Left the camera in the car on Sunday, so no climbing pics. Doug “warmed up” by leading Lycopodophyta, then we both top-roped it, and I placed gear on TR. We climbed a 5.7 bolted route at the start of Sky Chimney: King Nothing. Finished the day with Cinnamon Slab. Were entertained by light show in the evening.
Herd of deer near the bivy parking lot
Goose on Rope-de-Dope
Violet-green swallow on Super Slab. Attempted A Stroke of Brilliance (5.7 ****) which is to the left of 3rd pitch of Super Slab. Getting to the first clip seems much harder than 5.7, unless there’s something we’re not seeing.
The Wombat
Self-portrait from top of the Red Wall
Doug, back at top of 1st pitch of Super Slab. We then TR’d Animal Farm (10c), and cooled down on How Low Can You Go
Tuesday morning—two geese a gawking
Red Wall from Burma Road
Lower portion of the Wombat
Upper part of the Wombat, including our route for the day (and the trip!): Birds in a Rut
Where the canal crosses the Crooked River
The Wombat, from above
Showers at Smith
Smith Rock State Park from top of 1st pitch of Birds in a Rut
The Sisters in the clouds
Burma Road from Birds in a Rut
The bend in the river
Doug leads pitch five
The tight dihedral
View from base of pitch five
View from top of the Wombat
Self-portrait on top
Doug on top
Plane on approach to Redmond
Start of pitch two
The Wombat in better light
Last morning
Goose on the Asterisk
Detail
King Nothing, which we climbed on Sunday. On our final day we climbed Easy Reader (had to break in my new crocs—they’d never climbed before), Lichen It (now listed as 5.8), Purple Headed Warrior and Phone Call From Satan
Last modified: May 24, 2010