JEREMY BLUMEL'S RÉSUMÉ

"My first introduction to rock climbing was a well-intentioned, but misinformed, adventure. I jumped straight into traditional lead climbing with no top-roping experience, no gym climbing background and barely any knowledge of belaying at all. The saving grace was that I took a course instead of learning from the infamous “Buddy.”

These days, with so many facets to climbing, we all have to "feel" our way through what we’re inspired to do and what we’re terrified to even begin. I love rock climbing in all its forms: Whether it’s the complexity of movement in bouldering, the deep effort of climbing at your limit on a long single pitch sport climb, the measuring of risk, fatigue and exposure on a long traditional route or just moving quickly over moderate ground, it all blends together to form my climbing experience.

Where do I hope to go in the future? Up, always up! I'll continue the never-ending quests to see just how difficult a move I can do, how long I can hang on for, how many pitches I can do in a day or how terrible a jam I can place from, but there is always so much more. Aid climbing is going to play a big role in my future goals; not the ability to hang it out on A5 death-rides, but to learn the skills to climb big walls confidently with the intent on free climbing into the Wild Blue Yonder. Additionally, I have plans for more alpine rock climbing, some Spanish limestone and an extended foray into sandstone of the U.S. desert. These are just a few of the graph spikes that lie ahead for me.

For better or for worse, climbing is firmly rooted in my lifestyle and, in the end, the people we meet through these adventures are the real benefit of the sport. Who you climb with is truly more important than what you climb."

First Ascents

• Teddy Bear’s Picnic (5.12d - 6 pitches) - Located on the Prow Wall of the Squamish Chief.
• Kahoukers (5.12b) - Single pitch crack line in the Smoke Bluffs.
• The Facade (5.12a) Squamish Chief
• Black Slabbath (V7) Boulder problem - Grand Wall boulders.
• Airtight Garage (V6) Boulder problem - Grand Wall boulders.

Walls

• The Nose (31 pitches in 27 hours - 5.9, C1) Yosemite Valley - California
• Regular Northwest Face on Half Dome (23 pitches in 14 hours - 5.9, C1) Yosemite Valley - California

Redpoints - Sport Climbs

• Globetrotters (5.13d) Horne Lake, B.C.
• Division Bell (5.13d) Cheakamus Canyon, B.C.
• Replicant (5.13c to 1st anchor), Skaha, B.C.
• Free Will (5.13c) Cheakamus Canyon, B.C.
• Rude Boys (5.13c) Smith Rocks, Oregon
• Oxygen (5.13b) Smith Rocks, Oregon
• Slit Your Wrist (5.13b) Smith Rocks, Oregon
• Varasana (5.13b) Portrero Chico, Mexico
• Nemo (5.13b) Portrero Chico, Mexico
• Project Grizzly (5.13b) Petrifying Wall - Squamish, B.C.
• Monster Skank (5.13b) Red Rocks, Nevada
• Petit Tom (5.13b) Céuse, France
• Carte Blanche (5.13b) Céuse, France
• Mothership Connection (5.13a) Portrero Chico, Mexico
• Surfer Rosa (5.13a) Portrero Chico, Mexico
• Job Disgraced (5.13a) Portrero Chico, Mexico
• Darkness at Noon (5.13a) Smith Rock, Oregon
• Churning in the Wake (5.13a) Smith Rock, Oregon
• Save The Pushers (5.13a) Horne Lake, B.C.
• Space Shuttle to Kolob (5.13a) St. George, Utah
• Family Ties (5.12d) Petrifying Wall - Squamish, B.C.

Onsights - Sport Climbs

• Twilight of a Champion (5.13a) Red Rocks, Nevada
• Devil's Cabana Boy p2 (5.12d) Portrero Chico, Mexico
• The Full Habanaro (5.12d) Portrero Chico, Mexico
• Dr. Megatweek (5.12d) Skaha - Penticton, B.C.
• Where the Down Boys Go (5.12d) Red Rocks, Nevada
• Speaking in Tongues (5.12b) St. George, Utah

Redpoint - Traditional Climbs

• "69" (5.13b/c) Murrin Park - Squamish, B.C.
• Excellent Adventure (5.13c) Yosemite Valley, California
• The Black Dyke (5.13b - 11pitches) Squamish Chief
• Ruby's Cafe (5.13a) Indian Creek, Utah
• Death of a Cowboy (5.13a) Indian Creek, Utah
• Leviticus (5.12d) Murrin Park - Squamish, B.C.
• Zap Crack (5.12d) Valley of Shaddai - Squamish, B.C.
• Heart of Darkness (5.12c - 5 pitches) - Squamish, B.C.
• Powerline (5.12) Indian Creek, Utah
• Bad Cat (5.12) Indian Creek, Utah
• Fuel Injected Hard Body (5.12) Indian Creek, Utah
• Tales of Power (5.12b) Yosemite Valley, California
• Two Scoops (5.12b) Indian Creek, Utah
• Separate Reality (5.12a) Yosemite Valley, California

Onsights - Traditional Climbs

• Digital Readout (5.12c) Indian Creek, Utah
• Catburgler (5.12) Indian Creek, Utah
• Fish Crack (5.12) Yosemite Valley, California
• Coyne Crack (5.12-) Indian Creek, Utah
• Annunaki (5.12-) Indian Creek, Utah
• Comic Relief (5.12-) Indian Creek, Utah
• Right Wall (5.12a) Llanberis Pass, North Wales
• Crimson Cringe (5.12a) Yosemite Valley, California
• Desert Varnet (5.11+) Indian Creek, Utah
• Dos Hermanos (5.11+) Indian Creek, Utah
• Slot Machine (5.11+) Indian Creek, Utah
• Astroman (5.11c) Yosemite Valley, California
• Primrose Dihedrals (5.11c) Moses - Moab, Utah
• Lightning Bolt Cracks (5.11-) Indian Creek, Utah

Boulder Problems - Redpoints

• Defenders of the Faith (V10) Squamish, B.C.
• No Troublems (V9/10) Squamish, B.C.
• Sesame Street (V9) Grand Wall Boulders - Squamish, B.C.
• Get Carter (V9) Buttermilks - Bishop, California
• Disco Diva (V8) Happy Boulders - Bishop California
• Mushroom Roof (V8) Hueco Tanks, Texas
• Mantra (V8) Grand Wall Boulders - Squamish, B.C.

Boulder Problems - Onsights

• Morning Dove White (V7) Happy Boulders - Bishop California
• Shock Therapy (V7) Druid Stones - Bishop, California
• Daily Dick Dose (V7) Hueco Tanks, Texas
• Fleur de Rheum (V7) Fontainbleau, France