Well it looks like I’m behind the curve on this one but here’s some back story for the Something Old, Something New NRG video.

Here are some of the my most memorable climbs from the past year with their location and a short description. Sometimes there's a fun back story to what routes get called so I've also included their name inspirations.

The New River Gorge probably has the most palpable climbing history of any area I’ve been to in the US. I haven’t been to Smith but more so than most areas the NRG is littered with routes put up before I had started climbing and even has several from before I was born. Typically, this time period is known for its nails hard vertical and slightly overhanging routes, what I like to call slabs, but the NRG certainly has climbs of a wide variety of styles. I’ve only seen a handful of the walls but each...