Thursday, April 9, 2009

Smith Rock ----- Saturday April 4

Days 1st Climb

Days Last Climb Prep


Aaron on the Arete

Aaron Finishing Out the Day


Connor came down with a hellish cold mid week which put our trip in jeopardy, but with a late night decision Friday night we were gonna head out Saturday morning.

After a very interesting car ride down, we arrived at the park. Clear blue skies temps in the mid 70's made for a great start to the weekend

The walls were packed with climbers and routes were thin to chose from. First available wall was a 5.8 crimper. With 3
people in our crew (Connor, Aaron and Keri). We were ready to climb. Leading the climb was Aaron, who flashed up the wall and set the top rope. Next was Connor who flashed up w/ his cold and all and last was Keri. Keri's 1st ascent as a climber.

After completing the climb we packed up and moved on. We were in search of Cosmos a route Connor had suggested that we climb. Approaching the area we noticed quite a few people on the route so
our plan of climbing the
5.10a was spoiled. Another day, hopefully tomorrow.

We started to head back to camp since it dusk was setting in.

Making our way over the treacherous pass, we came across Double Trouble. An arete climb which Aaron craved to ascend. This would be the last climb of the day.





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