It's been a while since I posted anything about climbing. I haven't been climbing much in the last few months... a few times, but I didn't feel like posting. A few weeks ago I climbed a route at Taquitz with Brian and took David and Rod. We did The Uneventful... 6 pitches and about 900 feet. The crux pitch was fun and much harder than the 5.5 rating would lead you to believe... felt like 5.7/8 for sure.
This Wednesday I went to Holcomb Valley with Ceasar for a day trip. It was completely empty, which was great for us. The day was warm and sunny, with just enough breeze to keep it from being too hot. We warmed up on a .7 and .8 before moving on to the harder climbing. Ceasar was wanting to climb some harder stuff, so we moved over to One Armed Bandit (10A 8 bolts). There was a sweet roof to get past for the first crux and a fun face near the top. I had to take a both spots to work out the moves, but made it. We led two more 10a's just to the left and we both led them clean. Both were somewhat challenging, but fun for sure. Next we headed to do a 10b just around the corner. There were two right next to each other, and we decided on the route on the left, since the one on the right looked super thin and blank. We both led the 10b clean, although it was more challenging than the other routes and felt somewhat desperate in a couple places. We TR'd the 10b on the right and both sent it clean, but it felt harder than the other route. The lead on that will be exciting for sure.
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