Bouldering Weekend

On Saturday I headed out to meet up with Brian and his cosine from southern California at the Cascade boulders to show them around and do some climbing. When we got there the rock at the orchard boulders was just a little wet so we started on the Power line Boulder witch was dry. After hitting all the warm-ups we found some new variations to send.

Brian on High Voltage V1

Linking Lighting Bolt into High Voltage for a nice V2

Brian on the link up.

At this point we felt warmed up so off to the Surge Protector Boulder we went. The V2 Arete was dry but the rest was wet so we cleaned off the boulder next door and did some FA's instead. Three nice problems came out of the moss and then it was on to see more boulders. By this time in the day things had gotten a lot warmer so we headed for the Cascade Boulder and some classic lines. The end of the day was spent with Brian and his cosine working on BLT the classic of the boulder. Maybe next time boys.

Brians cosine on BLT V4

Sunday started with getting my wife ready for her first trip out in a very long time. The weather look incredible so off to Larch we went. When we got to the Leavenworth boulder and parked the car I noticed one other person climbing up there. I thought to my self very cool some one to climb with. I stepped out of the car to hear my name and noticed it was Matt from the Circuit climbing gym. This was going to be a fun day for sure. One of his friends came as well witch made things even better. I gave them the run down on the boulder and we got to work climbing things.

Mat on Iron Giant SDS V5

Mat on Iron Giant SDS V5

Mat on Iron Giant SDS V5

Mat on Iron Giant SDS V5

Mat on Iron Giant SDS V5

I also got some shots of his friend on Back in the Day witch is a great problem with nice big move on great holds.

Back in the Day V2

Back in the Day V2

Back in the Day V2

Back in the Day V2

Back in the Day V2

After the warm-ups it was on to the projects. There are two left on the boulder. One is a proud line right up the middle on some pretty pore holds and the other is a traverse of the whole boulder. The line in the middle is the one we were working on. There were  no sends on this day but progress was made and a send should come soon.

Trying to stick the hold.

Matt trying to stick the hold.

Matt trying to stick the hold.

Well I hope to get up there on Sunday and try some more. Until then keep climbing.