On my way home from climbing today with Brock I received a phone call from Jer asking when we were going. I responded and said we had just finished and that he had missed it. He then invited me to join he and Mallory this evening for another outing. Stacy was busy tonight and it is my week off, so I accepted. They picked me up around 6:45. T
his was a bit late so we decided to go somewhere where there was little to no approach. In my time spent going through the book this morning I marked the Storm Mountain Picnic Area due to a number of climbs that are basically within the picnic area itself. We arrived to find several other climbing parties already on the wall. Our first and second choices of climbs were taken, but we decided not to give up and we found a crack climb a little further east. I think Mallory was hoping
we were going to climb sport because she doesn't yet have faith that we know what we are doing with trad gear, but this was our only choice. The weather started to look a bit sketchy at this point so we hung out for a minute to see if it was going to change (all the while playing with our new gear and showing Mallory how to use it). Eventually, we decided the weather was fine and I led the climb. *I must take this opportunity to thank and acknowledge Mallory for the photos featuring yours truly.* We only did the first pitch since we were running low on time at this poin
t. The guide book says this climb is a 5.5. I wouldn't disagree with that, but at times it did seem a little harder than that. It is called "Layback Crack." It was a really fun climb. I want to go back soon and climb the second pitch as well. Mallory climbed sec
ond and cleaned the gear. The idea was that she would be able to take a look at my placements and learn a little more, but she ended up just climbing and taking the gear out. Jer climbed last and by the time he got back to the bottom it was really getting dark fast
. Jer gets the Boy Scout Award of the day for being prepared with 3 headlamps in his pack - one for each of us. I did not get home until about 9:45 (about 45 minutes past my bedtime), and Stacy was confused as to how I could be out so late climbing. It was a fun night. I was stoked to get out an
d lead trad again. I am getting better. I need to keep going so I don't forget everything I have learned. The proble
m is that the storm is supposed to come in tomorrow and stick around for basically the rest of my time off. I even have climbing partners lined up for the rest of the week! We will see how it goes. Until then, On Rock.
On my way home from climbing today with Brock I received a phone call from Jer asking when we were going. I responded and said we had just finished and that he had missed it. He then invited me to join he and Mallory this evening for another outing. Stacy was busy tonight and it is my week off, so I accepted. They picked me up around 6:45. T
his was a bit late so we decided to go somewhere where there was little to no approach. In my time spent going through the book this morning I marked the Storm Mountain Picnic Area due to a number of climbs that are basically within the picnic area itself. We arrived to find several other climbing parties already on the wall. Our first and second choices of climbs were taken, but we decided not to give up and we found a crack climb a little further east. I think Mallory was hoping 
we were going to climb sport because she doesn't yet have faith that we know what we are doing with trad gear, but this was our only choice. The weather started to look a bit sketchy at this point so we hung out for a minute to see if it was going to change (all the while playing with our new gear and showing Mallory how to use it). Eventually, we decided the weather was fine and I led the climb. *I must take this opportunity to thank and acknowledge Mallory for the photos featuring yours truly.* We only did the first pitch since we were running low on time at this poin
t. The guide book says this climb is a 5.5. I wouldn't disagree with that, but at times it did seem a little harder than that. It is called "Layback Crack." It was a really fun climb. I want to go back soon and climb the second pitch as well. Mallory climbed sec
ond and cleaned the gear. The idea was that she would be able to take a look at my placements and learn a little more, but she ended up just climbing and taking the gear out. Jer climbed last and by the time he got back to the bottom it was really getting dark fast
. Jer gets the Boy Scout Award of the day for being prepared with 3 headlamps in his pack - one for each of us. I did not get home until about 9:45 (about 45 minutes past my bedtime), and Stacy was confused as to how I could be out so late climbing. It was a fun night. I was stoked to get out an
d lead trad again. I am getting better. I need to keep going so I don't forget everything I have learned. The proble
m is that the storm is supposed to come in tomorrow and stick around for basically the rest of my time off. I even have climbing partners lined up for the rest of the week! We will see how it goes. Until then, On Rock.
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