#4. An attempt was made on TR. It was... less than stellar.
After a few attempts at the overhang/bulge crux, gave up, yanked my ass up on the rope, managed a move or so, found the hands, cheated my way to the rings.
Might consider a repeat on this, but next time would run up Fee Fi Fo Fum instead of Smell the Blood to get the TR anchor set up. Josh attempted the overhang crux but got shut down by the top rope preventing movement. Challenging route to project due to overhang & rope drag.
Got up the first few moves ok, and then it got hard, overhung, sweaty, and ... well, it's a project.
Swung off, managed to get back on, struggled, flailed, yanked my ass up on the rope, managed a move or so, found the hands, flailed at the feet, and ultimately cheated my way to the rings.
Looking forward to getting more in shape so I can complete this one.
#4. Since the anchors for TI are right next to Memories, Dave suggested we try it. So I moved the rope over for TR and we attempted it, both being shut down by the roofcrux. The bottom 2/3rds was fun though.
Did the first bunch of clips to the ledge, then went LEFT instead of RIGHT for 3 more clips... Onto a 5.10b (?) route. Could not do the last 3 bolts to anchor as one bolt was missing. So... Downclimbed back to the ledge and took the RIGHT 5.8 route for 3 clips, but couldn't pull the roof to finish. Sean TR'd the start & completed the route, topping out to the far right.
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Joshua Matsell Sullivan, K Sullivan
After a few attempts at the overhang/bulge crux, gave up, yanked my ass up on the rope, managed a move or so, found the hands, cheated my way to the rings.
Might consider a repeat on this, but next time would run up Fee Fi Fo Fum instead of Smell the Blood to get the TR anchor set up. Josh attempted the overhang crux but got shut down by the top rope preventing movement. Challenging route to project due to overhang & rope drag.