Ascents in Los Alamos by Ike Miller

Took me a while to find the beta that keeps it 5.7

Fell many times trying to work out the beta. Also told some other people at the crag that this was a 5.12, which is apparently not true!

Pulling the finger jams/ringlocks felt much harder than 5.9, but maybe I missed some cheater holds? Had fun!

Fun! First time I think I've had to pull on a ringlock above gear (but the good feet kept it 5.8)

Mark S. led this. Funky down low, then cruiser hand crack. Gets wide at the very top, but if you just shove your whole body in there, it's fine

First real trad lead in a while. Felt very comfortable

Attempted and fell three times. First two times fell while still fully in the roof, third time fell with my hands on the headwall and one foot jammed in the roof. I feel like I'm strong enough to TR this if I get the beta dialed. But probably not strong enough to lead it yet.

Jams were not painful for me (I taped), but surprisingly sequence-y for a splitter crack. There are good jams in spots and other spots where I couldn't get my full hand meat in the crack.

We set up a top rope - kind of couldn't believe anyone but an absolute maniac would lead this on gear, but a guy there said he had and that it wasn't too bad. Maybe he was an absolute maniac. Fun route on top rope!

Fun weird stemmy stuff at the top

Fun! Definitely could lead this, but might not be worth going out of my way to come back to

My first time in a chimney. Absolutely brutal!