Power endurance! Stoked about the flash

Easy!

Easy!

Easy!

Very good climbing on this tiny boulder. Just having fun!

Easy laybacking.

Gotta keep the core tension on small feet and big handholds. Pretty good shouldery movement!

Similar to Unnamed 3, I found it a bit easier.

A total sandbag. A beautiful, chalked knife's edge of a sandbag. More like V3, a tension traverse with a touch of endurance climbing. Simply awesome.

First two problems in Yosemite that don't require some kind of effort, but only delicacy and technique (and a bit of self-belief). Techy slab into a careful mantle. Watch the descent!

See Unnamed 4. Pretty much the same kind of problem.

Very nice line full of good holds and one big move and a straightforward mantle. Very nice to have feet here

First boulder problem in the legendary Yosemite! Already, I felt sandbagged. This would not be the last time. This place is known for its hard grading. Delicate smeary mantle here!