Brooklyn's finest

Ran into a total mess of NYC transit tonight trying to get to BKB. The D wasn't running between Manhattan and Brooklyn so I hoofed it down to the Canal St. N, which was 4 deep along the entire length of the station with people awaiting a nonappearing train. When a train finally pulled up twenty minutes later I decided to board regardless of where it was going, as long as it was eastward. Though he left home an hour earlier, the first face I saw as the door opened was none other than Dr. Lau.

Eventally we made it to BKB and hit up some steep problems. We were both climbing strong initially: V2, V3, V4, and a crimpy and reachy V5 with big throws on the steep wall. Not much endurance though, we both pumped fairly quickly and failed spectacularly (and repeatedly) on a steep V5 with big moves, cut feet, and a huge cross-body reach to a crappy open pinch off a left hand sidepull crimp. Kept banging into a hold in the way of the reach, with the accompanying scars to show for it. Closed out with some vertical problems but decided to save some juice for lead climbing later this week.