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Walk On The Wild Side.
Another work related trip to LA courtesy of Shirley’s job. This one with a bit of drinking on Friday night and consequently a late wake up (in LA) on Saturday morning. We climbed the classic Walk On The Wild Side route (5.8, 3 pitches) on Saturday afternoon. I should’ve checked the description a bit better before setting off since I lost the route above the second bolt of pitch 2 and then found the third belay after a long (if not too hard) runout. Sunday morning we climbed the single pitch Right Baskerville Crack (5.10a) and then drove back to LA with enough time to tap some out of this world tacos before flying home. Is all.
Photos
Shirley on the short approach to Saddle Rock (in photo; Dec. 2018).
Starting pitch 1 of Walk On The Wild Side on Saddle Rock (Dec. 2018).
More pitch 1 (Dec. 2018).
Nice face climbing on pitch 1 (Dec. 2018).
Nearing the first belay (Dec. 2018).
Nearing the first belay (Dec. 2018).
Shirley starting up pitch 1 (Dec. 2018).
Shirley making progress on pitch 1 (Dec. 2018).
Nearing the top of the first pitch (Dec. 2018).
Views from the route (Dec. 2018).
Shirley on pitch 1 (Dec. 2018).
Shirley arriving at the first belay (Dec. 2018).
Leading pitch 2 of Walk On The Wild Side (Dec. 2018).
Shirley on pitch 2-3. I accidentally went off route and missed the bolts of pitch 3 but – on the upside – ended up linking pitches 2 and 3 (Dec. 2018).
Shirley getting closer to beer (Dec. 2018).
Topping out on the route (Dec. 2018).
OK, let’s go have some Mexican (Dec. 2018).
Shirley starting the descent (Dec. 2018).
Saddle Rock in the late afternoon sun (Dec. 2018).
Close-up of the moon (Dec. 2018).
Unknown climbers topping out on Right On (5.5) on Saddle Rock (Dec. 2018).
One last look at Saddle Rock (Dec. 2018).
Shirley on the short approach to Baskerville Rock (Dec. 2018).
Right Baskerville Crack route is the thin looking crack just right of photo’s center (Dec. 2018).
Starting up Right Baskerville Crack route (5.10a; Dec. 2018).
A bit higher (Dec. 2018).
Nice climbing (Dec. 2018).
Almost done (Dec. 2018).
Shirley starting up Right Baskerville Crack (Dec. 2018).
Higher (Dec. 2018).
Shirley enjoying another quick hour at JTree (Dec. 2018).
Shirley topping out (Dec. 2018).
Our shadows atop Baskerville Rock (Dec. 2018).
Shirley atop Baskerville Rock (Dec. 2018).
Gotta catch our flight home…after we get some tacos in LA (Dec. 2018).
Oh yeah…
We gonna send that shit!
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