After sleeping well into the morning, the crew decided that a trad day at Long Wall and Fortress Wall was in store.
I got my 3rd and 4th ever trad leads on Autumn (5.9) and Rock Wars (5.10a)! Such amazing lines, and definitely had my Elvis leg working overtime! John and Lang also led Autumn, and Lang cleaned Rock Wars. John top-rope onsighted the Suitors Crack (7a) which was super sick, hopefully he'll get the send on gear next time!!
Lang and I both gave decent redpoint goes on the 5 star sport line "The Gift" (7a+), and I fell off 2 inches from the final jug...
Fortress Wall also had some firsts with Tony getting his first trad lead (American Crack) and Lang and I free soloing Calypso III (my first FS). Katie Scat led a scary 5.6 (5.8R) crack called Calypso II, as did Lang and I.
All in all a rocking weekend!!
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Monday, September 14, 2009
09/12/09
Saturday included gratuitous amounts of laziness from me, Lang, and Chase at the Darkside. There ended up being more substantial quantities of beer, sausage and bacon on the camp grill, and photography than there was actual climbing. I spent what felt like 2 hours hanging in a harness on Darth Moll whilst taking pictures of Jeff, Nick, and Lang on The Force (7c+). Probably worth it, some of the pictures turned out bad ass! Lang figured out some crucial crux beta and Chase was sticking the moves when he wasn't sulking under lack of motivation. I gave it one go on Mama Benson (7a+), and we called it a day.
Met up with Katie, John, Tony, and Vladim back at Miguel's for some pizza and PBR! There we decided some night cragging at Phantasia was in order, and picking up Johnny Slice on our way out.
I hung the draws on Creature Feature and only clipped 3 bolts and then the anchors, running it out well above groundfall potential just for kicks. Not to be outdone, Lang upped the ante by stripping down and getting the first true "flash" of Creature Feature. Moreso than mine, Lang's mischief became the modus operendi of the night, with a total of 4 naked ascents and 1 naked top-rope flail (Vladim). Highlights include John and Vladim standing naked in their harnesses, arms around each other, singing "Throw the Jew down the Well" from Borat, as well as the capturing of one of the most...er...remarkable(?) climbing pictures of all time as Lang's feet cut on the roof to expose, well, everything...
(photos coming soon)
Met up with Katie, John, Tony, and Vladim back at Miguel's for some pizza and PBR! There we decided some night cragging at Phantasia was in order, and picking up Johnny Slice on our way out.
I hung the draws on Creature Feature and only clipped 3 bolts and then the anchors, running it out well above groundfall potential just for kicks. Not to be outdone, Lang upped the ante by stripping down and getting the first true "flash" of Creature Feature. Moreso than mine, Lang's mischief became the modus operendi of the night, with a total of 4 naked ascents and 1 naked top-rope flail (Vladim). Highlights include John and Vladim standing naked in their harnesses, arms around each other, singing "Throw the Jew down the Well" from Borat, as well as the capturing of one of the most...er...remarkable(?) climbing pictures of all time as Lang's feet cut on the roof to expose, well, everything...
(photos coming soon)
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