The gang's all(most) here

Great work session at TRC tonight: Eric, Guillaume, the Brain and I drove up to meet Joe and Julie at the gym, only to have Kristy, Tom, and Rick roll in later. Brian, Guillaume, and I swapped leads on some of the roof routes, including a 10 (black) and an 11 (purple). Brian keeps getting stronger and more aggressive, and is making nice progress on the overhanging leads. No apparent fear of falling tonight, because we took some good ones, Guillaume in particular; I found that not being able to clearly see either the ground or the next bolt really enhanced my ability to focus on the holds at hand (after losing a contact during my first fall of the night). Eric found himself a new belay partner who looks like she climbs hard.

Being old and slow-of-memory, I not only forgot my pass-card but the harness to which it was attached. Being unduly influenced by his peers, so did Guillaume, leading to both of us gearing up in unpadded crotch-hugging gym harnesses, much to the amusement of gym staff and peanut gallery alike. Talk about incentive to not take a whipper...

Finished it off with a little bouldering in the V2-V5 range, but not before G and I roped up on a new 11 (red) that made the crazy-strong Mad Russians, who had just TRed it, look at us with disbelief. Sweet. Maybe we'll make the 4th bolt next time...