easy 5.8 trad leads?

Post by **Day** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:34 pm

Along the lines of Christian's suggestion, if you haven't done Jewel Pinnacle, then you really ought to do that. Only 5.6, but a great lead for practicing protection.

Post by **michaelzr2** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:39 pm

There are some fun easy trad leads at Joe Ponder in Muir Valley.

Post by **ynot** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:42 pm

Yup thats how it went down. It was cool working it. The gear isn't hard. At the time it just took me longer to unlock the crux. I could have asked for beta. It's a good route.

Post by **flyinglow** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:36 pm

Christian, i'm sending 5.11 sport, and have onsited 5.7 trad leads with no problems as well as seconding several .8's and .9's cleanly, just i'm still building my gear placement skills, so i'm looking for easily protectable stuff that will be enough of a challenge to be fun.(my partner is leading 9's and 10's (trad), so i'm trying to find routes i can lead that won't bore my second to sleep...)
ynot, sounds like fun, i'll have to check it out next time i'm down.
thanks again y'all. my list of routes to climb is now longer than the list of routes i've climbed i think.

Post by **ynot** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:36 pm

There are3 really good 8's at Tower so just give them a try first.