First Ascents, Projects, Assists, and Boulder Problems


Michael Gray: Sorted Routes list by Crag


First Ascents/Established Routes

FG- Franklin Gorge, WV
1. Aloha 5.9 (sp)
2. Belly of the Whale 5.8 (sp) 
3. Franklinstein 5.9 (sp)
4. Hard Thing 5.10 (sp)
5. Last Laugh, The 5.10 (sp)
6. No Stopping the Burn 5.8 (sp)(decomm)
7. Odysseus 5.9 (sp)
8. Still Burning 5.9  (sp)(decomm)
9. Wintermute 5.8 (sp)
                                                                                                        
GV-Germany Valley, WV
1. Brother of Another Mother  5.9 (trad)
2. Brother Love(’s Travelling Salvation Show) 5.11 (sp)
3. Chasing Ghosts 5.7 (trad)CG
4. Crescent Crack 5.8 (trad)
5. Curmudgeon 5.8+ (m)
6. Fallin’ From Grace 5.10a/b (sp)
7. Fall of Innennin 5.10  (sp)decomm
8. Fools Step Out 5.9 - (sp)
9. Ghosts of Christmas 5.5- 12/25/13 C/MG (line of 4 old pins N side Sea of Replicants)
10. Groveling 5.8R (trad OW)  
11. Have Rope, Will Travel  5.7 (trad)
12. In Your Footsteps 5.7 (trad) Taipan
13. Leviathan 5.12 proj - (sp)
14. Lords of Limestone 5.9 (trad)
15. Indulgence, The 5.7  (trad)
16. Mister Brownstone 5.10+ (sp)
17. Mushroom Tower 5.8 (sp)
18. Old Hickory 5.9 (sp)
19. One A Day 5.8 (trad)
20. O Solo Mio 5.8 (roped solo)
21. Rifle Arete 5.10+ (sp)
22. Rock of Ages 5.9 (sp)
23. Sandbagger’s Ball 5.10(sp)
24. Sandbagger’s Roof 5.8 (TR) 
25. Sand Sorcerer 5.10 (sp)
26. Stem Cell Research 5.9 (trad)
27. Stepping Out 5.9(trad) - (R start of C vs R)
28. Steppin’ Razor 5.10a/b (sp)
29. Tenth Mountain Bypass 5.8 (trad)CG
30. Transfiguration 5.9 (L of Rock of Ages)
31. Trail of the Wandering Monk, The 5.9 (trad) (winter abort)
32. UFO (ground-up proj) 5.8 - Taipan (sp)
                                                                      
NDC- N. Devils’ Canyon, AZ
1. Angelicus 5.9  1/99 (sp)
2. Alto Voltaje 5.9  6/00 (sp)Solstice Tower
3. A Troll in the Hay 5.9+  (R TR, E face Troll Hut)CG
4. Avoidance of Faith 5.9  5/00 (sp)
5. Bakefest in America 5.8  1/99 (sp)
6. Binky Crisis, The 5.7  6/98(sp)
7. Born Cross-eyed 5.10b  5/98 (sp)
8. Calculated Risk Roof  5.10a (mixed) L end Stormwatch
9. Can’t You See? 5.7  5/98 (sp)
10. Chimney Wrights 5.9  7/00 (sp)(Chimney Start to 2nd bolt of Idyll)
11. Crumbled Beginnings (10b Amphitheater Arete)- 4/6/00 (sp)
12. Duracell (5.8 TR) 
13. Exodus 5.7  (Exit Ladder L trad line) 5/00 
14. Fisher King, The  5.9 1/3/13 (sp)CG
15. Gavin’s Groove 5.6  (trad) 11/98 
16. Gypsy Conditions 5.7  12/25/12 (sp)CG
17. High Tension 5.8 - Solstice Tower L route 7/00 (sp)
18. Idyll 5.9 (sp) 
19. Leftword 5.7 (trad)
20. Madam Guillotine (Forgotten Roof) 5.10 1/00 (sp)
21. In the Slipstream 5.7X  (trad)Mexican Hat, AZ
22. Merrily We Troll Along  5.6 PG/X (trad line to top of Troll Hut E)CG
23. Monkeyface 5.11 – (sp)
24. Name Game, The 5.6 (trad) 
25. Relentless 5.10a- (sp)
26. Resolution 5.9 –(sp)CG
27. Ronin 5.9 – (sp)
28. Sendero D’oro 5.8 
29. Shenandoah 5.8 
30. Slappin’ Stinky 5.7  (sp)
31. Suspension of Disbelief 5.10(trad)  
32. Solstice Crack 5.9(trad) 
33. Snow Doubt 5.9 (sp)
34. Snow Dunder  5.9 
35. Spring Break 5.10 (sp) 
36. Station to Station 5.10 (sp)
37. Stone Blind 5.7 –(TR)CG
38. Stormwatch 5.9 (sp)
39. Storm Gutter 5.6 (free solo up L side Stormwatch to top)
40. Straight Up 5.7 (trad) 
41. Strange Medicine 5.8 (sp)6/98 
42. Thrash and Dangle 5.10c (sp) (established, TRed route, FFA MLK)
43. Three-toned G 5.7 (trad) (R side E face Troll Hut)CG
44. Troll’s Shoulder 5.5 (trad)(access to top anchors Troll Wall)CG
45. Trolls Under the Bridge 5.10 (L TR, E face Troll Hut)CG
46. Working Class 5.5 (sp)CG
47. X-Philes 5.9 (trad) 
48. X-Philes Pitch 5.9 2 (sp)  
49. Zero Celsius 5.9  (sp)


