Shirley hiking out after our windy afternoon on Delirium Tremens (in background; March 2006).March 2006. On Saturday, we climbed Gone With The Flake, a somewhat obscure 5.9 trad line on the Red Wall. After that we hiked up to the Marsupials and did Delirium Tremens (5.10a) – a amazingly beautiful line somehow reminiscent of the Incredible Hand Crack in Indian Creek (only shorter and only a hand crack in part). On Sunday, we met up with our friends Jason and Tracy for a few cracks in the Lower Gorge, including Cruel Sister (5.10a), Blood Clot (5.10b), and Wildfire (5.10b).
Photos
Leading Gone With The Flake (5.9) on the Red Wall in Smith (March 2006). Leading Delirium Tremens (5.10-) - hands to off fingers in a beautiful dihedral (March 2006). Blondie admiring the view from the base of Delirium Tremens... a very windy day (March 2006). Shirley seconding Delirium Tremens (5.10-) on the Delirium Tremens formation in the Marsupials. The Incredible Hand Crack of Smith (March 2006). Shirley hiking out after our windy afternoon on Delirium Tremens (in background; March 2006). The Marsupials as seen from the irrigation canal below (March 2006). Leading Cruel Sister (5.10a) on the Catwalk Cliff in the Lower Gorge (March 2006). Shirley belaying someone on Cruel Sister and Jason chilling out (March 2006). Shirley belaying Tracy on Blood Clot (5.10b; March 2006). Shirley, Jason, and Tracy at the base of Cruel Sister in the Lower Gorge (March 2006). Leading Wildfire (5.10b; March 2006). Tracy & Shirley hanging out at the base of Wildfire (5.10b) on the Wildfire Wall (March 2006).
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