Ascents in San Juan County

An interesting summit replete with graffiti

Super Funn

w Bill Ellwood

More endurance #1s. My thumbs hurt.

had no clue how to climb thin hands at this point

Enduro #1s until a 0.4 crux up high. Awwweeeesome.

really cool trying to avoid the layback default

Wide climbing very fun

Fell a couple of times but did all the moves. Beautiful climb!

Fell twice but did all the moves.

Offwidth, but I actually used very little offwidth technique since there are just enough other holds to mostly avoid jamming your body into the crack.

Pinkpoint flash using the flake on the left, then did it again on toprope using just the hand crack

My first try was on lead and since I did not know the technique I more or less aided up the route (or at least sat in the rope while putting the gear). Went up all the flake and then definitely did not free climb the last part of the crack.

In toprope I sent the route then with proper jamming at the top

Very nice first crack route in habitado. Perfect hand jams. One weird move at the top.

Not enough jam endurance yet for this one. Hands in the lower half, tight hands and fingers in a flaring crack in the upper half.

No chance of climbing the off-fingers crack on top. Aided it up when leading and tried single moves on toprope.

Did not do all the moves. Very hard off width fingers part at the upper part. Need to improve off width finger technique

First 5.10 trad onsight! I was expecting a cruiser hands to fists journey and was nearly undone when the last 6 feet or so were wider than my fists. I was so worked (this was my fourth day of climbing in a row), was befuddled by the wide, and wanted to quit very badly. But I eventually managed to inch up to the chains with arm bars and chicken wings while Charles gave me a very patient belay. So happy!

Four sits, did better than my dad...

Fuck purples and greens

Alzheimer onsight, super cool climbing

Very neat indeed

Climbs a flake within a chimney which gets narrow on top.

Starts with some laybacking which gets a bit easier because you can lean against the opposite wall with your back. Climbing up the flake is a mix of laybacking and using footholds on the flake. Then I climbed through a narrow split and up a chimney. Very interesting climbing.

Hand crack with plenty of face holds.

Great hand jams, but it's not necessary to use the crag all the time.

managed with some TR moves

Had fun on TR. For me it was hands to fists to off-width with cheater holds and stemming. Fun movement and good wide practice for me!