[TR] - R & D 5/8/2011

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Trip: - R & D

 

Date: 5/8/2011

 

Trip Report:

My 1st lead after a year off for torn rotator cuffs. We broke it into 5 pitches. I led 3 of them. Felt terrific to be back in action. Nice day, sunny and blue sky most of the morning. Weather came in after noon but we were back to the cars by then. After my rope topped out and we were waiting for the second rope to come up, it started snowing high on the crest to the south. Mother's Day and a poor forecast kept everyone away; we were the only ones on route and there was hardly any traffic up or down the road. Everything went smooth and safe. There's a cam buried in a short vertical crack in the blocks just below the chimney and one of the guys on the other rope found a Helium.