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Wagon Wheel
Found Greg and Barry on the hilltop, playing on the Mohawk rock. I did the easier sidepull-right move to warm up, then tried to follow greg again on the left route. Couldn’t quite do it without some extra help standing on the right foot – this from a knobby right hand. Once up I can…
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Wagon Wheel
113 degrees today, went to the wash, north of the road, for shade. One good shady wall with three problems kept Greg, Roy, Brian and I busy for a while. The hardest problem involved standing on a good right foot with only a right sidepull at bellybutton level, trying desperately to get the left foot…
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Buttermilks
Hit the Buttermilks at 0600, before the heat, with Colby, a PCT hiker and climber who wanted to see them. I got up about 6 problems total, two of them after many tries. Another two defeated me, one a beefy overhanging jug haul. My best victory was an arete with very thin feet, the first…
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Wagon Wheel
Went exploring with Roy today and found some fun shizola. A hilltop in the back northeast. Got almost everything, including some harder stuff that even took a little work for Brian, Moe, and Greg when they showed up. Moved to a super highball rock then to more reasonable surfaces, all fun. Good day.
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Wagon Wheel
Down in the wash today, got spanked by almost everything but the warmup. There’s an overhang there everyone can do static and I just cannot stick to it. Finally I finished one on the shady side of that rock after popping off the crux fairly high once. Scared Greg cause I turned around in mid…
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Wagon Wheel
Ted forgot his shoes and went home. Worked some stuff in the front with Roy and Charlie. Walter’s crack spanked me again and again, but I got up a bunch of other stuff in the area that made me feel better.
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Wagon Wheel
A few good things on the east side today. Playful. Got some pics with the new camera – have to start postin’ em somewhere…
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Wagon Wheel
Last climbing session w/ Alexis. She was bummed and I almost felt bad for having a pretty good day. Got a couple of scary things on quadafi’s wall, a new thing near the front, and a really weird but fun problem on the hill that Greg showed me. Beautiful sunset, with the smallest sliver of…
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Solar Eclipse
Watched the eclipse with my music teacher Ellen Werback. There was the same eerie silence and strange light I remember from Christmas 2000. It got to about 70%.
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Wagon Wheel
More work on the straight east stuff with Ted and Greg. Got that steep footwork problem with the finger dent, that felt good. . Also got our warmup mantle with the nipple off. Soon joined by Alexis, Charlie, Moe, Brian, and kids. Most everything else was spankin me. Almost made a crazy mantle with my…