NL- North Lake, CO
1. Among Friends 5.9- 9/15/2002 (trad) N Lake
2. Chastened by the Wind 5.11 -(sp) NL
3. Don’t Bite the Sun 5.7 – (trad)NL
4. Green Widow 5.8 – (trad)NL
5. In the Lion’s Den  5.10a/b- (trad)(Stonewall, CO crack line, w/DeC , Bryan G, 12/02)
6. Name of the Wind, The 5.7 (trad) – Crack, end of NL, L of chastened, W/BG, 10/02)
7. Ronin’s Revenge 5.8 – (trad)NL


Rawley Springs, VA
1. Partners in Climb 5.7 5/2/92 w/MW
2. Razorquest
3. Snakeskin Cowboys


RC- Reed’s Creek, WV
1. Afterglow 5.9 FAA 12/2/18m FFA 12/18/18 (sp) CG
2. Bridgeburners 5.10 – (sp)CG
3. Dangerous Freedoms 5.10 – (sp)
4. Doctor Taco 5.7 - (sp)RC (estab. route, FFA MS/RLF)
5. Don’t Think Hank Did It This Way 5.7 (trad) 
6. East End Boys 5.7+ (trad) WEG CG
7. Ecstasy Loves Company 5.10b (roped boulder)CG
8. Fire At Will 5.10 (roped boulder prob) 
9. Fire on the Mountain 5.7 (sp)M/CG 11/28/13 CG
10. Gypsies 5.8+ - (sp)CG
11. Horse With No Name 5.10 (sp)  5/26/13 CG
12. Internal Dialogue 5.8 (sp) CG
13. Let It Be 5.7+ (m) WEG CG
14. Little Khumbu 5.8R (sp) CG
15. Not A Gimme 5.9+ (sp) 
16. Pink Kung Fu 5.8 (m)WEG CG
17. Reaching Conclusions  5.10 (sp)
18. Shaved Scamper 5.8+(sp) 
19. Sin 5.9 (trad)
20. Still Laughing 5.10 (sp)w/Ed B, Kelly Faust
21. SuperNatural 5.7 (trad)w/ MF/CG
22. Take It To the Limit (sp) CG
23. The Smoke Eater, 5.8+ (m) WEG CG
24. Thieves in the Temple 5.8 (sp) CG
25. Tight Sugar 5.7 (sp)WEG CG
26. Walk in the Park 5.7 (trad) CG
27. West End Girl 5.8 (sp) WEG CG
28. Windwalker 5.9 (m) WEG CG
29. Winterharvest 5.9  (sp) CG


