No Vedauwoo season would feel right without a day spent on top of the clamshell, a giant boulder that rests against Fall Wall in the main area. Dad, Doug, and Liz join us for the fun scramble up through the tunnel underneath to the base of the wall. We’re quickly reminded we’ve been climbing cracks, not slab. There’s no holds! But we all relax and improve greatly with each climb, egging each other on.

Liz climbs Drop Zone 5.9

Routes: Easy Lieback 5.5 TR, Easy Friction 5.4, Cold Finger 5.7, Drop Zone 5.10a, and a new 5.11ish bolted line left of Easy Lieback on toprope