I only climbed one day. I panicked a bit on Ken’s Crack, did great on City Lights – right up on the first try. I haven’t had that much rope drag for a while though. We’ve been climbing a lot of stuff close to the ground and not so much multi-pitch and running pitches together. Then at the end of the day after I’d taken my harness off Laurel opened up. I didn’t feel like having to do it but also felt like I was dodging. Todd said go boulder it so I was messing around with my approach shoes on (uncommitted). Then he walked over with my rock shoes, so I committed.

I actually did the move twice and downclimbed it twice. It felt pretty reasonably good too. I wasn’t so scared, just a little in the downclimbing. So that counts as good as a lead, right? I think I can take Laurel off the list of climbs I’m scared of. And City Lights too although that one wasn’t really on the list becuase I’d already worked through it. Still on the list would be Ken’s Crack and Trapped Like a Rat but they’re diminishing.

Todd led Drunkard’s, which he calls a 7. I call it an 8 but I’m definitely still scared of that one. Lots of 8s yet to be scared of but if Drunkard’s is only a 7, maybe it’s time to start working on it. It’s close by so I could get to it often and the upper part is a real nice route, that roof especially.