SH- Smoke Hole Canyon, WV

1. Another Drunken Slot on the Beach
2. Sunny Beach
3. Touch of Gray 5.7 - (trad, Long Branch, left of Corvinus Cave)
4. Bad Drugs 5.11 - (sp)(established ground up to crux, no redpoint)
5. Batteries Not Included 5.8 12/93 (sp)
6. Beatin’ the Bushes 5.8 (trad)
7. Blessed River (M) CG
8. Brothers Corvinus, The  5.11 – SH (est. route, FA MF) 
9. Carpe Diem 5.10 (sp)
10. Castles Made of Sand 5.8 (sp) CG
11. Cat’s Out of the Bag 5.7 (trad) 
12. Cherry Lane 5.7 (trad)
13. Colours of the Fall 5.8+ (sp) CG
14. Daytrippers 5.9- (TR L Castles, EW) 
15. Destiny 5.9 (sp)
16. Discipline 5.10 (sp)
17. Disorientation 101 (sp)5.11 - RC (estab. route, FFA RLE)
18. Dread Skills 5.10 (sp)
19. Ecstasy Loves Company RC (est route, FFA by Nathan Kinzie, BB and ML)
20. Ezekiel’s Wheel  5.10b(EW) (aid/sp)
21. Feels Like the First Time 5.7 CG
22. Flying Below Radar 5.8 (sp) CG
23. GETS 5.11 (TRed and cleaned, bolted as Beautiful Loser)
24. Going on a Bender 5.8  (sp) CG
25. Hawk 5.9  (sp)
26. Hippo Head 5.9  (sp)
27. Hootenanny, The  5.7  6/10 (trad) CG
28. Hummingbird 5.9 - (sp)
29. Hybrid, The 5.9 (mixed)
30. Infamous- 5.10 (sp) CG
31. Initiation 5.9 (sp)
32. In the Nick of Time 5.8 (sp) CG
33. Jack in the Pulpit 5.8+PG  (sp)  CG
34. Jungle Book 5.7+ R (trad) 
35. Ladyslipper a.k.a. Misled 5.9+ (sp)  CG
36. Li’l Buddha- SH (estab. route, FA TJJ)
37. Local Hostility 5.6 (trad)
38. Loose and Dirty (5.6) trad Guide Walls
39. Lord Graystone 5.7 (trad)
40. Lowe Balls in High Places  5.8  (trad)
41. Melissa’s Fall 5.9 (trad)
42. Mixed Blessings 5.7 (m) CG
43. MPP 5.7+ (sp) CG
44. My Silver Lining 5.7+  (sp)  CG
45. Name Your Poison 5.7 (trad) 
46. Native Suns- SH/NW (TR/est. route, belay FA by Steve Emswiler
47. New Kid on the Block 5.5 (mixed) CG
48. Nightshade 5.9 (sp) CG
49. Nick Fury (sp)
50. Non Toxic 5.6 (trad) NW
51. Not Very Sporting (trad) GW w/CG
52. One Thing Leads to Another 5.8 (trad) Sanctuary
53. Orange Dihedral 5.9 (trad) ER
54. Overtime 5.9 (sp)
55. Pernicious Twits 5.9+ (sp) EW
56. Raindancer 5.8 -6/21/09 (sp) CG
57. River Song 5.9 (sp) CG
58. Sanctuary 5.7  
59. Shattered Illusions 5.10 (sp) 
60. Spanish Castles- SH (est. route, finish bolting and worked beta w/TJJ, FA TJJ)
61. Spanked and Left 5.10+ (trad)
62. Sweetleaf 5.9 (Entrance Wall, FA w/Tyrel Johnson)
63. Synergy aka Momentary Lapse of Season (TR/equip route, FA Jed Page/MG) CG
64. Teeth of the Dragon 5.8 (Dragon Wall)CG
65. Super K Meets the Punisher 5.6 (trad) 
66. Through the Looking Glass 5.9 (mixed) 
67. T’Rad 5.7(trad)
68. Ugly Duckling 5.7+ (FA MG 6/23/18) CG (sp)
69. Zendo 5.9 (sp)



11M- 11 Mile Canyon, CO 

1. A Good Bit 5.7 -  (trad) Green Goddess Wall CG
2. Li’l Sumpin’ Sumpin’  5.8+ (trad) Green Goddess Wall CG
3. Captain Crunch 5.9+ - 9/17/’16 (trad) 11M/BM w/Brian Dziekonsky
4. Gypsy Rain 5.8+ - (trad) 11M/BM CG
5. Gypsy Road 5.7 10/20/15 (m) 11MC/SG CG
6. Owl, My Calves Are Burning 5.7 (trad) Barn Owl Dome CG

9/26/2019: 202 routes established (55 w/CG), 199 FA/FFAs





Boulder Problems

Germany Valley

1.       Chalula (direct start of Cajun Sunshine) V1
2.       Digital Direct (direct start of Digital Protection) V1
3.       Sandbagger’s Traverse V1

