[TR] USA - My Spring Climbing Season/Plea for Partners 5/19/2010

[nkane]

Trip: USA - My Spring Climbing Season/Plea for Partners

 

Date: 5/19/2010

 

Trip Report:

I'm moving out to Seattle for the summer next week, and instead of posting a bare-bones partner request, I thought I'd recap my spring climbing season. If you like what you see, send me a PM and we'll meet up at the gym or go climbing on the weekends.

 

The story starts in Utah in early March. After driving through the night from Vegas, I met my friends at the Woodbury Road Crags for some sport climbing:

 

Here's me clipping on Shades of Grey, 5.11b

 

Desert Scenery:

 

 

Then it was off to Red Rocks for some sandstone.

 

Here's looking down from the first anchor of Arch Enemy - this goes under the huge arch that forms the first few pitches of Solar Slab. We did Johnny Vegas to get up there.

 

Squeeze chimney!

 

Haute cuisine in the Borders parking lot:

 

Crimson Chrysalis:

 

Being an attentive belayer and avoiding clusters:

 

I sadly left the desert, and headed back to New York. Some Gunks shots from the spring:

 

Bonnie's Roof (5.9) on a lovely spring day:

 

Getting into the business on V-3 (5.7), on not such a nice day:

 

Then I had law school finals and didn't get to climbing for six weeks.

 

But right after I turned in that last paper, I blasted off to North Conway for some sweet granite!

 

Pine Tree Eliminate (5.8):

 

More slabs than pro on Whitehorse:

 

I worked on my crack technique on They Died Laughing (5.9) at Cathedral Ledge:

 

I'll be in Seattle this weekend, and will be looking for partners on Monday and Tuesday.

 

Approach Notes:

Air, land, and sea

Edited May 19, 2010 by nkane

[TamaraSlade]

Some sweet looking cracks!!! thanks for the pics!!

[nkane]

Update: One last trip to the Gunks before my flight tomorrow.

Here's CCK (5.7+), one of the best pitches anywhere in the US:

 

We also did Ants' Line and Directissima (both 5.9), and I rocked the 5.6 offwidth on Baby.