E$ and I had fun last weekend testing out my new pipe. I've been hesitant to stress my arm too much, but some success on a few pitches at Murrin on Friday had me wanting more. It's amazing what A Little Testis and a Reacharound can do. So we found a 10 pitch moderate for Saturday on Zodiac Wall, Parallel Passages.
The route starts off with a few pitches of squamish scrub climbing before getting good on pitch 3.
Eric on pitch 1:
and following pitch 2 with proper earnestness:
The start of pitch 3:
Pitch 4 was more of belay relocation pitch along Astro ledge to get in position for the really fun climbing on pitch 5. Climb the 4", step out onto the face of the column past an A0/5.12 bolt ladder and keep going.
Eric styled it. But he always does
Pitch 6 was sweet. A low angle finger crack into a full chimney.
Pitch 7 was a glorious 50m pitch of solid 10b. For some reason I forgot to take photos. Maybe because I was getting tired. The rest of the climb was super fun though. It seemed to take all sorts of techniques. Managed to get this one of pitch 9:
On sunday we woke up and decided that Right Wing would be a nice way to cool down from the most climbing I've done in a year. Hah! Mistake. I lead the Bird's of Prey crack in a single pitch and felt great, and also led the short 3rd pitch without any trouble. Then E$ took over and except for misreading the Fillibuster down low, managed to style that sucker with a single hang over the two pitches. Here's Eric getting all up in there but in the wrong way.
I on the other hand tanked. Hard. I tried to lead the upper right finish on the last pitch but after pitching muliple times handed over the reigns to $. Not surprisingly, he styled it.
Woke up Monday morning feeling like I'd been in a car wreck. Seems like every time I hang out with Wehrly I end up hurting. Probably why I love him so. Thanks $!
Great to see you and Naomi, Sky. And congrats again on Freeway!
