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"High Water at Trappers" - Climbing in MO brings it own interesting and unique challenges. Many of the crags are along rivers and lakes, so checking Corp of Engineers website for water levels is sometimes required to determine access. Here, the access along the cliffs are reduced to stepping stones, but sometimes the path may be underwater, or it could be a a 5ft wide dry scramble over rock.

​"Bad Piton at Trappers" - MO crags rarely see the kind of maintenance and care experienced in the more popular areas of AR. Fixed gear and pitons can be found and should always be inspected carefully along with the rock quality.

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"Shelf Road" - Climber and gear sprawl at Shelf Road outside of Canon City CO.

​"Gumby Jesus Mascot" - climbers are an odd bunch sometimes. We like to take various action figures (in this case Gumby Jesus) and pose them on the rock for photo ops. Shelf Road. (photo crew: Richard Lonski)

Photo and caption cred: Richard Lonski (c) 2017

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Want to learn more about climbing in Missouri?

Mo' Beta can be found at (http://www.mo-beta.com/).  The author Jeremy Collins partnered with the Kansas City Climbing Community and proceeds help bolt and anchor replacement in MO as well as development of new areas.

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