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'Playmate Of The Year' | Joe's Valley, Ut | 📸: @jefftheclimber The warm weather is here and I'm syked to start training in the gym for projects like this one! I've put in two sessions so far and still can't do some of the moves. It's still an amazing climb and this just means I get to spend more time with it! So motivated right now! #shedexcuses #gnarlyfueledthis #takehold #chalkmatters #weareisland (at Joe's Valley)

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'Team Effort' | Joe's Valley, UT | 📸: @jefftheclimber Ooooooph!!! This move felt so hard! I tried it for about an hour and a half before finally sticking it and sloppily getting my feet back on. I barely even sent, it was so sketchy. I really would liked to have done it cleaner, but a send is a send! Syked to put this one down!! #chalkmatters #gnarlyfueledthis #noexcuses #takehold #weareisland (at Joe's Valley)

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The Hurl of Great Price' | Barn Canyon, UT | 📸: @jefftheclimber Man, would you look at this thing?! Pure perfection, in my opinion. This rock is simply amazing and contains some of the coolest holds I've ever seen. And to add to that, the movement is also super top notch! So syked to have taken it down in such a short amount of time last night. I can't believe it took me this long to get around to trying this one. It's easily one of the best in all of Utah. #gnarlyfueledthis #shedexcuses #takehold #chalkmatters #weareisland

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'Sundial' | Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah Thanks to some awesome directions from my friend, @trigbeast, I got to climb this amazing newer boulder problem, put up by @lillaspindel, yesterday in LCC. It sits high up on a hill away from everything, with gorgeous views of the canyon. This one is very atypical for the area in that you do some bigger moves in between some pretty dang good holds. It was rad to climb that kind of style in LCC! It doesn't come often. Most of the time your dealing with tricky little subtleties and loads of micro beta, but not this one! It's very straight forward and more strength dependent than it is technical. Definitely one of the best I've done up there. #chalkmatters #gnarlyfueledthis #shedexcuses #takehold #weareisland (at Little Cottonwood Canyon)

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'Bronson Arête' | Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT | 📸: Frame Grab| Edit: @jefftheclimber Finally did it! I’ve been obsessed with sending this thing for the past three weeks and it’s been on my mind for a whole lot longer! Five sessions total I think; one of the longest processes I’ve had. But what was weird is how easy it felt on the send go. When I topped out I was not even close to surprised. Maybe it was because I had done the moves so many times or maybe I expected it too much, who knows and who cares! I did it! And just in time before it rained. Thank goodness I don’t have to stress about doing it before the end of the season anymore. Time to head further up the canyon! Thanks @cwebbing and @matt_fultz for the beta and thanks @bdgold for tagging along! #weareisland #chalkmatters #gnarlyfueledthis #shedexcuses #takehold (at Little Cottonwood Canyon)

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'MaxiPad' | Joe's Valley, UT Another highlight from this weekend was sending the ever so sandbagged 'MaxiPad'. This is one of the best and prettiest blocs I've climbed in Joe's (or anywhere for that matter). It's movement is unique and based on pure power. I barely held the crux and almost fell a few times until I got my foot up. In fact, at some point I just about gave up, but then didn't, thank goodness! I've wanted to do this one for years, but somehow never got around to it until now. So syked!! #gnarlyfueledthis #shedexcuses #chalkmatters #takehold #weareisland (at Joe's Valley)

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'No Substance' | Joe's Valley, UT | 📸: @rachael_leahcar I am still in shock, and beyond words about this. I guess I just never really thought it would happen, but I just kept giving it #onemoretry and magically, it happened! I put in 5 ½ hours over the course of 4 sessions during the past year and half. Which I guess isn't that much time, but it sure feels like it! Probably cause I was stuck with the same high point ever since my third overall try. Finally pushing past that and sinking my fingers into the pocket and pulling over the lip on Friday was so rewarding! Due to the ground up nature of the climb, I couldn't try these moves in isolation and therefore had never done them. It's crazy to think that I did these moves only once compared to the countless amount of times I had done the previous six moves leading up to them. This has to be one of the most gratifying sends I've ever had. I don't think I've ever sprinted to the very top of a boulder the way I did this one. It's been two days since this wonderful moment, and I'm still syked as all get out! #gnarlyfueledthis #shedexcuses #takehold #chalkmatters #weareisland (at Joe's Valley)

