Blame it on the music
Chloe, Eric, Joana, Joe and I packed into Guillaume's newly re-wheeled Toyota for Joe's semi-annual 'visit-from-Lisbon-and-climb' trip. I pretty quickly gave up leading and top-roped with Joe, while Joana and Guillaume led a bit and Chloe and Eric top-roped. Joe worked on some great routes, getting his sequencing back in action. His fingers lasted most of the night though, suggested that his routine of crimping on a 1/4" doorframe is good for keeping those hands strong. Joana, despite presenting with a fever, got her lead head on and managed to take some falls, do some downclimbing, and climb routes without any backclipping! She's ready for Vegas (if only she could remember how to tie a figure-8 follow-through...). Guillaume and I, having been stumped by some 11s, decided that the two new slab 12s would be a perfect way to end the night (red & black). That was pretty funny, although Guillaume figured out the move to the THIRD hold on the black route. I got to the bulge on the red, and then Joana-cough-cough-I'm-sick jumped on and made the first half look easy!
I managed to not see Chloe and Eric all night?
Finished up with some bouldering and an evil pullup ladder.
2 comments:
What a night of crappy climbing on my part!
Let's hope its not lost forever.
Cloe and I did some warm ups (a 5.9 for her and a 5.7/5.9 combo for me) and then we set about the 5.10's along the back wall. There was also an 11 in there (two hand start) which was really tricky. We mixed in both technique depended routes and some burly ones. There was a black 10 that was clearly harder than rated--even with Danielle's beta we couldn't get past the second hold--that was fun. My forearm strength all but left me on the last two climbs.
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