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…

More work on the straight east stuff with Ted and Greg. Got that steep footwork problem with the finger dent, that felt good. . Also got our warmup mantle with the nipple off. Soon joined by Alexis, Charlie, Moe, Brian, and kids. Most everything else was spankin me. Almost made a crazy mantle with my…

Went due east with Ted & Barry and did some cool stuff. Got a greasy flare with thin friction feet after a few tries, then a really scrunched up undercling. Ted got up a steep footwork problem with just a finger dent and greasy sloper for hands. Barry and I flailed. Tried a moderate overhang…

The bunch was off somewhere else today, so I went exploring. Found a couple of chossy problems, then one super balancy knob-sidepull to slopers problem that I almost gave up on then got. The rest of the stuff there was super highball, so I went back in front and did the crack on the other…