Feudal

Back to TRC with E and G on a beautiful sunny spring day (Gunks on the horizon!). Evangeline kept up the strong work, climbing well on two overhanging routes (7 and 8) before moving on to a few 9s. For the old dudes, we took our time but found some interesting climbs:

lead: 5.9, 5.10, 5.11
TR: 5.12

The 9 was a nice warmup, vertical with a small overhang, not as bad as it looked. After being unable to suss out the start of a nearby 10, I went up a different route with small crimps, very sequencey - not my favorite style of climbing, but good to get the work in. The 11 went up the arch and out from under the roof, tiny holds down low and big moves to get up and over to the chains. We both took big falls, but props to G for powering to the end. I found the 12 to be really reach dependent, in a funky way, involving big lateral stretches, mantling, and opposition in a corner.

Reminder for us: have to do more endurance work, maybe run lead laps on 9s. Should also help with making the clipping movements more smooth.