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| | 5.9 | Sport | G | | | | | Out for another day trip with some friends. We started at Casino Cliffs with the 5.8 Ante Up. I've forgotten what an awkward climb this actually is, until comparing notes. I slipped on TR on this one, after heading left when I should have gone right, and ended up in the pointy agave plant at the bottom of the climb. No worries though; I got back on and took the correct route this time, making it to the top without any further blunders. I then cleaned the route and rapped down. Momentous occasion because of a fear of heights I've been trying to work through. Still pepping myself up for that first lead, though.
Walked down to Swiss Wall after that, to tackle a couple other climbs. We ended up only doing the 5.9 Feta, but it was so much nicer than Ante Up! It seemed like it was going to be awkward at first, but a couple unchalked holds made themselves available just at the right moments. Fun, short climb. Cleaned this one as well, and it didn't even have much for footholds at the anchors. A little more heady due to that, but took a breath, double-checked everything, and took my time. Rapped down and joined the others at the bottom. It was nearing 5pm at that point, so we packed up and headed out of the canyon and into Pine, for dinner at the Rimside Grill. Everything enjoyed their meals and desserts. Bonus that it's a dog-friendly establishment, so we could bring our new puppy along as well. Great day all around! |
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We left here for Cracker Jack, since it was way too cold in the shade.
Next up were a couple 5.10a's and then a 5.8 (Ante Up) that I actually had more trouble on. All climbed out at that point, I took a nice long walk through the canyon to check out the dry creek and as many trails as I could find. The canyon is pretty rife with them for the climbs, but they don't go very far. I returned in time to watch Janelle bust over a roof, but lost my sunglasses in the process. Luckily when I noticed they were gone later on, they were pretty easy to locate. Think I'll be installing a system of bungees from now on so that I stop losing things (ie - headlamp, lens hood, lens cover, etc!) every time I step outside.
