Day 2

Day two was spent at a local crag here around Conway, and was definitely a ton of fun. We got a bit of a relaxed start and eventually met up with two of Wayne's friends Gene a Chris, who are both really strong. The majority of the problems were down in this old creek bed that had through time eroded the sandstone down to expose these beautiful 15-30 ft vertical walls with amazing caves all over the place. Needless to say, the majority of things we worked on were cave problems today, which are not really my strength. However, things went a little better than expect. Here is a quick photo summary of the day:


This is the "Warm-up" problem that rings in at about V4:


Drew on one of the big throws. This wasn't too friendly for the shorter folk:


This problem had several cool lock-offs with crossovers:


After this we worked a V6 in the same cave but none of us could get a send together besides Wayne's friend Chris. So we moved on over to this real cool high ball face problem called, Off the Wagon On the Town, for a bit.


Here is Wayne working through the crux up top. He used a different sequence than most, by using a crimp out and left which to get to he had to get in this precarious position about 12 ft. off of the deck. Yikes. :


Drew with the high foot pulling around to the crux:


I ended up getting a send of this on my 3rd go, and it goes for around V3. After this we moved down a little further to an area called the Whiskey Cave where we worked a cool, dynamic, and slopey V4 problem, that no one really knew the name of.


Hitting the big huck:


Getting the high foot for a drop knee:


Wayne moving out to the dished sloper:


Wayne making the final moves to the end jug:

Here is a quick video of me sending the V4:





Everyone back at Wayne's apartment looking at you looking at us on the blog!


Today, it looks like we're going to head to Fontaine Red (yes, it makes fun of the ever famous Fontainbleau with its name) to give some classics a go before the rain, and meet up with Tim from the last summer. If the weather turns south, we're probably gonna head to Horseshoe and hit up some of the stuff underneath the numerous large roofs!