11 July 2008

Things aren't always as they seam (V1)

Last night I finally got off my ass and cleaned the boulder I've been talking about. What I thought was a small finger crack, turned out to just be seam so small that you wouldn't even be able to get gear in it. However it is broken by a few rails. After an hour and a halft of cleaning, and two attempts, I climbed the problem with very little light, necesitating a headlamp. It's an easy, but fun problem. There is at least one more problem, and with a LOT more cleaning a traverse may also be possible. My friend Ben came to help clean and take pictures, though he decided to not give the problem ago because of the scetchy landing. I recon that it goes at about 6b, or V1 (I like the french grading system a lot better), but I need a few other people to give it ago. I'm calling the problem "Things aren't always as they seam.". Here are the pics.












1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I dunno dude, rock climbing is cool and all - but white jeans, in the dark, climbing like 10feet up? Whatever - you made it look, der, seamless. Shoots brah, good work. Vinny & Luke on the island next week. Gonna get ape for sure.

-Blambo