Lee Sheftel, 57, of Carbondale, Colorado, climbed the stout, 110-foot Rifle testpiece Present Tense (5.13d) after 14 days of effort this summer. "I gave myself 15 days to do the route," said Sheftel, a tax accountant and potentially the oldest American to have climbed the grade. A crowd of 30 to 40 onlookers -- a veritable "Leefest" -- gathered to watch and support Sheftel during his send.
--from RockandIce