More seriously, I don't have lists of climbs to do this year. Partners, fitness, finance, and time off all play such a big role.

-I'd like to finally finish my OW proj in the splatte. I pulled the moves clean last time, it just needs a send. It's hard to talk anyone into going there though as there's not much around.

-Moonlight Buttress, maybe if I'm feeling strong. Kinda saving it for an onsight though.

-Bellyfull, cause I'm sick of one-falling the thing

-Romantic Warrior, I'm not even sure I'll be in California this year though

-Trench Warfare, climbing 4 feet from the end isn't a send.


I have an idea of the types of routes and at what grade I'd like to be climbing. I don't have many specific routes pinned down though.

A discussion somewhat related, that if fuitive, might give people some ideas fortheir future lists here...

http://www.mountainproject.com/v/general_climbing/ten_climbs>>>>>

hey mark let me know when you go to ocelot!

my list:
Center Route S.Platte
Better Lock Next Time S.Platte
Quivering Quill S.Platte
Darkness Till Dawn Eldo
Handcracker Direct Eldo
Northcutt Start Eldo
S face or SW corner RMNP (petit)
Cattle Route RMNP (diamond)
Sykes Sickle RMNP(spearhead)
Long John Wall 2 Green Spur 2 Rewritten 2 Gambit Eldo Link-up

That's only a small fraction of the real tick list. It would also be sick to go to the black canyon for the first time next year.

Butt Bongo - Rumney, NH
Tunnel Vision - WMass
(Project) - WMass
rad routes in the RRG
Diahtribe - WMass
Predator - Rumney, NH




Thats only 6. But if I send these projects I will be very psyched.

1st route "wake up"

2nd route, shut off the alarm

3rd, actually get out of bed

4th, make coffee

5th shower

6th see if partner shows up before sunrise

7th get in the car

8th get to parking lot and decide if we leave the car

9th hike to climb

10th actually get on the route and send

#10. Anorexic, Priest Draw
#9. Disco Diva, Happy Boulders
#8. The Energizer, Le Petit Verdon
#7. The High Life, Jack's Canyon
#6. Clean and Jerk, Joshua Tree
#5. Rock Lobster, Indian Creek
#4. Three Turkeys, Paradise Forks
#3. Warpaint, Cochise Stronghold
#2. Casual Route, Long's Peak
#1. The Mithral Dihedral, Mount Russell

Heinous Cling (12a pitch only)- I keep falling and can't link it. I first spied it in 1995, then tried it on a trip to Smith in 2003, then got on it again when I was there for a long weekend in October of this year.
Instead of 10 climbs next year, my project is 1 climb in 10 (or more) years! I may have to move to Smith Rock and beat the route into complete submission...

1. Laughing Stock, S. Platte
2. Showcase, S. Platte
3. Throne Room, S. Platte
4. Weasels Ripped My Flesh, S. Platte
5. Yellow Spur, Eldo
6. Rigid Designator, Vail Ice
7. Main Street, Vedauwoo
8. Coffee Grinder, Vedauwoo
9. Epinephrine, Red Rocks
10. Black Dagger, The Diamond

Damn you, Amidon! I can't get past the fourth step.

You & that f'n Green Spur can shovel sh.. SUGAR COOKIES!!

OK, most of your 2008 lists look like life lists to me. Don't you guys have jobs? Never mind, I get it...you're not married.

Black Dyke - Squamish
Scarface - Smith
Rat Cave Project
Dark Tower - Broughtons Bluff
Lucky Pigeon - Smith
Double Stain (placing gear) - Smith
villain - Smith
Salathe
Apocalypse '91
Something in the Motherload!

Epinephrine - Red Rocks
Triassic Sands - Red Rocks
Outerspace - Leavenworth, WA
Northeast Face - Pingora Peak, wind rivers, WY
Northeast Ridge - Bugaboo Spire, Bugaboos, Canada
Direct Petzoldt Ridge - Grand Teton, WY
Donini's Crack - City of Rocks, ID
MRC Direct - Vedauwoo, WY
Mountaineers Route - Elephant Perch, Sawtooths, ID
Casual Route - The Diamond, CO

Probably more of a life list than one for 2008, but hey it's worth a try.

Hey man, only one of my routes is harder than 10d. I work full time and have a two year old son and another on the way.

