Brilliant weather in the forecast and the desire to test out the ankle fully led me to hit the road for the west fork boulders. Great rock combined with a short approach made for a great combination. I hit the road early and was met with great conditions at the boulders. Sixty degrees and partly sunny with no wind.
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| Great Rock |
After doing some exploring of the boulder field again I settled in on one boulder to clean and send all the problems on. Lots of trundling, and a little brushing later the boulder was ready for some climbing.
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| Enigma Arete V2 |
Attracted to a prow on the south end of the boulder I set to work on sending.
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| Working Algorithm V5 |
As it turned out it was a lot harder than it looked. I had to work it out in sections to solve all the little tricks to the problem. Even the finish was spicy just to keep things real to the end.
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| Knee scum with flag. Supper cool move. |
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| Keep slapping up. |
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| Power toss with big core tension. |
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| Toss for a very bad pinch. |
In the end a great line was born. Off to easier ground on the rest of the boulder.
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| A nice VB jug haul to settle things down. |
More trundeling led me to my final problem of the day, a nice roof problem. Fun was the name of the game on this one.
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| U571 V3 |
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| Steep |
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| Jug mantel finish. |
What a great day getting back into it. Lots more FA's waiting and I will be back when the weather breaks.
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| Me under U571 |
Until next time thanks for readying and keep climbing.
