alex chiang: web 6.0

After almost four straight days of rain, I escaped the lowlands and sought refuge up on high in Estes. The plan was to climb Kor’s Flake on Saturday, and after waking up early and making the long trek out there, we arrived to find that everything was sopping wet. *sigh* So we turned tail and went to the Pear again.

We did two routes there. Neko’s Route (5.7) was first on our plate, and then we climbed Salud (5.8). Neko’s was alright, but Salud was fantastic. Probably the most fun pitch I’ve climbed in the past month or so.

Sunday, we headed over to the Thumb and the Needle supposedly to do some sport climbing. Upon arrival, we learned that the easy routes we wanted to warm up on were actually trad routes. So Whit and I rosham’ed for who had to go back to the car and carry all the trad gear back up to the rock, and as usual, I lost. Turns out we could only get one route in (forgot the name) before the lightning and sleet made us turn tail and run.

In other news, I can drink beer again, weighing in around 144 or so.