Jon Sauls

2nd go

2nd go. Much easier with Geoff's beta.

Didn't even realize I was climbing this classic. First multi-pitch.

Climbed in pouring rain. Super spicy on the soaked slab with the run out and the drenched move over the bulge. Felt like solid 11a with the rain.

2nd go. Screwed up the onsight by missing the bucket jug by an inch. Long reaches in the roof on good jugs to a finger locking crux. Climbed a lot like F.O.A.

10 feet of 5.10 crux followed by 60 feet of 5.7...meh.

Fun, but short and short crux. Got all the moves on Slammer my first time on. Hopefully will send next time.

2nd go

Settin up toprope. Superb climb!

Lay back crack with a few finger jams. Hard for me. Spent too much time figuring it out and got quite pumped. Vince did well on it for his first time outside!

Good warm up. Tricky, heady crux with unique movement. Got all the moves on 10 Digit. Will go next time.

Settin up a toprope for Karen. Would never let her lead a route with a 20 ft runout, even if it is 5.6

One move wonder. Literally, one move. Kinda boring.

Probably one of the cooler "11s" I have done. Was fun to flash a classic.

11c slab. Super insecure, but very good. 2nd go.

3rd go. Awesome beta from Beans.

Felt harder than its neighbor, Ace in the Hole (5.10a), but I am sure the cold didn't help on such a technical route. Difficult finger jams paired with slabby balance, not to mention wind hard enough to almost blow my shirt off. First sport route of the season.

Good 10- with nice pockets and crimps.

Easier than Overpass, but somewhat more of a thinker for us sucky crack climbers. A good warm up that shared anchors with Overpass, which made it perfect for setting up hanging draws.

Highest onsight thus far. Awesome exposed boulder problem to easy slab. Looks can be deceiving; the slabby start was surprisingly the hardest part.

Sent on my third go. Amazing movement on unique holds. Loved clipping off the hand jam.

Did the variation to the right that goes at mid 5.11

Tricky sequence of cruxes that get harder the higher you go. Sent it easily once I was able to do it fresh.

Took me two tries. Should have done it first try but I got twisted in the rope because of a bad belay spot and I have the rope burn to prove it. My height made it feel a little soft, but it was still an awesome route!

Awesome all points off dyno! This is supposedly the crux, but I had much more trouble with the crimpy section towards the top.

Beautiful line that required some sweet hand jams. My height definitely helped the crux anchor clip, rendering it cruxless.

First sport climb in Colorado. Weirdly made me more pumped than Campaign Trail. Reminded me of the climbing at Dardanelle in Arkansas.

Awkward crux topout move just above the second bolt was made worse by the moss on the whole route. The dirtiness was expected for such a new route and it luckily climbed quite well.

Climbs a lay-back crack and iron crimps near the top. Got confused at the top (crux) and ruined the onsight. Got it on my second try.