How great it felt to be on rock again! I had a great time at the Red a few weekends ago. I was climbing in great company which made the weekend that much more perfect. After a long drive on Friday night I got some much needed rest and got myself psyched for the following climbing day.
The day began just how I like it - I prepared the usual sending omelet, which was DELICIOUS. After fueling up I was ready to start pulling down. We headed to Solar Collector to warm up and saw many new faces. After warming up on a couple climbs I felt ready to head over to Gold Coast. I gave True Love a burn or should I say a numb because my fingers went numb to early on the route. The temps were really good for friction but on a route that has crimps that are less than a half-pad the temperature was becoming a problem for me. After a couple goes on True Love I felt that it was a bit to cold for me to do the route. As the day was nearing an end I decided to get on Golden Boy; I had a really good onsight go but my hands numbed out just before the jugs. I tried for one last go for the day but it was getting even colder and I could barely start the route before going numb.
Saturday night ended nicely with a Big Bison Steak!!! Sunday was looking good!
Sunday was a day at Driveby. I tried this newly bolted line, Angry Birds, which needs much more traffic to help clear some of the loose stuff. After two attempts I felt that I should visit it another time. I moved onto Dirty Smelly Hippie, which is a route that I was scared to death of because last season I fell out of the kneebar while clipping. On my first try this day the same thing almost occurred - my knees just get too sweaty to do that kneebar. On the next attempt I thought that a kneepad would help but when I got to the kneebar again I skipped it and just clipped from above.
Overall the weekend was a blast!!
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