Ascents in Gray's Branch Region

Part of it is 11d, I've done that.

Really nice climbing but it is pretty run out with decking potential onto the ledge... Didn't feel very safely bolted

Fun slab. Would be better if you couldn't cheat out right onto jugs (I didn't)

Second try after falling off the first move. Didn't use cheater stones

Tough crux at the top when pumped

Probably the best of the three 5.12b here

Last climb at RRG this trip, wish we had got on this earlier. One go only to clean. Got to half way, had rest, all moves quite ok

Not much easier than the 11c I Onsighted at the Gallery

A feisty warm up.

Lead it with some falls around 3rd bolt. Then clean from 4 th bolt and too scared to fall. Repeated clean on TR as didn’t fancy the fall around arete again. A bit like a Wards hill first wall route on crimpy ironstone- so not worth travelling the world for.

Nice enough for grade, reasonably graded and bolted

Not worth the skin I spent on it at the reachy start

Ok, but feet at start polished worse than limestone crags, plus too much chalk. Crux hard for shorter people.

Nice arete, had to add a rock to starting cairn to reach starting holds!

One fall at second last bolt where the massive holds disappear and there’s desperate chalk smears on crap holds. Got back on and went to end. The overhanging laybacking 5.9 dihedral was harder- tore my palm.

It was ok, all other warmups occupied. Spaced bolts

Even get forearm pump on the slabs

Second Try. Maybe could have onsighted, if I had chosen to start from the right, but I chose to start from the left and got a bit stuck at the first quickdraw. This route is absolutely all time, it's soooooo seahawk! The flow is incredible, the moves are unique, the holds are pleasant. Truly amazed by how much variety of quality routes there are in the Red. Climbed it very quickly on the redpoint try and felt very secure the whole way. One of the best I've ever done!

My favorite pitch I've ever done, is the last pitch I've done. This thing is fricking sick. Best warmup for the military wall by a long shot with sick movement and sick holds the whole way. Maybe a bit short, but Gawd is it fun. Slope-y sidepulls down low and a nice jug every few moves. Frick me, I love climbing. Always a great day climbing with Mason!

Second Try. Slipped off the first foothold, if I had wiped my shoe off maybe I wouldn't have. Soooooo hard. I death crimped my way up this thing and it was still desperate. Maybe the hardest 11a I've ever done and it wasn't just the start, everything was hard. Fun day with Helios trying Mercy, managed to punt three times off the top of it.

The best of climbing days! So much fun to check out climbs that always seemed to so big and scary (Table of Colors and Too Many Puppies) and I couldn't imagine a better person to overcome that intimidation with! Fun warmup with a hard start and jug climbing above that.