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Grade Route Gear style Quality
Sat 1st Jun 2024 - Panorama - Bowman
Mur de l'Université
5.10c Easy Dalle masquée Sport 7 Good
I think the crux bit is height-dependent. For someone taller, it might only be 5.10b, but if it takes two or three moves, rather than one, to reach the critical crimp, it would be harder.

 
Sat 30th Mar 2024 - Lac Sam
Lower Cliff
5.9 Hard Time to Rock It Sport 22m, 11 Very Good
If you can figure out the beta for the start, 5.9 is fair -- but it is a WEIRD start. If you don't figure out the beta, then it will feel MUCH harder. Also, might be height-dependent. We need to get a short climber to give it a try.

 
Tue 22nd Aug 2023 - Calabogie
Wabun Lake Hill Side Cliff
5.9 The Mutants are Revolting Sport 32m, 10 Very Good
Thin at the top, and the anchor stance isn't, but a bunch of good climbing.

 
Tue 22nd Aug 2023 - Calabogie
Wabun Lake Lake Cliff aka Ant Hill
5.10c Tread Lightly Sport 12m, 5 Very Good
Clean on TR, but would be harder on lead -- some very thin climbing. And you might lose a critical hold or two to the gear.

On TR felt about 5.10b

 
Wed 9th Aug 2023 - Manuels
German Face
5.2 German Access Sport 25m, 6 Don't Bother
After we found this and Su A. Alteen lead it, I decided it wasn't worth the bother of cleaning the draws on the lower for this diagonal route, so decided to follow. I didn't bother taking off my belay gloves, just climbed in them. It was, still, super easy. It was graded 5.5, I've down-graded it to 5.2, but not entirely sure it is even 5.2.

And, not really worth climbing, either.

 
Mon 7th Aug 2023 - Swift Current
Weather Wall
5.9 Easy Shadow Of The Sun Sport 18m, 6 Very Good
Thought it was 5.8 when climbing it. Seems no harder than "Walking on Sunshine".

 
Sun 4th Sep 2022 - Weir
Mur de l'ouest Ionescu
5.10a Ace Rimmer Sport 18m, 8 Very Good
Mon 24th May 2021 - Lac Sam
Left Wing Main Cliff
5.6 Rhovanion Sport 18m, 7 Good
Sat 1st May 2021 - Lac Sam
Left Wing Main Cliff
5.9 Bill Bucks Sport 12m, 4 Very Good
Short (for Main Wall) but quite good.

 
Sat 1st May 2021 - Lac Sam
Right Wing Gully Wall
5.8 Shooter Sport 8m, 3 Good
When you've cleaned & bolted a route, you don't get to on-sight it.

 
Sun 11th Apr 2021 - Lac Sam
Right Wing Gully Wall
5.7 Night Cap Sport 16m, 8 Very Good
5.10a Digestif Sport 12m, 6 Very Good
Sat 30th Sep 2017 - Lac Sam
Left Wing Main Cliff
5.8 Ninnyhammer Sport 30m, 14 Good
Perhaps a tad close-bolted, but good some good climbing.

 
Sun 19th Jun 2016 - Lac Sam
Left Wing Upper Left Wing
5.8 Mixed Precipitation Sport 48m, 11
Lead P1, followed Pitch 2.

 
Mon 20th Jul 2015 - Halton Region
Bottle Glass Stonewall Area
5.8 American Lightweights Sport 8m, 3
Being a trad climber, I avoided most of the lay-back bits by doing a couple of hand-jams; and only switching to a layback for the last move or so up the crack.

 
Tue 23rd Dec 2014 - El Potrero Chico
The Virgin Canyon Lower Virgin Wall
5.10a Selam Sport 39m, 12 Very Good
A lovely lovely climb - but very long for a single-pitch climb.

 
Mon 4th Aug 2014 - Mont Rigaud
STD Wall
5.9 Smeghead - alternate finish Sport 13m, 5 Very Good
Dropped a TR on this thinking it was Smeghead. I guess it kind of was. Fun climbing on the traverse into the corner, then up the corner.

 
5.9 Smeg Head Sport 13m, 5 Very Good
Climbed the alternate finish first, so climbed starting the initial section under the bolt to the left -- might be start of La Corneille instead. A touch harder than the regular start, I think.

 
Sat 28th Jun 2014 - Lac Sam
Jumping Rock
V0 V0- High Rising Traverse Deep water solo Average
Sat 31st Aug 2013 - Halton Region
Mount Nemo Big Gulp Area
5.8 Trauma Belay Sport 9m, 4 Average
Easy lower down, a couple harder moves on the upper head wall. Not particularly exciting.

 
Sat 15th Dec 2012 - Las Vegas
Gun Club Right (north) side
5.9 Twin Weapons of Mass Distraction Sport 9m, 4 Average
Watched Mike lead it, so can't really claim it as an on-sight.

Easy-going until the bulge at the top. Sharp, though -- fall is scary just because of the abrasiveness, bolting is fine.

 
Sun 25th Sep 2011 - Mont Rigaud
Main Wall
5.3 Easy Corner (Dirty Corner) Sport 11m Average
Led this using the bolts for "The Morning After", making the clipping quite awkward in places, and since I finished on the upper section of the sport route, the finish was harder than the 5.3 of the main route -- probably notched it up to closer to 5.5 or 5.6.

 
Sat 27th Aug 2011 - Montagne d'Argent
Paroi du Lac
5.5 Shagydelic Sport 13m, 4 Average
A fun little lead with a couple balancy bits, and some trust-your-feet slab work on easy angled climbing.

 

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