Hooky

Left work early for a late afternoon/early evening trip to TRC with Evangeline and G. E tackled a bunch of progressively harder climbs on TR, I must say I was very impressed (5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 2x5.9). She's already excellent on slab, and with a little focus on footwork will be cranking the more vertical stuff.

In contrast, G and I were beat down pretty hard: 5.9, 5.10, 2x5.11(TR). The 9 was in a corner, lots of balancy positions and stemming that felt surprisingly insecure - certainly warmed me up. The 10 was a steep route going up under the arch, then exiting to a less steep overhanging wall to the anchor. We both took a single fall right after turning the roof, but the moves felt okay. Both 11 TRs were frustrating, the first because we didn't figure out at first to use the arete and the second because each move was very sequence-dependent (lots of high-steps to open grips).