Name: Les(lie) Warnock

Age: 21

Home: Tulsa, Oklahoma

In it: About 5 years, ever since I could drive.

The Local: Chandler Park, Zen Pen, Four Rooms, Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma

Memorable Ticks: Soul Slinger (V9), Buttermilks; Skywalker (V9) , Landslide (V9), Slider (V9), Horse Pens 40; Flash Gordon (V10), Horseshoe Canyon Ranch; Hell Boy low start (V9 FA), Four Rooms

Dream Trip: Anywhere? With no budget? I’d hit Fontainebleau, head down to Rocklands, then over to Castle Hill in New Zealand, and back up to Australia. In the US (traveling for at least a year): I would start in the Southeast, head up to Boone, NC, then on to the Gunks, over to So. Ill., roll on west RMNP, Mt. Evans, and Rifle - continue to Utah, up to Squamish, then back south to Yosemite, Bishop, and Joshua Tree, through Arizona, and then finally south to Hueco.

The Five Year Goal: To be living out west and to have a job that allows me maximum climbing time. I’d also like to be in closer proximity to good climbing.

The Insider:

Leslie is a motivator. Every time I call him in Alabama he’s inevitably psyched about something new: be it a new area, a new problem, or even just a new move he’s tweaked on a proj that weekend. During steamy Oklahoma summers he would be psyched to roll out at five a.m. to hit up our projects as the mercury slowly pushed its way to 100 plus degrees...every day. He would be psyched when we’d skip the heat and head to the lake to row an inflatable dingy a quarter mile through speedboat infested waters to hit up deepwater soloing...every day. He’s the only person I know that will never turn down a session no matter the conditions...every day. To Leslie, any weather, any rock, any place, any time, is perfectly fine just to get out and climb...every day. Sean Dossett UC