| Friday: Eat and drink beer till midnight.
Saturday: Wake up at 3 am, drive to Smith, help out with the Mazamas rock course (get to follow 3 pitches...Shirley manages to lead her first 10a bolted face even though she's only supposed to be following students), back at PDX at 5pm for a 6:30 pm flight to Salt Lake, drive to Moab, get too tired 1 hour from Moab, sleep in car at gas station....
Sunday: Wake up at gas station, drive to Moab, look at shitty weather, say "sh*t" and "f*ck" and other profanities lots of times cursing our bad luck with weather once again, drink coffee, drive to TH in Ida Gulch, manage to bottom out the rental more than once but do get within 0.2 miles of TH (despite what the Supertopo suggests), hike to base of Jah Man, look at thickening clouds and rain/hail, stash packs/gear for return next day am, look at slightly clearing weather, say "what the hell, let's go for it now", enjoy the 1st two pitches, get spanked severely by next two pitches, enjoy the last pitch and summit, get ropes stuck on 1st rap down, unstuck (or is it unstickize) the ropes, hike down, drive to town, drink beer, eat teriyaki, sleep...
Monday: Wake up late - too late for a tower, say "what are we gonna climb?", go to Arches, climb Chinese Eyes a 10b single pitch (photos here and here) on The Great Wall, find the .9+/.10a thin hands section much more difficult than the .10b hands and bulge, get lunch in Moab, drive back to Salt Lake City, fly home vowing to return and try Jah Man in better style, sleep. |
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