There’s more climbing on this planet than there is free time for most of us.  I try not to get too overwhelmed by how little climbing I’ve really done.  In a way I’m really fortunate; I’ve climbed more than most folks out there over the past 13 years.  Every climber has a list of favorite climbs and this is mine.  All of these routes are outstanding

Erik Eisele fighting the pump on Persistent at Lost City

and are worth checking out.  My preference is for burly cracks and traditionally protected modern mixed routes.

Rock Climbs

• Cornflake Crack, 5.11a, Looking Glass, NC
• The Womb, 5.11b, Looking Glass, NC
• Transcontinental Nailway, 5.10b, The Gunks, NY
• Fat City Direct, 5.10d, The Gunks, NY
• Stirrup Trouble, 5.10c, The Gunks, NY
• Persistent, 5.11d, The Gunks, NY
• Stuck In Another Dimension, 5.11a, New River Gorge, WV
• Good Times, 5.8, Red River Gorge, KY
• Steck-Salathe, V 5.9, Yosemite, CA

Ice/Mixed Climbs

• Haggis and Toast WI3+, Adrirondacks, NY
  

  Instant Karma in pretty lean conditions

• Purgatory, WI5-, M5, Catskills, NY
• Instant Karma, WI5, Catskills, NY
• Cloak and Dagger WI6-, M4, Smuggler’s Notch, VT
• I Have a Dream, M6, Smuggler’s Notch, VT
• Ragnarock WI 4+, M4, Smuggler’s Notch, VT
• Five Musketeers WI5+, M5, Lake Willoughby, VT
• Bird Brain Boulevard, V WI5, M5, Ouray, CO