Ascents in Weir as Retreat

Worked on the first four bolts. Didn't like how most of the climbing was done on the left side of the arete while it is bolted on the right. Bailed on the fourth.

Phil got started, then lost his lead head. I took over the lead, until I reached the final roof crux... after 3 falls on gear, I lowered-ff and tagged Phil back in to finish the climb.

"Easy" start was soaking wet, so started up through cave. Very hard climbing. Gear placements were mostly wet, so didn't inspire confidence either. On pitch 2, I didn't have anything bigger than a C4 #4, so ended up run-out some 8m or more, grubbing up the off-width crack. May climb better on the very exposed ramp/arete, but not protectable. Pitch 3 traverse was easy. But, the last bit of the ledge at the start of P4 was soaking wet, and that pitch was wet too, so I decided to not lead it.