Well, with my lack of free time this may not be a 1 year list. But what the hell, I might as well dream big.

Shunes Buttress-Zion
Stoned Oven-The Black
Grand Wall-Squamish
Astroman
Infrared-Big Bend Butte, UT
Medicine Man-CO Nat. Monument
October Light-Veedawoo
Mississippi 1/2 Step-S. Platte
Spear Me the Details-RMNP
Positive Vibrations-Sierras
Tippin the Bottle-Swell, UT

BUMP

A dream year...
Serpent, Painted Wall, CO
Mescalito in a push
North howser Tower
Polar Circus solo, fuq it, lets go Slipstream
Mt Wilson, Rainbow, Black Velvet linkup

That would be enough...lol

Cerro Torre via any route
Moonflower Buttress, AK
Mt. Blanc du Tacul Triangle, Cosmique Arete w/ my Ms. Stacey
Chacaraju

Sounding more like a good decade now...

Mt. Johnson w/ the Ry Guy

NE Face, Pingora, Wind River Range
The Yellow Spur, Redgarden Wall, Eldorado Canyon
Pear Buttress, The Book, Lumpy Ridge
Culp-Bossier, Hallet Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park
East Buttress, Mount Whitney
Open Book, Tahquitz Rock
Walk on the Wild Side, Saddle Rocks, Joshua Tree
Epinephrine, Red Rock
Chuckawalla 21, Red Rock
Chicken Lips, Red Rock

Only 75 pitches or so... I'm getting tired just thinking about it!

Broad Peak , Trango Tower or some unknown peak in Himalays for 2008.

Totally comfused and not sure what to do

My list is mostly local since I don't anticipate much road-tripping in 2008. It's also ambitious, for me, as such lists should be.

10. Ultimate Linkup - this is essentially the Ultimate Everything route on The Chief, but with extra pitches at the bottom and top making for an amazing 24 pitches of 5.9 (with an optional 11b variation near the end).
9. Borderline to Angel's Crest - this link-up is good training for Freeway, I'm told (for the long-day endurance, not actual technical difficulty).
8. Alaska Highway (north walls of The Chief) - this thing sounds sick, but it also sounds like a great goal.
7. The Incredible Journey - For a good sport project
6. Black Water - For need another good sport project
5. Flight of the Challenger (at Nightmare Rock) - just in case those other two projects are successful
4. Crime Of The Century - still need the redpoint.
3. The Roman Chimneys - the proper way to finish off The Grand Wall, and essential for working towards the ultimate way to do the Grand Wall: start with Cruel Shoes to the Split Pillar, and the Roman Chimneys rather than escaping via Bellygood Ledge.
2. North East Buttress of Mt. Slesse.
1. Freeway - may have to do the Lite version first and then go back for the full, but whichever way, this is the route that motivates my training.

1. Martha (Mt. Lady Washington)
2. Dialogue on Zen (Long's)
3. Ellingwood Ledges (Crestone Needle)
4. Direct Exum (Grand Teton)
5. Pingora, NE Face (Pingora)
6. Dogstar (McHenry's)
7. Warbonnet Ridge (Chief's Head)
8. Kieners (Long's)
9. Month too Late (Wheeler)
10. Black Dike (Middle Teton)

1. The Original Route, Whitesides, NC
2-9. Everything at Laurel Knob, NC 5.10 and under for which I have topos
10. Punk Wave, Tallulah Gorge, GA

General climbing goal: onsite 75% + 5.10 in the TAG and NC areas...gas prices are rising...oh, the humanity!!

Wow, this is great to get me thinking about what I want to do next year, I really need to come up with more goals...

Two long red rocks routes that have been on my mind -

Woman of Mountain Dreams on Mt. Wilson
Levitation 29 (of course)

Sporto limestone for sure, but I really don't have anything in particular in mind, I just love going to new limestone crags. Maybe Piston Bully up at chadbourne for a summer project.

I've gotta come up with some more long trad routes, but I kind of lost my balls this summer and started sport climbing more after a couple scary situations. So I've got to get back in the sketchy awkward trad saddle somehow. If I get back to Squamish, Freeway would definitely top this list!

1.climb
2.climb
3.climb hard
4.climb harder
5.climb hardest
6.beers
7.pizza
8.climb
9.climb
10.climb