Ascents in Tennessee

The starting crux gave me a hell of a time last winter. Today changed to the heel hook beta and went down 2nd go after a bolt to bolt warmup run. Hard for 12a.

Nowhere close to Leakage. Only about 11b until the actual “seam” move.

Countless attempts over 4 years. Went from scary-as-shit to fun-as-hell. Yee-fuckin’-haw! Soft for 5.13 but I’m taking the points with how much effort and time this required. I must’ve fallen 20+ times on that swing.

3 tries total over 3.5 years. Felt good to have revenge on a route that hurt my feelings

Face is not the greatest, but the roof climbing is epic.

3rd try, 2 sessions. Pretty soft compared to some other 13’s at the Obed. Upper-roof crux varies in difficulty depending on your height, I think.

Really satisfying to put this one together.

Hard to read crux down low. Pretty cool, but a little desperate. The remaining climbing is actually quite pleasant though.

3 sessions. One of the coolest boulder problems on any Obed route. Some very strong climbers over the years have all given this 12d, but you'll find a few that give it 12b/c. Definitely doesn’t stack up to Canyon Man or The Vision Lives on for difficulty.

Can’t claim the OS since I think I tried it sometime in high school or early college. Manky today but still super fun.

A little spicy for the grade and pretty hard to read up top. Dirty. 25 ft runout to the first bolt.

Fell after grabbing a sleeping bat behind the handlebar jug

guess the endurance is still on point!

Wet top but good warm up

Hated this thing when I first tried it. The crux demands absolute perfection from your climbing ability, with precise control of foot movements and solid core. After spending some quality time with it over 4 sessions the send-go couldn’t have felt better and might have been the most enjoyable ride of the season so far.

Locker room 12+

Locker room 12+

Locker room 12+

That was satisfying. First go of the season. 2 letter-grades harder than The Odyssey, and 1 letter-grade harder than The Bird.

One of the best of the best. Could be considered 5.11+, depending how good you are at kneebars…but in no reality is this 12b.

Really great, consistent movement for the grade. Lower crux is rather height-dependent and more like 11c. Usually dry when Herbivore and Carnivore are wet.

Tried this years ago in college and only remembered when I started touching the holds, so not technically an Onsight.

5.12a/b. Second go. Easier than Tieranny. Really fun movement, quite overlooked for how good it is.

Most people give this solid 12b which is interesting.