Stand and Deliver

Stand and Deliver is an amazing V11 put up by Ethan Pringle back in 2005. I think it’s only seen a handful ascents to date. It sits alone high in Juniper Canyon and requires a 45+ minute hike to reach. Fortunately it is one of the best of it’s grade in the country so it is well worth the trek. It features immaculate polished sandstone on a slightly overhanging wall. The holds are decent but some of the feet are poor.

We spent an hour hiking today and eventually found the boulder. I pulled on for my flash attempt, did the first two moves then stuck the big crux move and commenced a crazy helicopter:

I somehow reeled in the swing and moved upwards to gain the sloper pinch near the top which felt way better than I expected. At this point I knew it was done since all I had to do was match on the juggy crimp and hit the top. I high stepped to do the match:

Then realized the high foot wasn’t going to work and right as I was about to pull it off to campus the move, the foot popped which made my left hand pop and allowed gravity to grab me.

Two tries later I found myself on top of the boulder smiling. A little later Anthony nabbed his 5th V11 to complete the team send!
I hauled my camera up for this one but of course the battery died just before I topped out. I did get footage of Anthony on my iPhone which turned out really well so that video should be posted within the next couple of days.

In other news, I started a Facebook page for Savage Climbing. I’ll be posting lots of real-time updates about where I’m traveling, what I’m climbing and how my video projects are coming along. There will also be lots more photos posted as well as other climbing videos. Come check it out!