This weekend was also a momentus occasion, my girlfriend Velvet climbed for the first time and loved it! She top-roped on a few 5.easy routes and even sent her first route ever at Bruce's Boulder! I was so proud of her. She now has the climbing bug and I suspect she will be climbing often in the upcoming months.
 Starting off on the crack at Bruce's Boulder. |
 working it... |
 Almost there...
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 At the top! |
Also this weekend saw me achieve a couple of personal goals:
- I did my first lead climbing since my knee surgery on Feb. 05 of this year.
- I did my first TRAD lead.
 Still got love for SD... |
I didn't really have it in mind to do either, but while looking for easy routes, we found numerous groups of TRAD-leading classes taking most of the routes that would have been easy enough for a first timer to have some fun with. I ended up leading the routes just so we would have something to climb.
The first sport lead was a 5.7 and it was easy, although it only had 2 bolts and was a run-out nightmare... could have used some gear to protect up high. If I would have fallen, I would have decked for sure.
 Getting on draws. |
 Getting past the first bolt. |
 Way past bolt #2. |
 The final moves, finally the anchor. |
 Ashley on Belay, mounties 15 strong in the background. |
 Lillie isn't impressed. |
The TRAD lead was on a 5.6 route on Domestic Dome called BS ( I think, I'll verify that). It was very exciting and fun. I placed all cams, as there were very little constrictions in the cracks. The route protected well for the first 2/3 of the route, then had a blank slab with about 3 moves to do before reaching a bomber ledge. Above the pro and traversing about 10 feet, the blank slab felt very exposed, although doing the route again on toprope proved very easy.
 Building the Omni... |
 Looking for placements. |
 Easy stance, looking to place piece. |
 Moving on up. |
 The crux move. |
 Happy I made it. |
That's all for now.
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