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Summary
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
Unknown party on the Tombstone Crack pitch of Abraxas route on The Monument (Nov. 2009).
Unknown party on the Tombstone Crack pitch of Abraxas route on The Monument (Nov. 2009).
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).
Shirley leading Patent Leather Pump (5.10a) on Catwalk Cliff ...belayed by yours truly (Nov. 2009).
Leading Wasted Words (5.10a) on Catwalk Cliff (Nov. 2009).
Shirley seconding Wasted Words (5.10a; Nov. 2009).
Shirley starting up Lost Souls (5.9; Nov. 2009).
Shirley leading Lost Souls (5.9) on the Catwalk Cliff (Nov. 2009).
Shirley leading Lost Souls (5.9) on the Catwalk Cliff. Wasted Words (5.10a) veers right up the wide crack (Nov. 2009).
Blondie enjoying a late fall day in the Lower Gorge (Nov. 2009).
Leading Greasy Spoon (5.10a; Nov. 2009).
Leading Greasy Spoon route (5.10a) on Catwalk Cliff (Nov. 2009).
Shirley starting up Conversion Excursion (5.10a) on the Catwalk Cliff (Nov. 2009).
Shirley leading Conversion Excursion (5.10a) on Catwalk Cliff. A decent line with the crux coming right off the deck (Nov. 2009).
Leading the forgettable On The Spot (5.9) on the Catwalk Cliff (Nov. 2009).
Leading On The Spot (5.9) on Catwalk Cliff....a forgettable line but for the sake of completeness... (Nov. 2009).
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