Some of you may recall that I climbed the first pitch of Super Slab on Smith Rock State Park's Red Wall in March 2008. Well, on Sunday I returned to this route and lead all three pitches. Thankfully it did not hale on me this time. Near the top of the third pitch I was able to place my trusty pink Tricam in a little pocket hole, giving me the confidence to make the final effort to complete the route.
On Saturday our coordinator Ryan Christie took us up the Sky Chimney route. Here I lead the first pitch, while Ryan led the final two as they were too difficult for me to lead. This was the day that I realized that I climbed more confidently along cracks, as opposed to climb up just the face of the rock. Sky Chimney has a long double rope rappel, a portion of which is overhung. That had me rappelling though the air, slowly spinning in circles. Here is how it started out...
When I returned home I discovered that I was not the only one climbing. One of my green bean vines had started to climbing up the trellis in my garden.
1 comment:
Good for you, although those pictures reminded me very quickly why people afraid of heights (like myself) should not be climbing!
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