Learning to Crawl

Finally! A blog post. This is more of a photo dump though. I'll have some words for you later tonight. This is basically a recap of a wild week spent at a wonderful climbing area called Bob's Area at Exit 38, located a steep little hop, skip, and jump up Mt. Washington. It was a stellar week of hiking and climbing, and getting shut down on my new project. The good news is that at least someone sent it. Dom nabbed his second .13a and I hope the rest of the Oly' crew will be right behind him. For now here is the story board.


Friday

Loevely little bells.



Me starting the day right with an interesting .10d.


Dom braves the waters for his first try on Crawling from the Wreckage(5.13a)


Nick had a great first burn on Crawling only hanging a few times before meeting the chains.


A blurry photo of the fine dining at Alpinia, one of my favorite restaurants.


Aaaaawwww, the night life in North Bend.

Saturday

Laura trying to Fire Up Bob(5.10c), with a huge reach for the first move.


Dom battles the bulges on Firing Up Bob(5.10c)


Dom faces his destiny on Crawling from the Wreckage(5.13a)


I think this is a 5.10 commercial.


Dom enters the last crux of Crawling. We were both exhausted from the day before but Dom sailed up this impressive route making it look more like some of the .12a's I've seen him flash. Brilliant job Dom.


I guess I'll just have to hike back up here.


North Bend.


Laura not only snagged a 5.11a redpoint earlier in the day, but also ate this .10d up with a solid onsight.


One of the greats up at Bob's Area, a 5.9 called Awannaduya.


We managed to get home just in time for dinner.


Tuesday.

Erica got our day started with a sweet redpoint lead of Firing Up Bob(5.10c), this has become the habitual warm up for the crag. Nice lead Erica!


Dasso comes face to face with his nemesis Salterello Presto(5.11a). He did manage to get to the chains but no send on this day. We got back up on the following Friday and he handled business though. His second ever 5.11a redpoint, SICK!


Erica decided to dance with Salterello Presto as well.


To wrap up the day Erica went for another bold lead of Stemming Out Beyond the Grey(5.11b), but this one might be a little over her head for now. This is one of my favorite routes at this area.
My day went as follows, try project, fall on project, repeat as needed.

Friday.
No pictures, but Greg sent his project while I managed a few one hangers on mine. I feel confident and I'm looking forward to taking a little break from it. I just got back from one of the most amazing trips to lake Serene, so look for the post soon...