We warmed up on Near Miss (5.10a). It's a good "warm up" (that's in quotes because it's more of a cool down from the hike).
Sheena on Near Miss (Not a bum shot)
We then hopped on one of my new projects Solar Power (5.12b). Robin is also projecting the route and he went up first and put up the draws. I gave it a go. There were some important parts that I didn't remember from before. Hopefully it won't take me too long to send this one but we'll see. Some photos:
Robin Keeping it real on Solar Power
Robin's arm after a close encounter with the trees.
Me on Solar Power
More of the same.
Sheena rockin it on Solar Power
Sheena "placing"? a draw
After Solar Power we headed up to The Slab sector. Sheena and Robin hopped on a route called Exit Planet Dust Pt 1. (11b). It looked like an awesome route and I really wanted to give it a whirl but by the time Sheena finished the whole route was in the shade and the rock was cold - I have been freezing my fingers all trying to climb outside since March and decided I would try something else on a wall that was still in the sun. So we backtracked to The Sweet Hereafter wall. I decided to try my hand at a route called Fresco. I didn't think I was gonna make it while I was going through the crux but somehow I was able to pull an onsight out of my butt. Luckily there were some good rests higher up. After the crux it was pretty much a victory lap. :)
Overall it was an awesome fun day. The weather was really good and the three of us had a good time. It was good to refine my beta on my proj and it was a blast having a good fight for an onsight to cap off the day.
Mike
