Sometimes its just for fun. No angst building up during the week about a weekend climb coming up. No worries about partners or pre-dawn starts. Just fun! I got to take 3 friends, who had done some climbing before , on their first Multi pitch trad route this last weekend on Moro Rock.
I offered to lead and they could just come along and manage the ropes and gear. We were also giving our friend Jen a goodbye gift for her last day in the area before moving on to Colorado.
We started late on the north end of the parking lot and went down the west side with the mandatory trad bushwhack. We came to the long ramp that we crab walked down for about 200’, 4th class. We got to the base of the climb and did ‘The Link’ and ‘ The Off-ramp’ routes up to the stairs in about 6 pitches.
Probably one move of 5.7 and the rest pretty nice 5.6 . Good Pro all the way up in a crack . A perfect day for moving on the rock!
It was all smiles when we got to the top, actually it was all smiles all day long! They were going to take me to dinner on the way home and instead we ended up sitting in the parking lot till way late, right there on the asphalt, eating crackers with goat cheese, as I drank my reward 40oz and we were digging life in a big way …..Highly recommended Fun Day!!