Climbing

Originally went up to climb Neuromancer, as I wasn't in the mood for the Trad head game. Then decided that I wasn't in the mood for hard sport. I didn't pack my rack so luckily Howie had his. So I had a set of old school BD stoppers and 2 brand new Trango flex cams. Threw down the lead preety good. I was sketching out, and really wasn't in the mood to fall. So I french freed one stupid placement... grr... Anywho, got to the top, belayed up Howie and Jessica. Then we all chilled out on the ledge at the top of the first pitch, and rapped down.

Went up with Howie at 7 in the morning hoping to do beckys wall. Unfortunately it rained untill 1:00ish. We went back out at around 4:30 because they sun came out. We had planned on going to bushwack beause it was west facing and got lots of sun, but on the drive up he metioned Hand Jive and we couldn't resist. Went up and found the climb (a bit of a chore if you're not careful), and went for it. In order to get to Hand jive you need to climb Crack in the woods. So I led up it with no problems using only passive pro (as none of my cams were small enough). It was a really short pitch, I was really surprised by that. He followed up and we sat there for a while. I'm not exactly sure how to get over to hand jive so I want to go with Jason for it. So we rappeled from there, cleaned up and all was well. There is a gnarly old forged friend in the crack that I picked at for 5 minutes while rapping, but gave up on. Way stoked about the climb.

Was indecisive on whether or not I even wanted to go. Glad I did. Jason and I went up to the challange buttress. Both of us were so lethargic that it was like "wanna lead?" "i dunno.. you wanna lead?". I ended up leading. Got about halfway up the climb and pumped out (overgripping, lack of climbing/training.) Started cheating by pulling on the draws, and did two hang dogs at different bolts (I think the 4th and 7th). Overall though, I wanted to quit and come down, but didn't. That's all that really matters to me. I finished the climb, though it took forever and I used gear to aid me. So, It's a good solid hangdog. Jason followed in good time, then we went over to winky and waxman go bolting. He tried and pumped. He restarted, fell on the last bolt then finished off. A good day all in all, as it was warm and beautiful outside, though it was extremely windy.. and at times I felt as if I was going to be blown off the rock.

Just went to chill out with Lars and Jason, so I didn't bother bringing my shoes. Long story short I did a V1 barefoot (do you really think I could stay off the boulders?). Didn't push the limits as I was barefoot and we neglected to bring a crashpad.

Went up randomly with Jason and dragged Nicki along. Did a little bouldering, nothing big. Tried the same things I always did before.