EPC Day 2 – chossclimbers

EPC Day 2

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Agua De Coco — Happiness.

Day two was a repeat of this scenario except that we climbed the 3-pitch Pepe Y Lupe (5.10) around lunch time and managed to squeeze in the 4-pitch Agua De Coco (5.10+) with just a bit of darkness on the final rappel. Both are great little routes, especially the money dihedral on the former and the pocket pulling first two pitches of the latter.

Photos

Pepe Y Lupe — Leading pitch 1 of Pepe Y Lupe. Eric is already at the first set of chains having led the 5.11a variation first pitch (Dec. 2013).

Pepe Y Lupe — Top of pitch 1 of Pepe Y Lupe. Whatcha photographin’ there pussycat? Photo by Eric Ponslet (Dec. 2013).

Pepe Y Lupe — Shirley topping out on the (standard, 5.8) first pitch of Pepe Y Lupe (Dec. 2013).

Boltergeist — Lucie climbing Boltergeist (5.11a) as a first pitch alternative to Pepe Y Lupe’s standard 5.8 opener (which we climbed; Dec. 2013).

Pepe Y Lupe — Eric leading the money pitch (#2) of Pepe Y Lupe – a beautiful 5.10 dihedral with a short but thin crux near the top (Dec. 2013).

Pepe Y Lupe — Leading the 4-star dihedral on pitch 2 of Pepe Y Lupe. Photo by Eric Ponslet (Dec. 2013).

Pepe Y Lupe — Just out of the crux on Pepe Y Lupe. Great photo courtesy of Eric Ponslet (thanks!).

Pepe Y Lupe — Shirley on the beautiful pitch 2 dihedral of Pepe Y Lupe (Dec. 2013).

Pepe Y Lupe — Eric leading the final pitch (#3) of Pepe Y Lupe (Dec. 2013).

Pepe Y Lupe — Shirley past the crux on pitch 2 of Pepe Y Lupe – great fun climbing (Dec. 2013).

Pepe Y Lupe — Lucie and Eric atop Pepe Y Lupe – lots of fun climbing in a small, 3-pitch package (Dec. 2013).

Pepe Y Lupe — Shirley topping out on pitch 2 of Pepe Y Lupe. Photo by Eric Ponslet (Dec. 2013).

Pepe Y Lupe — Shirley topping out on the third and final pitch of Pepe Y Lupe. Look at that beautiful & pristine limestone (Dec. 2013).

Agua De Coco — Lucie, Shirley, and some random rata hiking over to the Agua De Coco route in the afternoon. Photo by Eric Ponslet (Dec. 2013).

Agua De Coco — Starting the lead of pitch 1 of Agua De Coco (5.10+). Lucie is in the foreground getting ready to climb. Photo courtesy of Eric Ponslet (Dec. 2013).

Agua De Coco — Leading the very nice pitch 1 of Agua De Coco (5.10+).

Agua De Coco — Shirley on the first (& crux) pitch of Agua De Coco (5.10+) on the TNT Wall. Eric is starting the lead below with Lucie belaying. Great fun pocket pulling pitch – quite sustained we thought (Dec. 2013).

Agua De Coco — Agua De Coco bit back (sharp pocket on pitch 1; Dec. 2013).

Agua De Coco — Shirley on pitch 2 of Agua De Coco. Eric is belaying Lucie on the first pitch. As fun as the first pitch if a touch easier. The pitch ends at a large palm tree which makes for a comfy belay perch (Dec. 2013).

Agua De Coco — Looking back towards the tequila (back in the casita) from high on Agua De Coco (Dec. 2013).

Agua De Coco — Shirley arriving atop pitch 2. Eric and Lucie are the first belay (Dec. 2013).

Agua De Coco — Eric leading pitch 2 of Agua De Coco belayed by Lucie (Dec. 2013).

Agua De Coco — More Eric action from pitch 2 of Agua De Coco…judging by Eric’s expression, the climbing must suck… (Dec. 2013).

Agua De Coco — Leading pitch 3 of Agua De Coco (Dec. 2013).

Agua De Coco — Shirley on the easier (but no give away) pitch 3 of Agua De Coco (Dec. 2013).

Agua De Coco — Eric leading the combined pitches 3 and 4 of Agua De Coco – big smile is no doubt for the great climbing on this route (Dec. 2013).

Agua De Coco — Looking towards Hidalgo and the mountains beyond during our descent down Agua De Coco (Dec. 2013).

Agua De Coco — Darkness finally caught up with us one rap shy of the ground. Happy crowd ready for some Cartas & a home cooked meal (Dec. 2013).

Agua De Coco — Apparently we were not alone to get caught by darkness. Several parties (Space Boyz, Yankee Clipper etc) were also rapping in the dark across the road from us (Dec. 2013).

Hidalgo — Great times in EPC! Each day of wet weather climbing would end with a great home cooked meal in our casita (fire place did not suck either) and some tequila sipping (no more for Eric obviously; Dec. 2013).

Hidalgo — The casita kitten that was working hard on Eric and Lucie in hopes of being taken back to Boulder…as of this writing, the cat’s status is still unknown (Dec. 2013).

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