Prospect Session

Here are some pictures from the 5.11b that I've been working at Prospect Mountain. We went up today after dinner and I flailed around out it for a while and finally figured out a sequence through the crux, but just couldn't pull the lip and ended up taking a couple of 20 ft. falls. Fun times. You can kind of see the hard part in the picture with Wayne. You have to pull up and over this overhang on small holds then to a nice big one and then make the clip and finish on some slabby climbing. I haven't made it all of the way through without falling yet, but hopefully after a few days rest I'll be able to put it all together!

Working through the lower portion of the route which is really awkward and balance dependent (what climbers call "balancy"):


Made the second clip now just resting the hands for the third clip and hard part (crux) of the route:


Moving up to the holds toward the third clip which is out of view. I'm really not moving that fast, the camera exposure was just pretty long.


Here is the picture of Wayne on the nice big hold (jug) by the third clip and he's about to move left through the small holds (crimps) and try to pull up and over the overhang:


I'm trying to really define everything I say now so maybe I won't sound like a rambling loser for the rest of this blog's existence. I hope everyone is doing fine back home!