grahamfitter
Expedition Leader
Kevin (kellymoe) and I climbed at Suicide Rock today, a first for me and given the age of his guidebook, its been quite a few years since Kevin was there, too. The rocks don't move around too much but we acquired a more recent guide anyway. Then we hoofed our way up to the cliffs where we spent a while trying to work out where we were. Maybe the rocks move around more than we think?
We climbed a couple of routes. The first, Flower of High Rank (5.9) was a superb crack climb. Fortunately for me Kevin had not only brought the rope and rack he was also wearing leading trousers. So he took the sharp end of the rope and styled it and I followed with less style. At the top we both agreed it was a nice climb but it felt pretty hard for 5.9. Since neither of us had been anywhere near a rock face in [deleted to protect the guilty] months we can both live with that.
The second climb was the aptly named Graham Crackers (5.6) -- mostly because it would be rude not to. We raced up while the wind picked up and black clouds appeared overhead. I half expected it to rain but no such luck.
So all in all it was a great day! Kevin is a great bloke and a strong climber and we agreed to do some more sometime.
Cheers,
Graham
We climbed a couple of routes. The first, Flower of High Rank (5.9) was a superb crack climb. Fortunately for me Kevin had not only brought the rope and rack he was also wearing leading trousers. So he took the sharp end of the rope and styled it and I followed with less style. At the top we both agreed it was a nice climb but it felt pretty hard for 5.9. Since neither of us had been anywhere near a rock face in [deleted to protect the guilty] months we can both live with that.
The second climb was the aptly named Graham Crackers (5.6) -- mostly because it would be rude not to. We raced up while the wind picked up and black clouds appeared overhead. I half expected it to rain but no such luck.
So all in all it was a great day! Kevin is a great bloke and a strong climber and we agreed to do some more sometime.
Cheers,
Graham