Starting out we went to the Royal Arch wall and hit Archangel .10a for Kevin, and then swung over on top rope and tried the .11+ again. It was hard! I hadn't warmed up yet though and I think that might have contributed to some of the difficulties that I was having with the route. I couldn't get through the crux.
Next, we went over to Lovely Arete...again. This time I was just running through all of the beta in my head before I got on it and when I did start climbing well...I effed it all up to say the least, but some where out of it I was able to keep things together and I was finally able to send! I'm definitely excited to get that one out of the way, and it was really inspiring to see Kevin work things out and flash the route. Chump.
After that we ran over to The Gallery and I got a flash on a cool .10a called Earthbound Misfits. Definitely the best route of that grade that I've climbed thus far and would love to get back on it again!
Finally, Kevin Martin and I headed over to this super classic .12a called Everybody Needs Friends and went for the lead. After Kevin got the first two bolts, he came down for a rest and I ended up working it through the fourth and to the anchors. Definitely was a really cool route and really is cool since only a year ago my life's goal in climbing was the send a .12a, and what do you know...it's getting pretty close. Might have to do some readjusting!
Here are some pictures from the climbs!
Getting ready to start:
Opening moves:
Almost to the first bolt:
About to clip the second bolt and then start the crux:
Through the business at a rest of sorts:
Moving up towards the slabby topout:
Clipping the chains and red pointing!:
Cruddy, bad idea, .11+ warmup:
How I ended up looking most of the time:
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