Shirley on Pro Choice.What can I say? Had bigger plans but maybe too much of that Balls Shrinking Disease [route] the weekend prior and somehow we did not do what we wanted to. A bit of Brownstone Wall (Pro-Choice…a 4-pitch 5.8 line with a 5.11 grade-setting move…a hard fucker too) and a bit of Death Valley tourista-ism was all. Oh well…
The RR
A well balanced pre-climb breakfast (Apr. 2013). Mount Wilson (left) and Rainbow Mountain as seen from the hike up to Brownstone Wall via the Pine Creek Trailhead (Apr. 2013). Shirley on the hike up to the Brownstone Wall with Rainbow Mountain and Cloud Tower dominating the view (Apr. 2013). Shirley leading the first pitch of Pro Choice. The obvious and beautiful looking dihedral above is The Nightcrawler route (Apr. 2013). Hey asshole, nice helmut! Pitch 1 of Pro Choice (Apr. 2013). Shirley starting up the second pitch of Pro Choice (Apr. 2013). The amazing looking Cloud Tower (formation and route) from somewhere on/near Brownstone Wall (Apr. 2013). Shirley starting up the second pitch of Pro Choice. Handren guidebook puts this pitch at 5.10b but nothing on it felt above 5.8-5.9 (Apr. 2013). Leading the third pitch of Pro Choice (Apr. 2013). Shirley topping out on the third pitch of Pro Choice – this is where the chocolate colored rock (for which Brownstone Wall is famous for) really begins in earnest (Apr. 2013). Unknown climbers on the third pitch of The Nightcrawler (5.10). Photo taken from Pro Choice route (Apr. 2013). Pro Choice – pitch 4 (Apr. 2013). Right before the crux move (literally one move) on pitch 4 of Pro Choice (Apr. 2013). Shirley on the finishing 5.8 crack on pitch 4 of Pro Choice (Apr. 2013). Shirley moving the raps on our way down Pro Choice. Cloud Tower is visible in background (Apr. 2013). Unknown party on the fourth pitch of the beautiful Nightcrawler route on Brownstone Wall (Apr. 2013). Death Valley (Apr. 2013).
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