HH- Hidden Hilltop, VA

4.       Banzai V0
5.       Bonsai V0
6.       Buzz Saw Traverse V0
7.       Cerebellum Boulder V0
8.       Dinsdale V1
9.       Flying Circus Roof V1
10.   High Water Wall Traverse V0
11.   Killer Sheep V0
12.   Mushroom Boulder V0
13.   Pocket Pool V1
14.   Sphincter V0
15.   Sphinx 5.8 PG/R
16.   Seppuku V1
17.   War of the Roses V0                                                  

M/NL-Monument/North Lake, CO

18.   Belfry Corner V1
19.   Bloody ‘ell V0
20.   Bugger All V0
21.   Dislocation V1
22.   Geometre Boulder V1-2
23.   Go Bollocks V0 PG/R
24.   Mousetrap V0

NDC/TNF

25.   Boulder Creek- TNF
26.   Cerebellum Boulder- Thunder Island
27.   Asstd. Troll Hut faces
28.   Cobra Valley boulder problems- NDC
29.   Flop Like a Fish- Priest Draw (w/J Burcham)
30.   Melting Man boulders- NDC
31.   Mongo City boulders- NDC
32.   Rollerball Boulder- Wind Ridge Trail, below Solstice Tower
33.   Safari Big Africa Boulder- NDC
34.   Silent Scream Boulder- NDC

RS- Rawley Springs, VA

35.   ASP- Another Slab Problem- RS
36.   AMP- RS
37.   Fat Bottom Girls-RS
38.   Fear Part 1- RS
39.   Fear Part 2- RS
40.   Leftovers- RS
41.   Lover’s Wall Traverse
42.   River’s Bed Traverse
43.   Into Hell- RS (traverse on Monolith Dictum)
44.   Red River Valley (Maze)
45.   Satellite Traverse

SHC

46.   Crack’n’Up
47.   Crack the Sky
48.   Li’l Buddha Cave
49.   Raindancer Warm-up
50.   Skybox Arete
51.   W.E.T.- West End Traverse

Assists
1.       Apophus  10b- RC (est. route w/M. Fisher, FA MF)
2.       Analog Centipede Nuerochem  9 - GV (2nd/belay, FA MF)
3.       Anchors Aweigh  9 - FG (2nd/belay, FA G. Powell)
4.       Angelfire  10 - RC (2nd ascent, belayed/worked FA MF)
5.       A Little Out of Bounds  9 - GV (2nd/belay, FA MF)
6.       Just Another Classic (belay FA Chris Beauchamp)
7.       Lusting For Ladyboys (belay FA Chris B)
8.       Beckett’s Arete 10 - AZ Snowbowl Crag (est. route w/JB, FA JB)
9.       Biggest Grin Wins 12b- SH (estab route with M. Farnsworth, belay FA)
10.   Black Label  11d - RC (est. route w/RLE, FA RLE)
11.   Block Magic 9+ - RC (est. route w/RLE, FA RLE)
12.   Cajun Sunshine 8 - GV (2nd/belay, FA MF)
13.   Captain Crunch 5.9+ - 11M/BM  (belay/2nd ascent w/Brian D)
14.   Climber vs. Rock- GV (2nd/belay, FA MF)
15.   ‘Cu Rodeo- SH (belay, FA Nick Kurland)
16.   Davey Jones’ Locker- FG (est. route w/MF, FA Clay Clarke/MF)
17.   Digital Protection- GV (2nd/belay FA MF)
18.   Drunk With a Skunk- NDC (2nd/belay FA RLM)
19.   Exit Stage Right 5.9 - NDC (w/MLK&RLM)
20.   Funboy- SH (belay/2nd, FA MF)
21.   Golden Horseshoe- RC (est. route w/RLE, FA RLE)
22.   Grain of Sand- RC (est. route w/MF, FA MF)
1.       Hunter’s Moon- RC (est. route w/MF, FA MF)
2.       Hunting Unicorns (belay CB)
3.       Just What the Doctor Ordered  5.7 - NDC (w/MK&RLM, FA MLK)
4.       La Machina 5.11d- RC (2nd/belay, FA MF)
5.       Lightness, The- SH (belay M. Farnsworth)
6.       Little Purple Flowers-  RC (2nd/belay, FA MF)
7.       Local Hospitality- SH (2nd/belay, FA TJ)
8.       Lusting For Ladyboys- SH (belay, FA CB)
9.       Mister Scary- GV (2nd/belay, FA MF)
10.   Old Pin Route, Entrance Walls (belayed on-sight trad ground up FA Chris Beauchamp)
11.   Overcammedensation- SH (belay MFW)
12.   Red Raspberry 5.10b – NDC (2nd/belay RLM)
13.   Reverse Polarity SHC/LB (belay Chris B)
14.   Rock Your World 5.10c – FG (2nd/belay FA, FA JB)
15.   Shaolin Mantis- RC (est. route w/MF, FA MF)
16.   Sunday School- GV (2nd/belay, FA MF)
17.   Third Levitations- NL (2nd, belay FA Tom Reid)
18.   Walk the Plank- FG (2nd ascent/FA belay)

