Ascents as Red point by Nick Boldt

#3/4. Used the rings on Cocksure to TR this. Jen crushed it with more finesse and less cursing that me. Clearly her Welsh trad climbing experience is coming back.

#2/4. Stick clipped the 2nd bolt just for the sake of showing Jen how a stick clip works and because I truly hate the start of this climb. Safety third!

#1/4. Jen cleaned the anchor (first time in the field in AGES) for a safe lower through the rings. Next time out she'll have to practice abseil/rappel with a prussik backup.

#4/4. Jen followed and did everything but the crack/bulge crux. First time in ages I've been on this when the top crack was DRY.

#2. Why does this feel more like a 5.9 at times?

#4 of the day. Led, then Jen TR'd, then I went up and tried the direct line instead of my usual left jog at the 3rd draw as a TR to clean the route and rap down.

#1/4. Led. Then Jen did her first ever NS climb, and first time climbing in about a decade and a half.

#3/5. Graeme got through the tricky beta for the first two bolts, then decided life's too short for meh climbs; I completed and cleaned it to retrieve gear, with one slip/sketchy moment after the second bolt. Damp, but not too wet. Still don't enjoy this route.

#1 and #2. Led it; Graeme TR'd it and cleaned gear; then Danielle attempted in running shoes getting about half way before the lack of grippy footwear prevented further progress. Graeme then led it, and I went up on TR in trail runners to clean it and rap down. Did a lesson w/ Graeme intro on how to rappel, in case we decided to later do Flakin' (but didn't get there because of rain).

#4/5. Stick clipped the first two, then banged it out. Graeme figured out the beta on TR with some hangdogging.

#5/5. Very wet on the way up, soaked at the top. Alternate beta for the slab ending was impossible due to wetness, so just plugged into the crack and went for it, but slipped out on the first try. Graeme plugged gear up to the 5th bolt before deciding it was too wet to proceed, leaving me to finish the 6th and rings.

#5.

#4.

#3. more fun that the previous 2.

#2.

#3. So. Wet. Not a fan.

#5. WAAAY easier than the first time I led this. Even skipped a bolt near the top.

#2. More Trad. This time I placed a micro cam above one of Will's but placements, just to remind myself how to plug cams. Nut placements were good.

#1. Will placed gear, then pulled the rope and I lead it on his placements.

#5. Cooldown. A nice simple 5.6.

#3. With the draws already hung, was able to try Will's beta -- staying low under the bulge with a knee bar to rest until ready for the big move to get up on the face. Next time will need to figure out how to hang the draw, climb back down, rest, and then push through.

#2. With Will's beta, I think I might be able to actually lead this clean next time. That left toe crux move though, yikes.

Downclimbed from the top of Four No More. Kinda narrow but a decent descent without a pack.