Leading Orange Sunshine.A fun half a Saturday at the Royal Columns. Shirley led the nice Cross-Eyed And Painless (5.9 soft), I did the decent Developing Arms (5.9) again and Orange Sunshine (5.10b). Then it started raining and so we – along with about 6 other climbers – retreated to a Mex joint in Yakima. Tieton always seems to have this nice, chilled out and friendly atmosphere and we hit it off well with the others.
Photos
Shirley starting the lead of Cross-Eyed And Painless (5.9; April 2014). Shirley entering the short crux section of Cross-Eyed And Painless (5.9; April 2014). Leading the nice crack that is Developing Arms (5.9; April 2014). More Developing Arms (April 2014). Leading Orange Sunshine – a straightforward (5.9ish) crack leads to a hard exit finger crack (5.10b…or 5.11a at Vantage LOL). Into the crux on Orange Sunshine (where the two cracks above my helmut converge). The girls hiking out from the The Royal Columns in an increasing rain…time for some Mexican food (April 2014).
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