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 | Second | 5.5 | Trad | G | 2 Pitches | 280 ft | | | Sweet easy crack climbing up this super classic route! | | | •••• | Renaissance Direct |
| Second | 5.7 | Trad | PG | 1 Pitch | 100 ft | | | Small holds on a runout route to a super sweet crack. | | | Todd & I met up today after working halfdays and got our climb on.  About a half hour approach to the wall and then we quickly got to work on the 2-pitch super classic 5.5 Hanging Garden. This climb was the highlight of the day, esp the first pitch! Just easy crack climbing with plenty of holds that provides enough of a challenge to be enjoyable but not too much to scare the crap out of ya... Of course it always helps to have a strong leader like Todd doing all the tough stuff.  Todd wanted to give Bruisin & Cruisin a go, so I lowered him down and he toproped it back up. On the first pitch, I got a little spook with the exposure  but by the second pitch I was over it and focused more on the sweet climbing. So we had an issue on the rap down... I was pouring over the beta for the 5.7s in the area but we ended up doing the 5.5 first and we missed the beta that it's two double-rope rappels, so I was rappelling down afterwards on our two 200ft ropes. The wall has a 70* angle with loads of flakes to pull the rope out of on the way down and when I'm like 60ft from the ground I'm finally able to see that there's only about 30ft of rope left. Thankfully there was a bolt & ledge nearby that I clipped into, while Todd rapped down to the midway point, pulled the rope & setup another rap, and then I continued down to the ground. 
After that we headed over to another classic 5.7 just 70ft to the left. The first two bolts are rather runout considering how small & sketchy the holds are, but then you reach a super sweet crack system that'll put you hand & foot jamming skills to the test. I'm not the best on this style of climbing esp when it feels like your feet are going to blow any second, but I slowly made it up with pumped forearms and having to rest once at the crux. It was getting close to quitting time and my fingers were cold & sore but I wasn't going to admit it, but my fingers were rejoicing when Todd felt it best to call it a day and rap back down instead of doing the second pitch. Another super classic climb, but I need more time on this type of rock to more fully enjoy it. 
Another beautiful day of climbing on sweet routes with great company and capped off with a nice sunset!  |
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| Yea, canyoneering is an extreme sport... EXTREMELY dramatic!!! =p |
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. It was a beautiful day although a smidge chilly in the shade at the bottom. We found lots of things "hanging" on the route--including me! (some items that were "hanging" appeared to be more seasonal--see photos) Cracked the LCD screen on my olympus during a hanging event. No more canyoneering for that camera. I'm still fussing with a new pair of climbing shoes that aren't helping me much.....thankful that REI has a nice return policy. 