Crags List


Virginia


1.       Dictum
2.       Elizabeth Furnace
3.       Endless Caverns
4.       Gum Run
5.       Hidden Cracks
6.       Hidden Rocks
7.       Hidden Roofs
8.       Hidden Hilltop
9.       Hone Quarry
10.   Little Stoney Man
11.   Massanutten
12.   North Mountain
13.   Old Rag
14.   Rawley Arêtes
15.   Riven Rock
16.   Second Mountain
17.   Sugar Hollow
18.   The Appetizers
19.   The Maze
20.   Wintergreen
21.   Wolf’s Head


West Virginia


22.   Blue Rock
23.   Cat Rock
24.   Cave Mountain
25.   Champe Rocks
26.   Church Rocks
27.   Copperhead Cove
28.   Dragon Wall
29.   Eagle Rocks
30.   Entrance Walls
31.   Franklin
32.   Guide Wall
33.   Judy Gap
34.   Long Branch
35.   Mushrooms
36.   Meadow River
37.   North Fork Mountain
38.   Nelson Rocks
39.   New Creek
40.   New River
41.   Pork Palace
42.   Reed’s Creek
43.   Riverton Rocks
44.   Sanctuary
45.   Seneca
46.   The Richlands
47.   Underhill


Arizona


48.   Apache Leap
-Geronimo
-Toyakoya
49.   Beardsley Boulders
50.   Bloody Tank
51.   Bradshaws
52.   Boulder Creek
53.   Camelback
54.   Chevelon Canyon
55.   Cobra Grande
56.   Coon Bluff
57.   Crossroads Campsite
58.   Granite Dells
59.   Granite Mountain
60.   Kachina Peaks
61.   Lower Devil’s Canyon
62.   Magma Mine Road
63.   McDowell’s
64.   Melting Man Boulders
65.   Metate’ Boulders
66.   Mt. Eldon
67.   Mt. Lemmon
68.   Northern Devil’s Canyon
69.   Oak Creek Overloook
70.   Oak Flat
71.   Papago Park
72.   Paradise Forks
73.   Sedona
74.   Superstitions
75.   The Homestead
76.   The Pit
77.   Top of the World
78.   Upper Devils Canyon
79.   Wind Ridge
80.   Queen Creek
81.   Queen Mine Area


Colorado


82.   Blue Mountain
83.   Boulder Canyon
84.   Boulder/Flatiron
85.   Buena Vista/Ninemile
86.   Combat Rock
87.   Elevenmile Canyon
-Springer Gulch Wall and boulders
-Icebox
-Turret
-Elevenmile Dome
-Valhalla
-Green Goddess Wall
-Blue Mountain boulders and summit
-Sleeping Tom: SW face
-Cove Campground
-Barn Owl Dome
88.   Elevenmile State Park
-Gypsy Dome
89.   Golden/Table Rock
90.   Gordon Gulch
91.   Monument Lake
92.   North Lake
93.   Purgatoire Canyon
94.   Shelf Road
95.   Stonewall
96.   The Monastery
97.   Turkey Rocks
98.   Ute Park boulders


California


99.   Bishop/Buttermilks
100.              Joshua Tree
101.              Needles/King’s Canyon
102.              Owens River Gorge
103.              Sugarloaf
104.              Yosemite

Nevada

105.              Red Rocks/Las Vegas
106.              Keyhole Canyon

Texas

107.              Hueco Tanks

Wyoming

108.              Wind Rivers
109.              Grand Teton
110.              Whitetail Ridge