Ascents in California by Hard Landin' Brandon having trad-cpr or ascent-date

Only climbed the first pitch that day.

Did it in 2, ended up leading both pitches. A couple of tricky mantels and high steps got me through the reachy bits!

Second P1, led P2.

Awesome basketball-sized knobs!

Great climbing, but not sure if it's worth the approach! I popped in a couple of extra cams to protect the crux between bolts.

Harder than it looked! Some constrictions kept this from being off-fingers.

Fun enough, but it was windy and cold. Placing gear could be a little tricky at the top.

Mantel crux is sharp and height dependent, but the moves were all very fun.

For whatever reason, I really enjoyed this one.

Led P3 and P5. Jadian linked P1 and P2. Didn't do P6. Totally worth doing, but could use more traffic. Shaded most of the day in the dihedral. P5 was the favorite.

Beautiful line, amazing rock quality. Led P2 & P4. Could have used 3 #2 BD C4s on the first dihedral of P2. Belay atop P3 could used 2 #3s. Didn't find the second rappel hook (around the corner) on the first rappel. Rapped in 30mph winds. Radios were great. Thin stuff on P3; ball nuts were handy.

Fantastic jams. Probably easier with my smaller hands. The start and the left traverse to join Firecracker both looked difficult to protect.

2-bolt variation.

Long pitch with stunning views of the area. Incredibly beautiful. Fun lie-backing to the top. Bring a long rope. 70m rappel will get you to the ledge. 80m will get you to the bottom.

P1 and P2 only. Led P2. Intimidating crux moves around the bulge!

Should be renamed Awesomeview Dome. Cold all day. No sun exposure 'til 2 or 3pm. Very windy. Hollow Flake var. totally worth it. P1 was 5.10a and very wet. Watch out for slow parties. Party below us took 3hrs on P1 and probably epic'ed (started 9am, still on P6 at 6pm). Fantastic stances for almost all belays.

Led P1 and P4. Jadian linked P2 & P3. Excellent climbing, but regrettable stances at all belays and tricky rappels.

with Jadian. Good fun!

Fantastic climbing with good handjams, a couple of interesting mantles, and good pro. A cold wind picked up, the temperature dropped, and a snow storm rolled in that evening. Climbing in February! A rare window of opportunity.

Led P2, second P1 & P3. Captain Slow and Mr Molasses kept us from The Caverns and Selaginella. Next time!

Fantastic route. Seemed like a section of the flake may be getting loose. Don't put a cam there!

with Laura and Joel. Careful footwork and an eye for tricky placements will get you to the chains with a big smile on your face. Great fun.

Nice moves up the face. Climbed just to the first bolted anchor and fooled around with rescue skills.

Ow my toes. Linked with Penny Candy for the second pitch.

Bolts out left of the top are difficult to see. My route-finding failed me and I managed to ascend the chimney before moving left to the last bolt. Looked like 1/4" bolts. Great moves, if a bit scary. Another one of those "5.9"s.

Did it in 2 pitches, using up lots of nuts. Sustained stemming left me with some sore toes! Beautiful view over the other spires.

Good moves up the knife-edged arete. Diminished only by the questionable rock quality. Bring a helmet for the belayer!

Awesome moves over the roof. Watch out of the bat in the crack!

with Adam. Super fun steep climbing requires a variety of techniques. Very easy to protect.

Led P1, P3, P5 with Adam. The mantel is heady, but so is P4. Very fun.

Incredibly polished rock, but lots of hidden jugs. My lack of wide gear forced me to lead up the left of the two cracks in the middle of the route, which felt at least 5.9. A #5 C4 would have been nice.

with Jadian. Combined both pitches into one mega pitch. Wished I had a BD #4 and an extra #3 at the top, but luckily I did save those #2s 'til the end. Also used up #9, #10, and #11 hexes! Fantastic climbing.

The slick basalt keeps this from being a gimmie. Good fun. If only it were longer.

P1 only. Fingers to hands to fists to offwidth, this had it all. Very sustained. Pulling the bulge at the top felt like the easiest move on the route!

I didn't see any opportunities for pro in the middle of the route, so we top-roped it. There appear to be two options above the first crack: Head up and right on face climbing (runout), or traverse right on the grassy ledge until you reach the next crack (pendulum, rope drag). A bit chossy at the crux.

Led to set up top-rope.

with Jadian. Pulled the roof in a couple of different ways, but never bothered finishing the rest of the route. Good fun!

With Gina. Perfect weather. #5 cam was nice to have.

The crack sucked up piles of nuts. Fun moves at the roof. Don't skip the mantle at the top.

Good fun!

with Laura. Led P1 & P2. Good fun knob hauling, but Laura decided she prefers cracks. Plugged enough gear that it didn't seem as runout as supertopo suggested. Purple link cam for the win!

Kept to the right, avoiding the crack, on the second half of the route. Fun line!

Ow my toes. I never knew when a foot would pop!

Linked River View Crack to the top half of the Family Route. Tight chimney!

Super polished liebacking leads up to tight jams that I wish went on forever.

Super long day. I suppose the advantage of summiting at sunset was having the whole dome to ourselves. Descending the cables by moonlight was unique. Approach was tricky to find. 3rd class slabs above the route were scarier than the runouts. Stunning views. Found many knob tie-offs. Kept the harness on for descending the cables with biners and slings (I can't believe hikers do that in running shoes).

Super fun. We did it in 2 pitches. Bring big gear and lots of slings.

Great fun pulling the roof and tying off knobs. Linked up with The Prow for the second pitch.

A fantastic day in the mountains with Laura. 5 pitches; led every pitch. Some very long runouts and funky natural protection kept me from focusing too much on the view!