Mike's "ticked" list
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I have compiled the following list largely for its nostalgic value: to remember both the good times and the epics!

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Multi-pitch climbs
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On the routes below, I led either half or all of the pitches. For consistency, all pitch counts are from the respective area's standard guidebook. However we combined pitches or simul-climbed on many of the routes. I consider 4 or more pitches to be "multi pitch".

Squamish, BC
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Freeway (Express Lane var) (10p 5.11c/d)
Unfinished Symphony (8p 5.11b)
Cruel Shoes to Grand Wall to Upper Black Dyke (16p 5.11a A0)
Grand Wall via Apron Strings/Merci Me (12p 5.11a A0)
Diedre (6p 5.8) to Squamish Buttress (7p 5.10c)
The Great Game (4p 5.10d)
Milk Run (4p 5.10d A0)
Over the Rainbow (6p 5.10a)
Snake (5p 5.10a)
Rock On (5p 5.10a)
St Vitus Dance (5p 5.9)

Bugaboos, BC
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South Howser Tower--Beckey-Chouinard (V 5.10-)
Pigeon Spire--Cooper-Kor (V 5.9 A0)
Snowpatch Spire--Sunshine Crack (IV 5.11-)
Snowpatch Spire--Snowpatch Route (IV 5.8)
Bugaboo Spire--NE Ridge (IV 5.8)
Snowpatch Spire--Surf's Up (III 5.9)
Crescent Spire--Paddle Flake Direct (III 5.10)
Crescent Spire--McTech Arete (III 5.10a)
Pigeon Spire--West Ridge (II 5.4)
Hounds Tooth--Northwest Face (II class 4)

Cascade Mountains, WA
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Mt Slesse--Direct Northeast Buttress (bypass approach) (V 5.10-)
Mt Stuart--Complete North Ridge w/ Gendarme (IV+ 5.9)
Eldorado--West Arete (IV 5.8)
Dragontail--Backbone Ridge w/ Fin Direct (IV 5.9)
Forbidden Peak--North Ridge (rock var.) (IV 5.6)
Prusik Peak--Burger-Stanley (III 5.9)
Colchuck Balanced Rock--West Face (III 5.11 C1)
Forbidden Peak--West Ridge (III 5.4)
Mt Stuart--West Ridge (III 5.6)
Black Peak--Northeast Ridge (III 5.4)
Vesper Peak--Upper North Face (III 5.4)
Prusik Peak--West Ridge (II 5.7)

Washington Pass, WA
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Liberty Crack (11p 5.10 C2)
East Buttress Direct of South Early Winter Spire (9p 5.11b)
West Face of North Early Winter Spire (6p 5.11a) (2x)

Static Point, WA
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Fudd Hat/Kill Da Wabbit (6p 5.10d)
On Line (6p 5.10b) (2x)

Darrington, WA
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Total Soul (8p 5.11a)
Silent Running (7p 5.10b)
Dreamer Direct/Urban Bypass (10p 5.10b)
Rainman (7p 5.10c)

Index, WA
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Heaven's Gate (5p 5.11a)
Davis-Holland/Lovin' Arms (6p 5.10c A0)
Green Dragon (6p C2+)
Centerfold (4p 5.11a)

Leavenworth, WA
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Outer Space/RPM (6p 5.10b) (4x)
Orbit (6p 5.9)

Red Rocks, NV
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Dogma (17p 5.11+)
The Woman of Mountain Dreams (16p 5.11)
Inti Watana [Resolution Arete finish] (20p 5.10+)
Black Orpheus (11p 5.10-) to Chicken Lips (7p 5.10-)
Cloud Tower (7p 5.11d)
Levitation 29 (9p 5.11c) (2x)
Epinephrine (14p 5.9)
Eagle Dance (9p 5.10c A0)
Dream of Wild Turkeys, Gobbler var. (12p 5.10)
Unimpeachable Groping (7p 5.10+)
Prince of Darkness (6p 5.10c)
Sour Mash (7p 5.10a)
Frigid Air Buttress (9p 5.9)
Crimson Chrysalis (9p 5.8)
Ginger Cracks (7p 5.9)
Johnny Vegas (5p 5.7) to Solar Slab (9p 5.6) (3x)
Olive Oil (7p 5.7) (3x)
Triassic Sands (4p 5.10c)
Birdland (5p 5.7)
Frogland (6p 5.8)
Beulah's Book (5p 5.9)
Cat in the Hat (5p 5.6) (2x)
Sick for Toys (4p 5.10+)

Yosemite, CA
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Crest Jewel Direct (14p 5.10d) via Royal Arches (16p 5.7 A0)
Serenity Crack/Sons of Yesterday (8p 5.10d)
East Buttress of El Capitan (13p 5.10b)
Central Pillar of Frenzy (5p 5.9)
Goodrich Pinnacle (6p 5.9)
Snake Dike (8p 5.7 [5.4R])
E Buttess of Middle Cathedral (11p 5.9 A0)
Royal Arches (16p 5.7 A0) (3x)
Nutcracker (5p 5.8)
After Seven (5p 5.8)
After Six (5p 5.7)

Tuolumne Meadows, CA
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Matthes Crest, complete version (1 mile 5.8)
Regular Route on Fairview Dome (10p 5.9)
Direct Northwest Face of Lembert Dome (4p 5.10c)
West Crack on Daff Dome (5p 5.9)
Cathedral Peak (6p 5.6)

Tahquitz, CA
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Whodonit (8p 5.9)
Fingertrip (4p 5.7)

Zion, UT
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Moonlight Buttess (9p 5.9 C1+)

Eldorado Canyon, CO
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Yellow Spur w/ direct finish (7p 5.10c) (2x)
Bastille Crack (5p 5.8) (3x)

Lumpy Ridge, CO
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J-Crack (5p 5.9)
Pear Buttress (5p 5.8)
Osiris (5p 5.7)

Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
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The Diamond--Casual Route (8p 5.10a)
Petit Grepon—South Face (9p 5.8)

Cathedral Ledge, NH
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Recompense (4p 5.9)
Recom-Beast (4p 5.9)
Thin Air (5p 5.6)

Whitehorse Ledge, NH
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Sea of Holes Direct (4p 5.8R)

Cody, WY
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The Main Vein (IV WI4)

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Sport Climbs
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Largely for my own reference, I have kept a record of my redpoints:

Ro Shampo 5.12a Red River Gorge, KY, November 2001
Fear and Loathing 5.12a Red Rocks, NV, December 2001
Culture Shock 5.12a Exit 38, WA, July 2005
Under Arrest 5.12a Exit 38, WA, July 2005
The Goblet 5.12b Exit 38, WA, August 2005
Rainy Day Women 5.12a Exit 32, WA August 2005
Gob-Smack 5.12b Exit 38, WA, August 2005

Areas
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The opportunity to visit new places is part of the appeal of climbing. I have led routes in 14 US states & 1 Canadian province:

Washington,Oregon,California,Nevada,Utah,Colorado,Wyoming,Illinois,Wisconsin,Kentucky,West Virginia,New Hampshire,Maine,New York,British Columbia



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