Wednesday, April 21, 2010

360, behind the back, under the leg, double-handed SLAM DUNK!!!!!

Yesterday Casey and I made our way to the Wash for a break from end-of-the-semester-project stress. He was excited to get on Globetrotters V10 again, this time without the grease! Conditions were just about perfect when we arrived. It had been overcast all day and there was a nice, cool wind keeping the temps down.
I worked on some V2's and a 4 on the Front Door boulder with no luck on the 4. They are fun mantle problems over a little cave on a huge boulder, so I will definitely make my way back!
We were taking our time waiting for the sun to go behind the hills for Casey's problem until we noticed some black clouds making their way over us in the sky. It started sprinkling really lightly so we hurried up to the Bowling Ball, joking about how it would be funny if it started to downpour when we got there. Sure enough, about 30 seconds after we arrived the rain started coming! Apparantly it only served as good motivation to hurry and get the send before conditions worsened!
Way to go Casey! It was a sweet send. Only his second go of the day!
I wish the picture quality of the video was better so you could see the tiny crimps he was pulling on.

He also put up a new line on the south face of the boulder starting on low crimps and finishing on Crash (v3). He thinks it's about a V6 grade and calls it Spirit Guide in honor of the Red Tail Hawks that have been accompanying our big sends as of late. And I just liked this leaf because it held on all winter! Pretty tough little guy! I'm wierd I know...

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