Ascents by Andy Gnarr

Crazy busy day, planned to do 'Long Time No See' but ended up on Calculus Direct to avoid a large crowd but still hit traffic at the top belay of the second pitch of calculus. Then headed up 'South Arete' (again to avoid the crowds). Then made our way up the last 2 pitches of 'Long Time No See' before heading back down.

Tried to avoid the crack at the top but feels much harder than 5.10a sticking strictly to the face. Ended up using the crack as an arête and a foot hold.

Fell on the first attempt of the crux at the top. Got it second try.

A lot harder than it looks, but a good thoughtful climb

Managed to do all the moves, with lots of rests and a few falls in between.

If you don't use the opposite wall this would be significantly harder.

We swapped leads simul climbing, linking 3 to 5 pitches at a time.

Good, more thoughtful than I expected.

Slab is hard.

Took 2 attempts to figure out the right beta to pull over the roof.

Fun climb, looks more intimidating than it is once you figure out the beta.

I found the crux at the bottom to be pretty hard, but smooth sailing after that.

Great quality climbing, the last few moves are a bit spooky and hard to protect, not recommended to lead for someone new to the grade.

Linked pitches 1, 2, and 3. Bea Linked pitches 4, 5, and 6. Simul-climbed the rest.

Good potential but the main flake was very wet at the time.

Linked pitches 2,3 and 4 into one long pitch. Pitch 6 is still my favorite. Great climb!

not sure if this is just really polished, sandbagged, or if I was just missing something, but it felt a lot harder than 5.9.

Cool sidepulls on the lower section, tricky but fun crux above.

Climbed with Spencer and Reese. Climbed in 4 pitches mostly just because the party above us did the same. I climbed the last two pitches of 'Beam Me Up, Scotty' on top rope to do something new on the top half.