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Hi,

I did my first trad lead yesterday at Logtown http://www.geocities.com/logtownguide/

It was a pretty easy route, about a 5.4-5.5. I placed 6 cams and 1 tri-cam.
I was pretty happy with most of my placements except for one cam. It was too open and a little off-set. I also needed to extend (or not place it there) one piece. I had some rope-drag but not too much. It was a very short route. I climbed to the top, rapped and cleaned the route. I was pretty stoked!! Next time I want to belay the second. There are a few stout trees at the top to use for excellent anchors. Now it's on to some harder/longer routes.

Al

I can't wait to get back to the RRG.

good work man but get back down here and the hell outta logtown actually, how is it there? i'm from youngstown and that would be pretty close, though i'd head to morgantown with cooper's before i'd be there probably..

Logtown isn't too bad. The routes are pretty short 40-50' and mostly all sport. If you can climb 5.10-5.11 there are a lot of routes for you to choose from. The crag is really pretty easy to find and the approach is very easy.

Al

Nice job!

i did my first trad route at Devil's lake up here in wisconsin this weekend and had a beautiful day to do it. i did a few routes at the red a few weeks ago but the routes i did this weekend where much longer and it they were harder routes too. the best part was that i got BOOTY on my first route, a white alien! i was pretty stoked. hopefully i'll get on some trad lines at the red sometime this summer

That was my white alien....give it back.

diggum - you came to wisconsin and didn't tell me? thanks alot, i can really feel the love

nice job, congradulations now you can journey on into real climbing

Thanks for all of the cool vibes and feedback folks. I really apprectiate it.

Al

pawilkes wrote:i did my first trad route at Devil's lake up here in wisconsin this weekend and had a beautiful day to do it.

What route did you lead? My first lead climb was about nine years ago on Queen's Throne. My first fall on a trad lead was on Peter's Project. There are a lot of great moderate trad routes at Devil's Lake.