Last trip to PG tonight, Jess, Muriel, Erica, and Greg came along. I lost track of what was done, except the highlights for Jess and I. Jess did a 10d onsight and an 11a with 1 take. I onsighted a great 10c on lead that was moving diagonally through an arch and a prow like feature, lots of fun. I also did a long 11a clean on lead. I will definitely miss this gym.
I went climbing the last 3 days but was too busy (lazy) to post. Today at PG with Jess, yesterday at Mission Cliffs with Jess, Muriel, and Greg, and the day before at PG with that same group. I lost track of everything that has been done.
Jess seems to think I suffer from OCD because I keep doing the same climbs over and over when I fail on them, but today was payback. I finally finished the 11c on lead that I had kept trying 3 to 4 times every session.
I did need to take once. I also onsighted an 10a on lead, and did an 10d clean on lead. I finished the session with a great 11b on lead. I took about 3 times. It was scary and thin off the ground and then became overhanging with big pieces higher up, a great climb.
Jess, Muriel, Greg and I headed to PG tonight. I lost track of Muriel and Greg, but I do know that Greg finished this hard 10b he had tried a few times before and Muriel onsighted her first 10b (way to go Mu).
As for Jess and I we did the following:
JS: 5.9, 5.10c (takes), 5.10b (F), 5.10d (takes), 5.10c.
GF: 5.10b (lead), 5.10c (lead), 5.11c (lead F), 5.11b (lead F), 5.11c (lead 2xF).
The last 10c Jess did was an onsight, so obviously the title of the post only applies to me. The 11c I tried were the same climb, so I tried and failed 3 times on it. The last time however I figured out all the moves and I fell 2 or 3 moves from the end, none of which seemed hard, so I think that climb is within reach. I took a few impressive falls today, luckily none of which resulted in injuries.
Last climb before thanksgiving, Muriel, Erica, Jess, Greg, and I went to PG: great session. Here's what we did:
MN: 5.8, 5.9, 5.9, 5.10a, 5.10a
EF: 5.8, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10a, 5.10a
GL: 5.8, 5.9, 5.10a, 5.10a
JS: 5.8, 5.9 (lead), 5.10a (lead), 5.10b, 5.11a
GF: 5.10a (lead), 5.10c (lead), 5.11d (lead - F), 5.11b (TR - 1 take), 5.11a (lead)
Erica onsighted all climbs!
Jess' leading is getting much better, and she onsighted the 10b TR.
Muriel did well despite thinking she wouldn't be able to climb.
Greg did well, as usual.
I am ecstatic, having done my first 11a onsight lead (a long overhanging route). I also didn't do so bad on the 11d, falling at the crux (a humongous roof).
Happy thanksgiving everyone.
Yesterday I went with Clayton to the Stanford gym. We did the following.
5 x 5 back squats: 135, 155 x 4.
15 box jumps.
50 passing the medicine ball (we were back to back standing up).
20 throwing the medicine ball (on the ground, one in front of the other, once we catch it we did a sit-up with the ball above our head).
30 plank walk-ups.
3 x 15 on the support to bend forward and sideways (once on each side). GF +25, CF +10.
20 minutes rowing (2400 meters).
Today Jess, Greg and I went to Castle rock and climbed at Goat rock. We climbed the Great Roof (5.10b - 80 feet). We each took two tries on it. I sent it clean on the second try. It was a great route with hooks, knee locks, and twice you had to cut your feet. The toughest part was going into the cave (the black part on the picture) and then coming out which was quite tricky and unintuitive.
The climb was really great, and although we could unfortunately not do more, we had a great sunny day.
Greg, Muriel and I finished the evening at Tamarine around a nice dinner.
Between the gym yesterday and the longish approach today with all the gear on my back, my legs are killing me.
