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Summary
![Wasted Words Wasted Words](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/572171-225x300.jpg)
Leading Wasted Words (5.10a) on Catwalk Cliff (Nov. 2009).
November 2009 – a quick day in the Lower Gorge with some easier lines on the menu. Shirley led: Patent Leather Pump (5.9), Conversion Excursion (5.10a), and Lost Souls (5.9). I led: Wasted Words (5.10a), Greasy Spoon (5.10a), and On The Spot(5.9).
Photos
![Abraxas Abraxas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/IMG_1819-768x1024.jpg)
Unknown party on the Tombstone Crack pitch of Abraxas route on The Monument (Nov. 2009).
![Abraxas Abraxas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/IMG_1823-768x1024.jpg)
Unknown party on the Tombstone Crack pitch of Abraxas route on The Monument (Nov. 2009).
![Patent Leather Pump Patent Leather Pump](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSCN5872-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley leading the nice Patent Leather Pump...used to be rated 5.10a in the first edition of Watts' book but got a demotion to a 5.9 in the new edition (the latter is probably more spot on; Nov. 2009).
![Patent Leather Pump Patent Leather Pump](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSCN0013-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley leading Patent Leather Pump (5.10a) on Catwalk Cliff ...belayed by yours truly (Nov. 2009).
![Wasted Words Wasted Words](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/572171-768x1024.jpg)
Leading Wasted Words (5.10a) on Catwalk Cliff (Nov. 2009).
![Wasted Words Wasted Words](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSCN5897-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley seconding Wasted Words (5.10a; Nov. 2009).
![Lost Souls Lost Souls](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/IMG_0515-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley starting up Lost Souls (5.9; Nov. 2009).
![Lost Souls Lost Souls](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/IMG_0521-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley leading Lost Souls (5.9) on the Catwalk Cliff (Nov. 2009).
![Lost Souls Lost Souls](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSCN0010-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley leading Lost Souls (5.9) on the Catwalk Cliff. Wasted Words (5.10a) veers right up the wide crack (Nov. 2009).
![Lower Gorge Lower Gorge](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSCN5877-768x1024.jpg)
Blondie enjoying a late fall day in the Lower Gorge (Nov. 2009).
![Greasy Spoon Greasy Spoon](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSCN5904-768x1024.jpg)
Leading Greasy Spoon (5.10a; Nov. 2009).
![Greasy Spoon Greasy Spoon](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSCN0006_3-768x1024.jpg)
Leading Greasy Spoon route (5.10a) on Catwalk Cliff (Nov. 2009).
![Conversion Excursion Conversion Excursion](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSCN5915-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley starting up Conversion Excursion (5.10a) on the Catwalk Cliff (Nov. 2009).
![Conversion Excursion Conversion Excursion](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSCN0014_4-813x1024.jpg)
Shirley leading Conversion Excursion (5.10a) on Catwalk Cliff. A decent line with the crux coming right off the deck (Nov. 2009).
![On The Spot On The Spot](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSCN5920-768x1024.jpg)
Leading the forgettable On The Spot (5.9) on the Catwalk Cliff (Nov. 2009).
![On The Spot On The Spot](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSCN0010_5-768x1024.jpg)
Leading On The Spot (5.9) on Catwalk Cliff....a forgettable line but for the sake of completeness... (Nov. 2009).
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