First trad lead!

Post by **pawilkes** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:23 pm

I lead Push-Mi, Pull-Yu (5.6) and Charybdis (5.7) and seconded Full Stop (aka Two Pines, 5.6). I also finally send Orgasm Direct on TR (this is one of those routes you can't lead) which was pretty cool. I'm hoping to spend more time up there leading over the next month and then I'm moving back to Kentucky.

Post by **squeezindlemmon** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:31 pm

You gotta do Cheatah, Prime Rib, and Happy Hunting Grounds. HHG is one of my favorites!

Pawilkes, was the bird's nest still up on Push-Mi, Pull-Yu? Jared got attacked by pigeons while leading that route.
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Post by **Huggybone** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:34 pm

Hay Al, way to go. I know you pieces were probobly pretty good, what did your partner think?

Post by **pawilkes** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:13 pm

i didn't see any nest on Push-Mi, Pull-Yu. i've done Cheatah on TR and agree that it is a pretty sweet route. i'll have to remember to get on the others.

Post by **everready** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:15 pm

Huggybone,

Thanks for the Kudos. My buddy didn't get to check my placements. We had his girlfriend, her sister and her daughter (4 years old) there too. We had two ropes to manage and were pretty busy. I'm pretty happy with my placements so far, it's *where* to put it I'm still working on (and probably will be for quite some time) and keeping to rope straight, anticpating the next placement etc.

Al