the frank family (steve, barb, stan, kenny), and me. in the background is some abandoned bar/hotel thing.
"put the hex in your poot" (5.7 on the astrodome formation) you know what they say, an offwidth a day, .... the name didn't lie, the crux is putting the hex into your poot. not really sure what that means...
we got to the top of this crack to find a super cozy ledge, then tried to top out the dome, but due to wanting to not die, we backed off. it looked pretty terrifying. we looked in the book, and it didn't mention a second pitch.
kenny, aka batman, doin a little boulderin. (gunsmoke area) there was this super long traverse on this rock, and this line is right in the middle. steve kept saying, "its a sweet v0 traverse, you guys are gonna love it." it spanked me! i got a bit past this spot, and fell off, totally pumped.
"spiderman" (5.10a) not gonna lie, this route scared the bejeezus out of me. i got a bit further, plugged a blue tcu and my green c3... well, the blue cam wasn't even cammed into the crack... it ripped, the c3 then ripped as well, and thank God i placed another tcu at this stance(the one pictured) whew! it caught me!. kenny had a similar experience, but his gear held. we ended up climbing the two routes to the right and rigged a top rope to get my gear back. strangely enough, it was super easy on top rope. fuckin head games. teehee
the approaches in j tree can be kinda heinous. we ended up scrambling over rocks, sliding down chimneys, fighting our way through thick brush, and even hopping through thick cactus fields. the down climbs were even worse ;)
me and kenny, kung fu masters by night, hardcore crack climbers by day.
kenny, aka batman, doin a little boulderin. (gunsmoke area) there was this super long traverse on this rock, and this line is right in the middle. steve kept saying, "its a sweet v0 traverse, you guys are gonna love it." it spanked me! i got a bit past this spot, and fell off, totally pumped.
"spiderman" (5.10a) not gonna lie, this route scared the bejeezus out of me. i got a bit further, plugged a blue tcu and my green c3... well, the blue cam wasn't even cammed into the crack... it ripped, the c3 then ripped as well, and thank God i placed another tcu at this stance(the one pictured) whew! it caught me!. kenny had a similar experience, but his gear held. we ended up climbing the two routes to the right and rigged a top rope to get my gear back. strangely enough, it was super easy on top rope. fuckin head games. teehee
the approaches in j tree can be kinda heinous. we ended up scrambling over rocks, sliding down chimneys, fighting our way through thick brush, and even hopping through thick cactus fields. the down climbs were even worse ;)
me and kenny, kung fu masters by night, hardcore crack climbers by day.
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