Climb 19 - Tuesday Sept. 23 - Scouts v3.0

It is the last week of the month and it is time I came up with something to do with just my scouts on our own.  On Sunday we briefly talked about going climbing, but I had not done any follow up.  When I got home from work I texted the boys and found that they were both still into the idea.  We quickly got our stuff together and headed up to Sport Utility Wall.  Time is short nowadays since the sun goes down so early, but I figured we had time for one route each.  When we arrived I was surprised to see some others up there.  There were on the 5.10a, but this wasn't a problem since we wanted to get on the 5.9.  The problem was that they wanted to get on the 5.10c by leading the 5.8 which shares most of the bolts with the 5.9.  The 10c is a completely different climb, but the 5.8 and 5.9 are the same except for the top section.  The 5.9 goes straight whereas the 5.8 heads right to the 10c chains.  So we waited for them to lead that and set up their toprope.  The dudes were nice, but they certainly didn't see the need to hurry as much as I did.  As soon as they were done, I quickly lead the 5.9 and set up our toprope for the boys.  Will followed and climbed it pretty smoothly.  I figure anyone who is athletic can climb 5.9.  He did fall once, but I think that was primarily due to him sticking his hand in a pile of some sort of animal droppings half way up the climb.  Tony climbed last and he seems to be into it.  That's cool.  I wish I had started climbing at a younger age.  I would be a lot further than I am now.  We were able to get down clean up and hike back to the car before the sun went down.  Although it was short, it was a successful evening.  I am hoping to get back up there soon so I can redpoint that 10a before the season is over.  I mean, let's be serious here, I probably won't get any climbing done once the ski season starts.  On Rock.