Mel-lo, Sunbeam, Aaron and I got there under gray skies and about 55 degree temps. And, amazingly enough, no one else was there. For the first ten minutes. And then two guys showed up to climb on the Jazz wall. They'd been climbing in Sandstone for over 20 years. Always top roping. Which means they had many more options than we did. 'Cuz I think we did every sport climb there except the three 5.12s.
Lisa (at left) leading an unnamed 5.10+ on Sax Wall. (Only a few climbs have names.)
The rock feels solid, warm to the hands, frictiony and stable. (It's similar in feel to a new hold at VE.)
Almost everything that looked like a good hold from below, was a good hold. (Occasionally there were surprises.)
We usually rapped down when we were finished with a route because the anchors just had rings - which is kinda fun and a little more time consuming.
Mel leading "Quantum Chaos" on Diagonal Wall.
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