Ascents in North America as Onsight by Justin Case

Warm up on a cold crack.

Great techy warmup, pumpy at the top, clipped the chains just in time!! Love Shelf and its peacefulness...

I mean, I OS'd this years ago, but logging it now. It's an exceedingly chill climb. First climb with Pe and Marcelo in like 9 years! Soooooo good to see these guys after 4 years!!

Flowy warmup up a meandery slab, to a rooflet, to a stem, etc. A tour of the basics of Boulder Canyon, basically.

Really happy about this OS! Found a key kneebar (more like kneescum) right at the crux, and stemmed my way out. A bit dirty, but a great climb nonetheless!

Great route, and first I've done in the area! Great company too. The area has Coolum-like features, and climbs like it, only less steep. Kneebars are abundant.

Warming up. Interesting moves on curtain-like terrain. Flowy in a way.

Looks insecure when belaying, but feels OK when climbing because it is exceedingly well bolted. Tricky crux for sure- uncomfortable moves to not-great holds at the end! Stemmy and precise.

Thin feet at times, cool, long moves. If only it were longer!

Very cool route! Did it as the last climb of the day at dusk. Jug hauling pretty much all the way!

Pretty nice route! The rain erased all chalk everywhere except underneath the rooflet, which turned out not to be a crux at all. Pretty crimpy after the rooflet, and this was compounded by me looking everywhere for holds. Felt good to get a "pure onsight" on such a classic with friends I hadn't hung out with in a minute!

Did it partially in the sun. Great steep, sometimes insecure climbing on mostly good holds. Short and intense. Great fun!

Cleaning the route for Esau and Alex. Pretty average route on not that great rock, but fun outing!

Nice crimpy sequency climb with some cool deadpoints on jugs! Felt short after having done Patience Face and Wet Dream

Excellent flowy climbing on great holds with a steep roof on jugs to boot! End of day climb on a perfect July morning with Alex and Nicole!

Even the warm ups feel pumpy at Rifle Fun but unexpectedly hard!

Excellent (required) movement! Pumpy as per Rifle usual, but flowy and fun. Nice to have climbed on permadraws all day hehe

Psyched to have OS'd it!! Alex had some trouble with this one being new to Rifle style. Super pumpy and on you the whole time- no rests until the chains!

Got on this after sending Tell-Tale Heart! It looked onsighteable, so why not try it out? Psyched about the OS. Crimpy layback moves on smeary feet followed by big moves on big holds. Redpoint crux is a big move to an OK 2-pad hold that guards the anchor. Stoked! Florian got TTH right after for the send train!

OS'd this years ago (also on 6/8/23), so logging it now as an OS. We used it, as the name suggests, as a warm-up for Tell Tale Heart. 7 AM climbing in rainy afternoons/evenings make for really nice conditions! Watch the crack/transition between the wall on the left and the dihedral- some rope can get stuck there when giving slack for the anchor, and you need to take harder on the anchor than you would think! Techy dihedral with no real hard moves.

Great dihedral climbing with the crux pitch being the last one and the crux of that being a mantle on no holds! Ben solo'd the second pitch cuz he went off route. Kinda stressful for me, but hey, climbing is all about adventure??

Non-trivial movement near the start, as the left hand is on sidepulls and your right is pulling the wrong way on a crack. Incites pensiveness. Then the second half are straightforward moves on really good holds through the overhang. Really fun!

Tough for 5.9! Easiest if done without resting at all, as there is no stance that won't eventually tire you. Interesting movement through good holds and a sloping crack.

Set this for my cousin. Nice flowy climbing on good holds!

Tensiony movement on good crimps and edges. Pumpy but beautiful and fun. Going past the trees and seeing the beautiful sunset with light drops of rain falling on us was amazing! Satisfied with the OS.

Pretty straightforward, well-protected climb on positive terrain and good holds. Good for a beginning leader!

Really nice, gym bolted warm-up. Lots of "fake news", i.e. non-holds with chalk in them.

Thought I was on the 5.8 warmup. Told Ben this seemed like a stiff 5.8. Turns out I was right!

Excellent sport crack climbing! Very flowy. Belayed by Patrick.

First climb of the day whilst it was still windy and chilly. Very runout, wakes you up! Belayed by Jakob, who suggested the route.

First 12a onight in years, and first 12a at Shelf! Belayed by Jakob, and he also recommended the route. Very psyched to have done this. Small holds, big moves, sequency a la Shelf!

Got on this after I saw Jared insert himself into the offwidth. He belayed me as I made my way up with kneebars and jams!

Jakob asked me to put this up all the way to the second anchors. Belayed by him, I had the chance to assess the top crux from the ledge where the first anchors are. Sequency combination of underclings get you past the rooflet crux, quickly followed by a high step crux on a pocket to a textured flat ledge. Great to onsight this!

Warm-up thinking it was 10a. Belayed by Gemma. Hung tight on the crux where you need to lock off as you reach to edges and pockets whilst you can't see your feet. Fist climb of the trip!

Great end of day climb! Overhanging and exposed- very scenic! Belayed by Jakob.

Vertical, balancy, and sequency edge climbing with good stances between cruxes. Belayed by Jared, whilst talking with a 55 year old telling us about his skiing days in Bosnia. Great feeling to onsight this!

Excellent meandery route that ends with a steep section with cool holds

Nice short, powerful climb on pockets and good edges. End of day cleaning.

Nice warm-up on flowy and pumpy moves for 10c.

Really nice movement on quality granite holds. Small crux at the bottom involving a long move from a good crimp.

Great warm-up for other routes. Felt like 5.11- because of endurance, but maybe I have none.

Couple of years back I think. Logging the ascent for completeness. I think I met Ella on that trip (and Matt met her there too)!

Good route, although a bit scary with the runouts!

5.8 in the guidebook. Super flowy, and feels even better with not-scorching temps. Great intro to a great area!

Hard start for 5.9. After that, it's pure enjoyment.

Starting the year off right! Rakkup is a good guidebook app, proving its worth when used on the first day of the year. Didn't know what to expect climbing in the CO winter, but turned out to be excellent friction and enough heat provided by the sun. This shall be our winter crag. Sussing out the style with this route, and it was great! Expected a KP, but this is way better. All grades are sandbagged, but will try to direct my attention to climb quality in this crag instead Easy climbing with a couple of rooflets with interesting moves, great climb!

Easy and flowy all the way up!

Excellent climbing on great holds! Overhanging at first, then tensiony crux.