Macronut and I finally got the skunk off the boat. We got the monkey off our back and the fly out of our ointment. We stopped climbing other peoples stuff and entered the hallowed realm of first ascentionists. We will become rich and famous. Our peers will revere us. Internet hoards will "like" us and we'll probably get sponsors.


Last Saturday.
Wishon Reservoir.
Below the dam
Group campground behind a locked gate.
Father Son Church Campout.
"Yeah....we brought the climbing gear honey...you know....the little kids might want to toprope or something..."



We spied this juicy crack 25 yards from tent city, beggin' to be FA'd. It was covered in moss and lichen and had the Nut Brothers name written all over it.

The kids were thicker than skeeters' at the base.
"Go on! Git! Me and Macronut got reel climbin' to do boys!"
Macronut established on terra incognita.


12 feet into new terrain. Crushin it.

Manky licheny mossy feet lead to strong liebacking and a full belly forearm jam.


With the unknown lurking above, Macronut breathes hard, bears down, and keeps his schtuff together. He now knows what Hillary felt like approaching the Step. He is Harding below the great roof.


A steep, crimp to jugs with dangly feet hero topout leads through the intimdating roof protected by a bomber purple tcu.

He powers to the top, fearless, compelled by the desire to sink his teeth into untouched stone. In a flash, its over. Victory is ours. We have tamed the savage mountain. Slayed the silvery beast. We straight suckapunched that new route yo.
Respect.


I get my FA on and meet him on the top in perfect style....one hang when I got pumped retrieving that purple tcu.




The route is 70 feet. At least 5.9. Probably gonna be a trade route. I hurried home and posted this as soon as possible. I'm thinking about getting a tattoo to immortalize the occasion. I sprayed about it at the gym and on Facebook and would Teet about it if I had a Twitter account. I called my mom. She wasn't impressed. I'm trying to get ahold of the guidebook authors. Anybody have phone numbers for Moser, Vernon, Slater, Haymond, Kroll or the guys on Rock climbing.com? I'm in the process of getting a summitpost.com account. I hope this TR gets 3000 hits and that Chris Mac makes a Supertopo Select. Man, we are gonna be so cool. This is a changing point in my life. I can feel it. Thanks for checking it out.
We're open to route neames if anybody has any killer ideas.

(Actually, all kidding aside, it was really fun to find a line and climb it, probably for the first time. Makes us want some more. Look out Fred Beckey, the summer is still young.)