등정들 Owens River Gorge에서

Lots of fun climbing, but lots of loose gravel and bits of loose rock. I touched, but didn't use a loose hold on the lead -- then pulled off a dinner-plate sized piece while lowering-off (so somebody wouldn't reef on it, and send it at their belayer).

At ICM, lead on Curtis' rack, since I didn't bring mine into the gorge, expecting only sport climbs.

Excellent hand crack with good gear into average face above.

I definately thought i was climbing china doll dont ever trust your buddy to pick your climb for you.

Good climb, soft for 12b.

With B boy. Awesome bolted jamming!

With Nick. Distinct crux - extreme bridging and crimping. Excellent route

With B boy.

With Susy G. Great little slab and crack climb at ORG

thin slab climbing with a reachy crux and a heartbreaker topout

some great and delicate laybacking.

3rd go

Took far longer than it should have. Coming into the crux moves is an interesting combination of balance and power, and I always seemed to be lacking one or the other.

Felt much harder than 11a...closer to 11d/12a in my opinion

Really only 5.8/5.9, but requires a solid 5.10 lead head because of the bolting. In this case, overgrading is a good thing.

Pretty fun, but the route wanders so much on the upper face that it detracts from its overall quality.

Super polished stone...good thing the jugs are HUGE

It's been my experience that anytime the guidebook calls a climb "bouldery" that actually means awkward...holds true for the start of this climb.

Should have onsighted this, but I missed the GIANT buckets on the arete...