earlethesquirrel's Logbook (82 ascents)

Sequential crimpy start. Boulder up to the horiz. seam and clip the 1st bolt then when it's low. After that, good small holds to the chains. Good to have fresh crimp strength for the start moves.

Decided to top-rope this climb that I am hesitant to lead due to the bolt spacing. I wanna have it dialed b4 I try to lead it with the groundfall potential between the 2nd and 3rd bolts. Really hurt my toes standing on the small, glassy starting footholds.

Pinkpointed the route. A little loose rock on the left hand side. Big holds and rests the whole way.

Had a nervy time on this route. All was well until 2/3 of the way up. I desperately needed a green Fatcam and didn't have one. Had to run it out until the crack narrowed to fingers near the top. Nearly hit Greg with a dropped cam down low.

Got on this route with Greg and Tom. I led the first pitch no falls. Quite exciting when it gets wide! Tom led the next pitch. He decided to take the right-most crack. I thought the left crack looked easier. After falling low, he dogged up the rest of the pitch. I almost fell going from the ring-locks off the belay to the safety of the wide crack to the left. Ended up going back to the hard crack after chimneying up a bit on the left. Tough line over the roof. Greg led the last pitch. Tom went second and screwed me by not back-clipping the pieces to the roof. If I fell off before pulling the roof, oh boy, lotsa air! Got to the top and celebrated with the boys.

We did this climb to warm up for Scarface. I didn't like the claustophobic lower section because I couldn't get a good position to jam the crack. When it got wider above, I was tired from the thrutching below and had to scrape and claw to the anchor. I guess in the end, I got warmed up nicely.

After TRing this route I think a couple of times on past trips, I finally led it. Had the most gusty strong wind going at the time. Almost got barn-doored off the low crux by the wind. Once the crack widened to hands, it was off to the races.

I can't remember alot about this one. I didn't fall so it couldn't have been that hard. Straightforward crack-jamming and good rests.

Not much to remember about this climb. Typical corner that widens from fingers to hands and some fists.

Good climb to get on to warm up.