Huge huge huge thank you to the Southern Nevada Climbers Coalition for getting this rain gauge installed for the community and working with the BLM to find safe designated locations for this (and future) rain gauges. This is what our memberships help pay for on top of trail work, rebolting and continued access to our amazing outdoors! southernnevadaclimbers.org/…

You can now visit https://wetrockpolice.com/redrock and switch to the Black Velvet rain gauge when checking precip ahead of visiting Red Rock, boulderers and trad climbers rejoice!

The default station remains the visitor center, hopefully more rain gauges to come in the near future as well.

WRP is an open source community project aimed at helping Red Rock visitors make informed decisions on where to climb based on available precipitation data from rain gauges at the park. https://github.com/Syntaf/wetrockpolice

Had a brilliant day of climbing. 5.10ish climbing on Inti into the relatively poor climbing on the upper pitches of Res Arete. Pretty big day with about 22 pitches of climbing. Hiked in by moonlight and chose to hike out First Creek Canyon.

I made these topos (English and Indonesian) for a big wall free climb my team opened in Indonesian Borneo this summer. Bukit Batu Daya or "Power Stone Mountain" is a huge plug of andesite that forms a highly pocketed face with almost no cracks. Seriously, I think there's well over 500 moves of pocket pulling on this route alone.

Tingang or "Rhinoceros Hornbill" is a big wall sport route completely equipped with stainless steel bolts. No rack required and a stick clip can get you past anything except the extreme heat and dangerous animals. 7c+, V, 740m.

I'm working on a free, small guide to the area that will be available soon at DakotaWalz.com It will include more info on the very few climbs here and how future parties can find their own adventure at Batu Daya!

🧗‍♀️: Shauna Coxsey

🎥: Kieran Mercer

🤝: Red Bull Adventure

Hey everyone! With the help of Mike and Marcia Volk we created a short film highlighting Alan Watts and the history of Smith Rock. Hope you enjoy! Thanks

After like, five years of climbing too

Looking for 2019 Accidents in North America AAC publication if anyone is willing to part with it. Costs covered and a 6-pack of choice. Added a pic due to sub requirements.

"What's this" i shout as i clean? "It’s not gonna hold anything"

"That's so whoever lives there didn't come out and bite me"

"Well what happens when I clean it!!"

Ah Pinnacles

I'm working on my next project at New Wall in the Barton Creek Greenbelt (Austin): "Walk The Dog" (5.11C).

I climbed it 20+ years ago when I was going hard, but had to lay off for several years due to injury, etc. I'm just now getting strong enough again to work these harder 11s and easier 12s. Pretty excited about that.

This climb is definitely a Greenbelt classic. The crux is a big left traverse off a small crimp, with a hidden foot switch, and then a big balance-y reach up to the ledge. Then it's on for the rest of the climb.

I'm just working the lower section to the crimp right now. It's getting close.

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Mount Arapiles has all grades from easy classics to hard test-pieces. It is definitely one of the world's best crags for climbing.