Met up with Jeff early for a morning of climbing at Rick's Rocks. We didn't have much time (Jeff was going to Lincoln Center for the Nutcracker). I told him he might be the most interesting man in the world, climbing in the morning and ballet at night. Since it had been a while and we did not have much time, we decided to do
One Bowl Gully (5.1). Setting up the top rope is way quicker there. I climbed four times in a row with a couple of variations trying to up the difficulty. Jeff also climbed it a couple of times in a row.
After we both climbed a couple of times I decided I would try and lead it. Lead the climb, put in five pieces of protection, hex, nut(s)?, and cams. There is certainly extra stress when leading! I got a little freaked out when Jeff lowered me off of the top rope anchors and some of the pieces popped. I told myself they popped because they were being pulled in a direction other than a downward fall. (that's my story and I'm sticking to it). Got the first lead out of the way, onward and upward!
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