Maybe Mark will write a post about his long journey to 5.14c, but until he does, I'll just acknowledge his huge accomplishment this past weekend-- he climbed his first 5.14c, Grand Ol' Opry at the Monastery. For non-climbers, that's really hard. There's not too many people in the world that can do that.
He spent 15 days working the route over 2 seasons, and for the final send we donned our mountaineering boots and gaiters and hiked in to the crag through 10" of snow. Suffice to say we had good redpoint temps.
Whoot! Love the photos! Awesome job Mark!
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