Jonathan Siegrist | God's Crag

Nestled Deep in the Colorado Hills lies God's Crag, a crag with an abundance of potential for new lines, perfect for a sport climber at the peak of his game (enter frame right Jonathan Siegrist)
Whilst on a road trip Jonathan researched the local crags of Colorado to find something that needed a bit of development, and found some hidden gems in the beautiful landscape, just outside of Lake City.
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Hidden Gems At Gods Crag | Jonathan Siegrist

[@kzlindsay1]

J-Star is a real climber's climber. An absolute crusher who puts back so much into route development. Love his style and his humble demeanor.

[@tristanmayfield4851]

Well put, he definitely is a climber's climber

[@EKdlwoasred]

Yes! Couldn’t agree more. Unsung hero

[@Mike-oz4cv]

To be honest this “route development” is only useful if other people can find and climb them. This means the routes (or at the very least the crag) have to be documented in some climbing guide. Otherwise he’s just putting them up for his own enjoyment. Which is fine by me, a few bolts won’t hurt anyone.

[@Elirocks32]

@@Mike-oz4cv This crag has been in a guide book for over 10 years. The local climbers have been climbing there for much longer than that.

[@toddjohnson779]

@@Mike-oz4cv the guide book came out in 2008

[@unospeeder]

​@Jonathan Siegrist The Captain was neither half-baked nor forgotten. In the years we were developing The Mileski Wall the waterfall was prolific due to snowpack sometimes even drenching the top of L'homme de la Renaissance. The top of The Captain never was dry. After I finished up with The Renaissance Man, and a few other routes, I moved away from climbing due to injury and other interests. I am glad to see video of someone climbing on it and I hope the plaque we installed in remembrance of Jack Mileski, the namesake of the route and wall, is still in place.

[@nate_liles]

The plaque is still there and solid, a great tribute to Jack in a special place. Thanks for your work up there Dan. 🙏

[@mrjonathansiegrist]

Thank you for the hard work Dan! The plaque is most definitely still there. Sorry to hear about the injury man, your efforts are very much appreciated! thanks for the message

[@toddjohnson779]

Dam straight Dan💪

[@michaelcarnes4798]

Steph Johnson, Dan Durland, Courtney Scales, RVA, Bob Bernholtz, Brad Tomlin, Pete Peacok and I started developing this area in the mid 1990’s. I’m torn about seeing it on here because it’s always been a secret locals gem and great place to avoid the Front Range crowds. However, we always knew it was world class at the time and to see JS so psyched on it today, I feel blessed to have been part of the initial era when it all began 25yrs ago. I know my friends would feel the same.

[@EpicTV]

That’s an amazing story...thanks for sharing...the crag looks incredible, u must have some great stories from developing it 🙏

[@nate_liles]

I met Pete up there, awesome guy and was a great wealth of information. I was concerned to send more traffic out there too, but ultimately it's pretty remote, there is not a huge amount of climbing, and the ticks are heinous. Doubt it will ever really blow up. I replaced a bunch of the old hardware on the creamy salmon wall while we were there, and will return next summer to give some more routes on the mileski the upgrade they deserve too. Cheers and respect for your vision out there. 🙏

[@toddjohnson779]

Mike u musta been high

[@toddjohnson779]

@@nate_liles good work replacing some hardware on the salmon wall. Anchors too? Long overdue I reckon, since we installed that wall in 98/99.

[@nate_liles]

@@toddjohnson779 Cheers man. I replaced 5 sets of anchors with stainless and added lower-offs on the creamy salmon I believe. Black Velvet got hooked up with glue-ins for all of its pro as it runs water regularly. Hardware was mostly in pretty good shape for being 20+ years old.

[@peterlansdale1793]

The broken dam in the beginning is some nice post-apocalypse vibes

[@valerikroumi8148]

Mono at 11:35 made me wince a little...epic stuff!!!

[@mattjones8821]

I go there all the time!!! I wish I saw him

[@oldi6btm6t9d4]

This is an amazing short little documentary! Just what I needed!

[@oaxacenio]

12:08 wouldnt wanna whip on that :D awesome video !

[@tallmanbeta981]

What a dreamy crag; awesome steep routes that look like France! Glad to see J-Star back at it!

[@DB-ez9ud]

Great video, routes look excellent too

[@stonemarrow]

I love that Jonny tends to FA extensions of routes, where bolting is already happening often. Doesn't go out of his way to bolt up some remote wall

[@aturner2430]

Been waiting for this since the summer!

