Ascents in Clear Creek by Hard Landin' Brandon

Just couldn't push through the mantle.

First ascent? Maybe. Felt hard and took some tries, so I'm calling it V4. Crux is definitely at the bulge two thirds up. There's some really fun movement in here. It's great to climb that high and know that the fall is always clean into deep water.

This time with wet shoes. This is a great problem.

I'm still surprised when I get to the top.

Fun!

Climbed straight up.

Founds some fun dynos starting on the two handed jug low and to the right.

Did it L -> R then R -> L

The key is to not look down at the log when you're stemming on bad holds.

Found some different beta for the mantel.

It shares its crux down low with the Wilderness Traverse. It's so tempting to continue up past the flake, but I had my reservations about the fall if a hold should happen to break.

After brushing away some dirt, this was funner than I expected. Wet shoes make this feel harder than it is.

Very fun. A little intimidating to get around the bulge. The moves might actually be V1 difficulty.

Aside from the short crux matching on a small hold, the real challenge was to avoid all the spiders!

I'm assuming it's not been climbed before. Hope that's not too presumptuous. What a lucky find! The wall looked immediately appealing, but I had reservations. At first I thought, "I'd get swept over the falls" but that's not the case. Then I thought, "The pool won't be deep enough" but I couldn't find the bottom. Then I thought, "The holds up top won't let me confidently top out" but they are terrific jugs. A video of the ascent is here:

Certainly there are easier ways up, but what's the fun in that?

Very good. Nice jam at the beginning. Not too hard (could be V1) yet still overhanging enough for safe fall. Approach: swim. Descent: jump.

I assume this was previously unclimbed, but that might be presumptuous. First worked it in 2013. Super fun, mantel felt pretty desperate. Probably V4/V5. Áasiv is the Karuk word for a cave or overhanging rock.

Very fun. Garter snake was sunning itself at the base. Probably not a first ascent, but I'll suggest a name for the problem. Ápsuun is Karuk for "snake". Upson Downs is a historic parcel of land near Seiad. So Ápsuun Downs seemed like a good pun. Phonetically it sounds like "ups and downs" or "upside down" which is what you might be if you climb this problem.

Juggy holds make this a fun and easy problem.

Made several attempts, but couldn't get into the mantel.

Back and forth and back and forth 'til I fell off.

Fun. I'm glad the shoes were dry.