I'm calling my last spurt of Owl Tor activity the "Grade IV Train-a-thon". With some long-route prospects materializing for this summer and fall, I've put the steep pockets and jugs of the Tor to peculiar use, with a mind to build endurance over raw power, extended gumption over bursts of burl. Elijah and Phil, you probably think I'm completely ridiculous for using the Tor as a training-gym for trad climbs. Hey, maybe if I lived in Yosemite I could sample the REAL vintages of long, hard, trad routes. Until then, It's the raw whiskey of the Tor, and the occasional two-buck Chuck of Gibraltar.
My Saturday was great. Felt fit, had fun, and watched Elijah and Phil punish themselves on Strictly Ballroom (5.14a?). Managed to cram in 11 burns on 6 routes, and eek out 11 redpoints as well.
Here's my rundown:
Power, 5.11d: two redpoints
Auto Magic, 5.12a: two redpoints
The Natural, 5.12c: two redpoints
Hell, 5.12b: two redpoints
Anchor Punch, 5.12a: two redpoints
The Sea, 5.12a: one redpoint
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Are you training for Royal Arches or Snake Dike?
obviously, I'm hoping to do Nutcracker. In a day.
Then I'll think about R.A.
Have you seen Masters of Stone VI?
It has footage of Cedar and buddy climbing Nutcracker in less than 6 minutes.
WTF!!
Cedar once free-soloed past me on Nutcracker. He stopped only to hit on the girl I was climbing with.
Obviously, since I was climbing with a rope, Cedar was more of a man. I wish I could be more like Cedar.
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