[@toddjohnson779]

Good work finishing up some of creations

[@toddjohnson779]

Aka steph johnson

[@FallLineJP]

Awesome video!

[@CPlayMasH_Tutoriales]

Move at 11:40 is just beautiful

[@wilsouza5685]

it´s a dream? THIS IS EPIC!

[@joshsaintlaurent1712]

What's the history on the crag who first bolted it. ? We could see some old gear on one of the lines. I love finding out the history of these places . Cheers for any info. Awesome work.

[@alanhubbard4799]

Check out the guide book 'Gunnison Rock' by L. Malloy for all of the FA information on the older stuff.

[@michaelcarnes4798]

Josh Saint Laurent It was me and my friends in the 90’s

[@toddjohnson779]

@@michaelcarnes4798 actually it really wasn’t you, rather your friends

[@mikecarnes2748]

@@toddjohnson779 That's correct. To take ownership of something that I was only a small part of isn't right. It was your vision that really made it happen. Along with a lot of the other routes in the Gunnison Valley. You were a great friend and mentor at the time, and I miss hanging out and climbing with you. Despite my greenness 20+ years ago when we were climbing there I do recall standing on hooks on the frontside while placing bolts. So saying I wasn't a part of it would also be a lie. As for being high... What I recall from those days, we were ALL high!

[@powshredder3716]

I thought you had to place your pro as you went up to make it official ? is that old school or what?

[@dmcq7271]

I love looking for new crags. That looks like a good one. I like vegi burgers too.

[@laurentdavou]

Je n'ai pas encore regardé la vidéo mais je sais déjà que ça va être bon. À dans 15 minutes.

[@laurentdavou]

Thanks for this very beautiful video.

[@rickytrockclimbing2935]

I’m learning French, does this mean “you’ve never seen the video before but you know it’s gonna be good, because it’s 15 minutes long?

[@cyprienb3772]

​@@rickytrockclimbing2935 not really haha it means: "i haven't watched this video yet but I already know it's gonna be good. See you in 15 minutes."

[@rickytrockclimbing2935]

@@cyprienb3772 ohhhh, thank you for that, I'm trying to learn and this is helpful thank you, so to clarify saying "à dans" is slang for "see you in"? and does it work with any period of time like weeks months or years? or is it just with minutes hours days weeks?

[@cyprienb3772]

@@rickytrockclimbing2935 yes it works with everything, like : à dans 1 an ou à dans 3 mois. But if you want to improve in French, it would be a pleasure for me to talk about climbing. So if you want to add me on instagram.

[@TerriTowne]

Letz get it on bro

[@liamkidd3809]

love you jstar

[@charlieskinner9214]

What state is this in? Somewhere in sw usa?

[@FallLineJP]

12:00 - That's a sketchy-looking bolt.

[@leoingson]

Yeah, why not double it with the other one?

[@bobbyhutton1989]

Just looks to be camouflaged. Probably with spray paint. Since he was linking pitches clipping both carabiners would have created some twisting/rope drag.

[@RopeGunPmac]

J-Motherfuking Star!!!!! The man doing his thang

[@kodiakwilson-briggs4799]

For some reason pirate shanties and hard sport climbing fit eachother

[@molimba]

epico!

[@aidanloeser4890]

Love everything about this except the spiralling drone shot at 7:50. Not fun, not cool, pleeeease don't become a thing. Still nauseous...

[@gigglysamentz2021]

Just how long is that last climb?? =o

[@DesmondRayBeltrop]

It's around 85ft. Overall the routes in this area range from about 65 to 120 or so, most being in the 90 - 100ft range.

[@mrjonathansiegrist]

@@DesmondRayBeltrop It's 40 meters!

[@laritouille]

@@krakenattackin7617 no...130 ft !

[@ddaniell5402]

Plss song 1:30?

[@occa0800]

Darude - Sandstorm

[@mikegruber1771]

@@occa0800 Does somebody know which version?

[@masterpropper2485]

@@zachwils2 musical genius right there!

[@masterpropper2485]

Watch the credits ... "Cooper Cannell" - "Drunken Sailor" kzbin.info/www/bejne/ianFhKmnhLxomK8

[@niccoooodu61]

@@masterpropper2485 thank you !

[@jxxi226]

Hey there

[@matthewlarsson8921]

Is that Dietie's' cave ?

[@PanzrKunst]

Great athlete and climbing, but the move sequences cut a thousand times was really annoying.

[@Blasphemoose6]

Holy fore arm batman

[@jStoeh]

Lets fucking boogie