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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

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

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.

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.

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

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?

Winston! Winston! I keep calling him Vincent!

Do you live in Stanford, Sarah?

Winchester

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

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.