Went with greg to the area north of the front where we were Sunday morning. Got that flake problem right off, then came very close on a slopey pull to the left of that. A couple east facing problems made me happy, especially one where you match hands on a knife-edge flake, get your toes…

Slept out again, this time managed to get up early. Did some of the same problems I hit with Rich on Friday so Ted could nail them. Rich got the funny dish problem this time, and pulled on that crazy sloper finger hold again. Me and Ted are nowhere close to getting that one. We…

Found Greg and Barry on the hilltop, playing on the Mohawk rock. I did the easier sidepull-right move to warm up, then tried to follow greg again on the left route. Couldn’t quite do it without some extra help standing on the right foot – this from a knobby right hand. Once up I can…

113 degrees today, went to the wash, north of the road, for shade. One good shady wall with three problems kept Greg, Roy, Brian and I busy for a while. The hardest problem involved standing on a good right foot with only a right sidepull at bellybutton level, trying desperately to get the left foot…

Hit the Buttermilks at 0600, before the heat, with Colby, a PCT hiker and climber who wanted to see them. I got up about 6 problems total, two of them after many tries. Another two defeated me, one a beefy overhanging jug haul. My best victory was an arete with very thin feet, the first…

Went exploring with Roy today and found some fun shizola. A hilltop in the back northeast. Got almost everything, including some harder stuff that even took a little work for Brian, Moe, and Greg when they showed up. Moved to a super highball rock then to more reasonable surfaces, all fun. Good day.

Down in the wash today, got spanked by almost everything but the warmup. There’s an overhang there everyone can do static and I just cannot stick to it. Finally I finished one on the shady side of that rock after popping off the crux fairly high once. Scared Greg cause I turned around in mid…

Ted forgot his shoes and went home. Worked some stuff in the front with Roy and Charlie. Walter’s crack spanked me again and again, but I got up a bunch of other stuff in the area that made me feel better.

A few good things on the east side today. Playful. Got some pics with the new camera – have to start postin’ em somewhere…

Last climbing session w/ Alexis. She was bummed and I almost felt bad for having a pretty good day. Got a couple of scary things on quadafi’s wall, a new thing near the front, and a really weird but fun problem on the hill that Greg showed me. Beautiful sunset, with the smallest sliver of…