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| | 5.7 | Sport | G | | | | | Tojo, James and I had planned to meet up with Claire, Rob, and Hannah and do some climbing out at QC. However, the road was closed due to an early morning fatality, so we turned back around and headed back to town. On the way there we decided to hit the Monk, since James and I had never been.
I "led" the first pitch, which apparently is just the Headwall route. I've scrambled up it before but Tojo was setting draws on the way up, so I figured I may as well start putting a rope through it. James had me on belay by the third bolt, and we continued upwards to the top. Tojo was there, instructing a family on how not to kill themselves. Public Service Announcement: just because you got a rope, two harnesses, and a set of draws for Christmas, does not mean you should assume you know how to climb safely. Tojo gave them a few pointers (such as, don't throw things from the top of the route, clip in so you don't fall, learn how to tie in.... etc.) and then we jetted off to the base of the Monk.. you can only take a person so far.
Tojo led the East Face, and James went second on a bight. If this counts as a multipitch, it's James's first one. He climbed it with ease and disappeared over the top of the face. While I waited, the family from earlier appeared and then watched as I readied myself and climbed up. The climb itself is pretty straightforward and fun. I met the guys at the top, backpack of beer on my back. We toasted and drank, then rappelled back down to the bottom. The two kids from the family were already climbing with some obvious backclips... we may have muttered something to them, but ultimately it's their decision. We rappelled down the gully and joined up with the trail to the TH. Celebrated at Boulders with pizza, tacos, and barleywines... great climbing days come with great appetites! |
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with the exposure and the "hard" moves needed. This time it was a ton of fun and the only issue with the moves was the questionable rock. One should not climb Mt Lemmon the day before Canelback since you get used to every pebble being bomber and every slab a wall of superglue....but I survived and nothing came loose in my hands. Not the same for the feet as the approach is marbles with ballbearings lubricated with sand 
and her support priceless 
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