Photos courtesy Reto Why am I having a mental meltdown on toprope? Because apparently all the sunny days, bullet-hard granite, and gorgeous lines in the world aren’t enough if my ego isn’t being fed. Because Steven led it, because I fell following it, because I had to aid my pitch of 10, because it was… Read more »
Monthly Archives: July 2006
Hot
Lisa and I got on some good classics on a hot day. After running up Directissima a la Todd, we found High E free. It’d been a while since I’d managed to do that last pitch. We also to swing through Modern Times. With Lisa, all led by DawnGroovyDirectissima DirectHigh E, P3Modern Times
Two 12s
Not clean, of course. But I did get on two 12s this weekend rather than the usual one. I mean, I got on the usual one, and then another one. Brien and I were talking in the parking lot about Orangahang, about how we’d both watched people, like our friend Christine, on it and how… Read more »
I fell off Drunkard’s
Off the high traverse too. People keep asking me what happened. Well, I hit the ground, that’s what. I hit it pretty well – on my feet and only toppling back onto my butt onto the pointy rock at the last second. Then I laid down on my back for a minute. I was fine… Read more »