Feb Mix

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Summary

White Satin

Following pitch 2 of White Satin (5.7). The flake is a bit creaky and unnerving (Feb. 2008).

The weekend of October 9th and 10th in 2008. We hit up the Lower Gorge on Saturday where I led Old And In The Way (5.10c) and Shirley did Quasar (5.10a). Neither of us sent however. On Sunday, we went to the main area where we did White Satin (5.9, 3 pitches) again. This time Shirley led the whole thing and it was as fun as the first time around.

Photos

Saturday

Quasar

Shirley starting up the beautiful Quasar (5.10a) on the Catwalk Cliff in the Lower Gorge (Feb. 2008).


Quasar

Shirley staring up Quasar (5.10a). This is just before the crux (IMHO; Feb. 2008).


Quasar

Shirley leading the sustained Quasar (5.10a; Feb. 2008).


Quasar

Shirley near the top of Quasar (5.10a; Feb. 2008).


Old And In The Way

Leading Old And In The Way (5.10c) in the Lower Gorge (Feb. 2008).

Sunday

White Satin

Blondie hiding out from the long arm of the law at the base of White Satin (Feb. 2008).


White Satin

Shirley leading pitch 1 of White Satin (Feb. 2008).


White Satin

Shirley leading pitch 2 of White Satin (Feb. 2008).


White Satin

Shirley leading pitch 2 of White Satin. This is the hand traverse around a precarious flake near the top of the pitch (Feb. 2008).


White Satin

Following pitch 2 of White Satin (5.7). The flake is a bit creaky and unnerving (Feb. 2008).


White Satin

Following the hand traverse around the chunky flake near the top of pitch 2 of White Satin. Shirley's belaying (Feb. 2008).


White Satin

Doing a bit of route cleaning (a loose flake) on pitch 2 of White Satin (Feb. 2008).


White Satin

Looking down river from atop pitch 2 of White Satin (5.9; Feb. 2008).


White Satin

Shirley leading the beautiful money pitch (#3, 5.9) on White Satin (Feb. 2008).


White Satin

An unknown party on pitch 3 of Zebra-Zion route on Morning Glory Wall. View is from top of pitch 2 of White Satin on the Smith Rock Group (Feb. 2008).


White Satin

Shirley leading pitch 3 of White Satin belayed by yours truly (Feb. 2008).

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