Before I gleefully jammed my entire body in the rock @chrislohsoc and I had done some of the fastest climbing I’d ever done in my life. We started our day doing a link up of a couple routes on the west face of Tahquitz. We linked the flared out fingercrack of Dave’s Deviation, simul-climbed through the exposed slab and easy cracks of Piton Pooper and then pitched out the classic Upper Royals Arch to finish off the route. We did this 730ft block all in around 2 and a half hours and quickly rappelled. We walked over to the Northwest recess to hop on one of the taller climbs on the face, the 800ft Whodunit. Having the confidence of doing the route before Chris took the first lead but ended up off route on a difficult slab section and took a 35ft wipper pulling a piece of gear and smacking his heels and butt. This really didn’t slow Chris down that much though. After another small fall and some searching around, Chris cruised up to the chimney pitch for my lead. I happily climbed through the chimney and then the body intensive offwith after it. After this we then decided we would simul the last 4 pitches of the route. This may have not been the best decision we could have made as not only did we not climb much faster than If we had just pitched it out normally, but we also got off route again. Luckily this time, Chris actually found himself on a real route as he climbed through the 10d sport like roof section of another climb called Edgehogs. I however was way to exhausted and stepped into slings to get over it. After this we topped the route out to find ourselves in the dark, with no headlamps and quite a ways away from our rappel. I think the idea of simul rappelling in the dark is a lot scarier than actually doing it as I felt quite safe during the whole process. After our pitch black decent we were finally safe on the ground with only a steep hike and a long drive ahead of us. I guess if there’s any lesson here its things don’t always go as planned and little mistakes can increase the time you spend on the wall exponentially. Although we created our own personal sufferfest, I would do it all again. But maybe this time check the topo and bring a headlamp
Another classic day at Malibu creek! Here’s a shot of me on-sighting New Release (5.12-) I’ve passed this eliminate of the beautiful arete it shares bolts with many times but hadn’t ever hopped on either line. Thanks to @chrislohsoc for getting me psyched to get on it.
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Looking like a spec up on the Exorcist in J Tree today. Onsighting this 10a finger crack gives me SO much psych for furture adventures jamming my body parts into rocks