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📸: @threepeakfilms The sun can do some pretty amazing things. Right now my friend at @backcountryexposure is doing a giveaway via his YouTube channel for one of @goalzero's newly re-engineered Nomad 7 solar panels! They've made all the right changes with this release and they are siiiiiick!! Check it out at the link in my profile or his. This photo was taken on last summer on the approach to Silver Lake. I'm thinking it might be time to head back up there… #shedexcuses #gnarlyfueledthis #chalkmatters #takehold (at Silver Lake Flats)

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'Feck' | Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT | 📸: @jefftheclimber This morning I ventured up to Little Cottonwood with......... And climbed this really awesome slab. Though many regard this thing as difficult for the grade or even impossible, I didn't find it to be that bad. I will say that it did take a while to figure it out since there wasn't any chalk on it when we arrived, nor did I know any beta. It's defiantly a foot climb. No manner of shear strength will get you up this thing. Like life, it is a balancing acting and loads of fun! #shedexcuses #gnarlyfueledthis #takehold #chalkmatters #weareisland (at Little Cottonwood Canyon)

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'Lance's Dihedral' | Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT | 📸 : @jefftheclimber Finally got around to climbing this rig the other day. It's amazing how much ones perspective can change just based off of their experience of something. This line never really appealed to me for some reason, but the other day I had this random desire to try it. And just by experiencing the moves and the climb as a whole, my thoughts about it completely changed. I was blown away by how good it was, and also how much I liked it! So glad I actually got around to giving it a go! #gnarlyfueledthis #shedexcuses #chalkmatters #weareisland (at Little Cottonwood Canyon)

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'Bowling Pin' | Bishop, Ca | 📸: @amatterofwill #tbt to that time I went to bishop and climbed some of the best problems I've ever done. Standing atop this aesthetic masterpiece was quite awesome and @amatterofwill captured the moment perfectly! I don't think I've ever seen a boulder so closely resemble an actual object the way this one does. #gnarlyfueledthis #shedexcuses #chalkmatters #weareisland (at Bishop, California)

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Often times I climb alone, and when I do I carry a TON of foam. I've been trusting @organicclimbing to catch my falls now for the past year and a half. And at this point I can say that I honestly believe they make the best pads on the market! Not to mention how easy they make it for me to strap multiple pads together. Super grateful for my pad setup; makes my life so much easier! 📸: @jefftheclimber #organicclimbing #shedexcuses #weareisland (at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area)

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'The Dirty Rail' | Red Roxx, NV Back in December I had the pleasure of climbing this rad line. I say pleasure because it was really fun! Nothing felt super hard to me, just long, gymnastic, and pumpy. I really had to time my rests in order to got just completely pump out. I remember when I sent I felt like the ending was just so desperate. My endurance game is so bad, haha. I’ve recently gained a syke for climbing some longer routes as opposed to boulders. Now, this happens every so often but it never really lasts long. I’m curious to see how committed I stay with it this time. The longer routes have definitely been nicer on my recovering fingers, so I imagine it will last for at least a few weeks… 😜 #shedexcuses #gnarlyfueledthis #weareisland #chalkmatters (at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area)

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'Kung-Pao' | Moe's Valley, UT | 📸: Me I was super syked to witness my girl, @rachael_, put down her project (and first V6 on rock) in Moe's Valley yesterday! Two weeks ago she epiced on it hard, putting in two long sessions and falling several times going to the jug at the lip. She could top it out in isolation nearly every time. Doing it from the start seemed to be more a mental problem than anything else. This time she broke through that barrier and sent in just a few goes! Nice one Rachael; super stoked for you!!! #shedexcuses #gnarlyfueledthis #chalkmatters #weareisland (at Moe's Valley)

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@soill just released a new line of climbing shoes. Each model brings something new to the industry with unique colors and styles including a colored sticky rubber! Check out their Kickstarter campaign (link in bio) to learn more and support this awesome company! @takehold #takehold

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These holds inspire me. Do you recognize them? #shedexcuses #weareisland #chalkmatters (at Moe's Valley)

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‘Jack of All Trades’ | Red Roxx, NV | 📷: @jefftheclimber Sorry for the lack of content lately. Ever since I got back from Red Rocks, I’ve been battling with healing a pretty heinous feeling finger injury. It’s been 2 ½ weeks now and things seem to be healing pretty well! I’m still not able to climb on it yet though… SOON hopefully! In the mean time I’ll be dreaming about all the blocs I have climbed (like this amazing problem) and all the blocs I wanna climb. Oh, and I’l do some not finger related training so I can be ready to bust out the gate when the time comes! #shedexcuses #gnarlyfueledthis #chalkmatters #weareisland (at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area)