After a couple weeks off and a vacation to Hawaii we returned to some pretty nasty climbing conditions as the early arrival of summer brought some hot temps and high humidity. Before our break I started working out the extension of Flour Power called Pushing Up Daisies. It seemed the most logical route for me to get on after doing both The Madness and 40 Ounces of Justice. However, after we returned, my motivation for the route dropped. I didn't really want to climb Flour Power again just to get into Pushing Daisies and I felt that my endurance was on a decline anyway after taking a couple weeks off. So with some persuasion from Nadya, I got on Cutthroat instead. I'm glad I did as I sent it fairly quick. On my first attempt I worked out the moves and then the next weekend I sent it second go in nasty conditions. Awesome climb and super fun! Kind of bittersweet though that it went so quickly.
Memorial Day Weekend was our last weekend at the Red for the season. We didn't do much climbing that weekend as Nadya's mom and our friend Jerry rented a cabin at Lago Linda's. We were able to take them out to do some easier routes at Muir and both of them climbed, which was really exciting. Jerry got on a few routes and Nadya's mom got up some slab route that wasn't easy. It was pretty awesome to see them both try it out, especially Nadya's mom. There's also a pretty funny video. Should I post it? Hmmmm. Nadya's mom might not like it... I think that was about all the climbing we did that weekend. I think we watched more TV (River Monsters is pretty addicting) in the air conditioned cabin than we climbed.
So this Spring season at the Red was probably one of our best one's so far. Nadya sent three of her projects and I sent several, including my first 13 onsight. I was pretty psyched with my season as the 13's I did, with the exception of The Madness, only took a few tries at the most. Progress!
Nadya's Spring 2012 Ticklist:
Tissue Tiger, 12b
Ale-8-One, 12b
Rocket Dog, 12b
Brian's Spring 2012 Ticklist:
The Legend, 13b
The Madness, 13c
Forty Ounces of Justice, 13a (Onsight)
Calm Like a Bomb, 13a
Cutthroat, 13b
Next up...Rifle, CO!!!
