Thanks!!

Post by **everready** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:29 am

Hi,

I just wanted to post my thanks to Ynot (and to Huggybear) for helping this gumby get started in trad and sport climbing. If you didn't see the original post I asked if any experienced traddies wanted to teach a noob. Ynot said he'd be happy to. So I drove down on 3/17 and we went to Roadside on 3/18. I followed on Roadside and Five Finger Discount. I had a pretty hard time on those two as I had never crack climbed. Later we did C Sharp B flat. We did a few more routes too but I don't remember the names. Saturday we climbed with Huggybear up at Moonshiners. I followed Huggy on an easy 5.4. Then I did a mock lead on TR and placed some gear. After that we drove over to Buzzards Roost, and Huggy lowered from TR anchors and climbed a route there. All of the exposure overwhelmed me somewhat and I did not climb there. Sunday Ynot and I went up to Via Ferrata and did a couple of 5.7, 5.8/5.9 (hard start on that last one) sport routes. I led and cleaned my first sport route that day. It felt pretty damn good too!!
I met a lot of people and had a really good time. Hopefully I'll be able to get down there a few more times this season. I'm pretty sore and my shins and hands are pretty cut up but I had a fantastic time.
Thanks again,

Al

Post by **ynot** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 2:23 pm

Good job man! Most people cant remember the names of where they went and what they climbed.

Post by **Alan Evil** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 4:41 pm

So wait, you mean you actually found Buzzards Roost?!? Or was it Coffin ridge?

Dipsi and I were laughing about ynot's approaches yesterday.

Glad you got to do some mad scrambling and climb with some real veterans.

Post by **kentuckysarah** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:17 pm

I think I met you on Sat. night. I know I met Huggybone, so if you were with him and ynot, then I met you too. Glad you got to get out and do some fun trad. Too bad I didn't wake up early enough to go with you guys.

And, Alan Evil, I think I saw you on Sunday at Muir. It's really cool to put some more faces to names.

Post by **dipsi** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:19 pm

That was Alan with me, Sarah! I thought that was you with Vincent? Did you get to see me take my first lead fall?

Post by **kentuckysarah** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:57 pm

That was Winston. I think I may have heard you when you took the fall, but I didn't see it. Was it a good one?

Everready-were you the one that I referred to as old?

Post by **dipsi** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 5:02 am

Winston! Winston! I keep calling him Vincent!

Do you live in Stanford, Sarah?

Post by **kentuckysarah** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:44 pm

Winchester

Post by **Namaste** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:16 pm

Hey Sarah-
How are things going? It's me Leslie- remember? Conkwright- GRC- climbing? How's life treatin' ya?

Post by **Alan Evil** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:34 pm

That was me, Sarah. You are one strong climber. That crux move on the deadly route (whatever that one is that's rated X for the belayer) flowed under you like it was a ladder. I've seen four different climbers pull that and you're the only one that made it look easy.