Met Buddy at Birdsboro for some early climbing. After the last time there I was filled with confidence. We started out in the Zorro Face area. I started leading on Pinch Six (5.6), at least I think that was it. I say started because I struggled to get halfway up and ended up having to bail. I'm not sure if the extra beers the night before had anything to do with my poor performance. In fact I warned Buddy that I would probably be in similar condition as this guy:
We moved over to Zorro Corner (5.8+). Again I flailed trying to get up the thing. Buddy took the lead at one point and got 3 or 4 feet above the last bolt and fell. After I got dragged across the ground, being careful not to lose my footing, I looked up, surprised to see Buddy only a few feet away from me. I think he ended up taking a 10' whipper. It was a first for both of us, at least we know we can handle it. After his fall we tried to climb up to the anchors so we could retrieve the quick-draws. We ended up leaving one on the wall. Neither of us thought about leaving an old biner behind instead of the quick-draw. Chock that one up to lesson learned.
We headed down to the Lower Climbs area to try some more. At that point I was done, time to go home.
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