Dreams, Violators and Finished Projects

It's been a while since my last post, but that definitely doesn't mean I havn't been climbing!

Since my last post, I found me a rock climbing woman who sends hard! And well, she's inspired me to push my limits to, you know, impress her with my skillz and such. Below you'll see a picture of her climbing Tangerine Dream, a 5.10d climb (debated to be a 5.11a) with me belaying her from the top. She smoked that route! Way to go Cat!! The pics after these are other highlightable climbs.

I reattempted the Violator (5.11c) this week at the Quarry and sailed past the crux compared to my previous attempt. This 100 foot route well earned a 5.11c rating with its midline crux involving lie-back crimps to sloper and heal hook moves. The top out isn't so easy either. It necessitates a cautious and balanced traverse along a ledge to a triple ringed rap station. Yup, three rings rather than two... when you're 100 foot up, sometimes another ring eases the already unsettled nerves.

These two gym climbs are my current favorites! The orange one on the left has a 1 hand, 1 foot, 3 finger pocket start. You move immediately with your left for a far reaching single finger pocket. Crush through some crimps with interesting foot maneuvers to an undercling crimp and balancy finish. Pretty fun and really rewarding to finish it after a couple days of projecting it. It's rating is V5-.

The yellow sloper route on the right is all about balance. Your feet do a hanging switch from left to right at the fourth sloper. Stick those feet, make your move to the next sloper and power up to the upper section and you past the crux. One more big move to the top and you're home safe. This route is rated V4. Super fun!

Currently I'm working through a couple of V6 projects.