Ascents in Muralla Grande

Led pitches 1 & 3 clean, followed pitches 2 and 4. Hung on the rope briefly on pitch 2 when trying to get a half-stuck cam out. Mark wanted to do the 5.10a final pitch variation, but we wound up doing the 5.8 because a deep fog had filled the canyon and we didn't want to get stuck in bad weather. Pitches 1 and 3 were my first 5.8 trad leads. Pitch 1 felt fun and comfy, pitch 3 felt like it was right on the limit for me.

The ambitious climb of the year (so far) for Fritz and me. There's 5.8 on every pitch, and if we dared we could do the last pitch as 5.9 or 5.10. Didn't drink enough water so my fingers cramped up on the last pitch. As we finished little droplets started spitting from the sky.

This was my first multi pitch route. I was pretty freaked out at the exposure on the first belay but got used to it before following up the 2nd pitch. I really enjoyed the 2nd pitch cause I took the time to look around and see the area as I was climbing. I came off the rock on the 3rd pitch but luckily my leader had a bomber anchor so it just freaked me out pretty bad. The last 15/20 feet of the 3 pitch had to me made into a 4th pitch cause my leadman ran out of gear and almost out of rope. The trip was awesome and well worth the 10 hour drive.