Ascents of Orchid Alley

Now I remember, if you don't have big gear prepare to give it a good o'l runout.

Underrated

In volleys

Got rope stuck so had to climb it twice lol

Awesome! Good pro and thoughtful wide climbing.

A choose your own adventure climb

One of my objectives for the season is to onsight a few more of the lower grade climbs. I wasn't deterred by the nickname of Awkward Alley, but it really is a bit weird. I did a fair bit of wandering to stick what I deemed to be the most obvious path. I didn't take enough big gear, so needed to make a few extra traverse moves at times to find suitable protection and I did end up with a couple of longish runouts. A bit of a committing lead without having the big gear on hand and there wasn't much flow, but it wasn't awful and I got to the top - I guess the mission was a success??

Interesting and awkward very wide in places

lived up to its name: "awkward alley"

Pretty fun climbing I thought

Slippery , but not too bad

Nowhere near as awkward as I expected, quite an enjoyable warmup

Should have brought my big gear, but this climb was an afterthought. It earns the nickname.

Last climb of the day. Felt fairly straight forward, just a little awkward at the arete but still worthwhile.