Cody and I set out Friday night to meet up with Joe, Sara and Jason at Black Mountain. We battled heavy traffic the whole way but eventually made it, ready for a night of sleep. Unfortunately, due to recent rain, the dirt road up to the basin campgrounds was too much for our low clearance vehicles. After a short nap we tried our luck at a different campsite and called it a night.
We awoke after very little sleep, so I decided to get the gang on the infamous
Big Greeny in hopes of waking everyone up some more. I think it worked.
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| Cody, a move away from peeling off the wall. |
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| Joe, staying composed on the committing last move. |
After running through the warm-up circuit, I showed everyone some harder moderates including the classics Tour de France and Hopscotch.
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| Cody, on a problem I put up several years ago called Captain America. |
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| Joe, on the elevator door move of Tour de France Sit. |
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| Cody on Tour de France. |
Sunday was hot and we were tired but of course we still found the energy to climb. I took the crew out towards the Lion's Main boulder which I had never been to before. Making committing moves up high in the noon sun was rather draining, and most of the group decided to head home. Cody and I stayed for a few more hours, working some projects and hiking around.
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| Jason slabbing it up. |
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| Cody, figuring out his beta on Loh Roof. |
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| Chalk Heart |
It was nice to get back out to Black Mountain and play tour guide for a weekend with some good friends. I'm hoping they'll be back soon (with better temps).
- Itai
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