Green in the Grey Havens

Widowmaker 

back to work on the Seamstress Project

Seamstress Project.. from Matt G on Vimeo.

Caleb takes a digger off of the Money Shot at Priest Draw. He walked away from this a little battered but managed to escape unscathed from the clutches of doom.

Monster of Priest Draw

Afters years of searching for new mega roofs, I find exactly what I am looking for right off the road before Priest Draw. Unfortunately this roof resides in a private driveway, and after speaking with the homeowner permission is not given to climb. Apparently ancient spirits and negative energy resides under this roof and is better left undisturbed.

Cursed Roof. Perfect featured limestone, biggest and proudest at Priest Draw

Mars

Mars Roof from Matt G on Vimeo.

Forest Roads are already starting to close, It's time to finish any last Hinterlands projects while the Woody mountain rd is still open.... FR 420 Schultz Pass Road between Highway 180 and Schultz Tank --FR 557 Elden Lookout Road --FR 522 Freidlein Prairie Road --FR222 Wing Mountain --FR 222B Wing Mountain Snowplay (open only when snowplay facility open) --FR 522 Lockett Meadow --FR 556 Elden Springs

The Final line on Renegade was finished several weeks ago, EPLB Direct!

I also managed to send Antimatter at Priest Draw this past week. It felt good to put down and old nemesis project and was pretty psyched to climb at the draw after spending the last 6 months almost exclusively in the Hinterlands.

Been trying Broken Symmetry in Middle Elden Canyon, luckily this problem is accessible all year round and will just get better with colder weather. Thomas Maxson claimed the 2nd ascent recently, hopefully I can put it together for a shameful 3rd ascent...

Blobs power endurance training

Will there be enough time for an ascent of the Amazing Blimp Roof this season?

Priest Draw and Anvil Boulders

Luke Cockstalker traverse at Priest Draw and Sam climbing Big Sexy at the Anvil Boulders in Sedona.

Big Sexy from Sam T on Vimeo.

Flagstaff Projects

It's Finally cooling off here in Flagstaff and I can stop having night sessions and start climbing more during the day. Summer is always great here and its stays relatively cool, but im glad it's over. An added plus to the weather getting cold is that all the hippies go back inside just in time for conditions to get prime. The past few months have been fairly productive and I've managed to send a few of my Priest Draw projects including the 3rd ascent of Pink Lightening Ultra, The BK Broiler, The Crossjoint FA and Luke Cockstalker. Most of these I had given up on or had deemed to difficult to send until the cold temps arrived, so I was pretty physced to finish them before fall. Heres a few pictures of  things lately.

The BK Broiler-Priest Daw Flagstaff
Photo by:Sam Davis

BVB Roof-Flagstaff Hinterlands
photo by: Pat Fitts

Super BVB Roof Project

Flagstaff Hinterlands

This is landing for the Sparklejockey(BVB direct) There are big moves towards the lip and failure to send results in being thrown over or through the trees.