good friday

Went to Rumney yesterday with Greg. Got spanked on some reachy warm-ups (yeah, I'm belly-aching)

We started at the Armed and Dangerous wall of the Main Cliff (still open despite the Peregrine closings). I finally rp'ed the route Armed, Dangerous and Off my Medication (10b)-- a route that has a committing reach and short, pumpy top and, two years ago, would make my palms sweat and knees shake.

We then headed over the Bonsai wall where I got on Centerpiece again. I finished it this time, but had to really work the top to figure it out.

Greg then bagged his rp of Social Distortion. Here he is cleaning the route.



We then headed over to Upper Darth and I tried out 3 Easy Pieces. Its been rebolted to make a fall at the crux less scary and treacherous. This is another new project of mine! I finished it but I need to practice it. Its delicate followed by burly.

Greg set up Squall, another route that has me belly-aching about the opening reaches. Greg offered a cheater stone for the bottom and was horrified when I agreed. Anyhow, the rest is really nice but burly and, at this point in the day, I was really burned.

We got more water from the car and then Greg ran a few routes at the Parking Lot Wall. I was happy to have enough left in my arms to belay.

We enjoyed the wildlife in Rumney yesterday. Aside from the herd of quebecois on holy week holiday (some of whom braved the swimming hole which was still frozen two weeks ago), we saw a turkey, which flew over us after being corners by a cliff, and some flowers coming up-- trout lily and blood root.