Will cruising the kneebar crux on Apollo Reed 13a

Matt works on Apollo Reed(13a), as I try to figure out how to use my new camera in complete awe. The whole Coliseum area is so impressive, maybe one day... photo by novclimbs.

"Apollo Reed" 5.13A. Summersville lake are of New River Gorge National Park, West Virginia. This is the 1st crux, though not the Redpoint crux. I have seen about 5 ways of doing this 1st crux. This happens to be my perferred sequence. Cole from North Carolina took this shot of me in April 2005.

This is me on a fun 5.13a at Summersvile Lake, near the New River Gorge.

This is me climbing Apollo Reed, a fun 5.13a climb near the New River Gorge.

Jeff Hudak pulling through the first of the hard on Apollo Reed (13a)

Of course I didn't send it. Who are we kidding here? I didn't come even close. But it isn't every day that I get to go climbing with someone who CAN send it and would talk me through the opening moves at least. So I had to try it...