A visit to San Francisco

Today Jess and I headed to San Francisco to try the Mission Cliffs gym. It is very nice. I have never been to a gym where almost half of the people are actually leading.

We climbed the following grades: 8, 9, 10a, 10b, 10d. To which she added a 10a and I added 11a and 11b. She also did a V0 and I worked on a V2.

The climbs were nice. Many involved large pinches (2 to 4 inches) with holds that are OK but not great. The 10d had a tricky roof to pass (which proved a bit too tricky for Jess). The 11a and 11b that I did were very long on a slight overhang. They go for about 50 feet and proved to hard for me to do in one go. I had to stop once in both cases.

I am not back in climbing shape yet but its going better than I expected although I might be deceived by the fact that the routes are graded a bit easier than at TRC.