Nice sends. Haven't done Budapest; how was the gear?

First time I did Recluse there was a 2 1/2" birch tree growing out of the crack just after the crux.

The gear is great on Budapest. Everyone seems to take the big whippers on the purple up high at the crux bulge but Erik got it clean last night.

Recluse is a great 10d. You place a bomber C3 off the ground, do a hard move to a tight finger lock with the piece at your waist, then a couple of foot movements to get into a slammer hand jam. Then cruiser 5.9 hands to the top. My kind of climb.

Recluse is a great 10d. You place a bomber C3 off the ground, do a hard move to a tight finger lock with the piece at your waist, then a couple of foot movements to get into a slammer hand jam.

Then cruiser 5.9 hands to the top. My kind of climb.

Great evening in Cathedral last night. Led the first pitch of Kinesis which was a little wobbly right out of the car. Then the hardest 5.8 pitch in the world, the second pitch of Diedre. Topped out following the spectacular Budapest. Never thought I'd say it, but what an amazing pitch of thin jamming! Ran down to the North End and cruised They Died Laughing, which may still be my favoritest pitch ever. Finished up with the redsight of Recluse, my first 10d at Cathedral.

C3z are bomber by nature.

Theeeeeyyyrreeee Heeeeeeerrrrreeeeee

The gf headed south out of LA yesterday, made it about 7 miles in a about an hour and a half before turning back around. Which took her another hour and a half to get back home. Teh Exodus has begun.

You know what I have to say about that?

So, it's an off-width?

that sounds pleasant. I might stay at werk until 9 today since they are klosing teh freeway at 7 and it will be a shitshow getting home. you should have a fun drive up from yore jorb.

how were teh wimminz on budapest?

The gear is great on Budapest. Everyone seems to take the big whippers on the purple up high at the crux bulge but Erik got it clean last night.

Recluse is a great 10d. You place a bomber C3 off the ground, do a hard move to a tight finger lock with the piece at your waist, then a couple of foot movements to get into a slammer hand jam. Then cruiser 5.9 hands to the top. My kind of climb.

Once you get the boulder problem start dialed, Recluse is a nice solo to scare the top-ropers. Bomber hands all the way to the top.

I don't like you because you're dangerous.

Great evening in Cathedral last night. Led the first pitch of Kinesis which was a little wobbly right out of the car. Then the hardest 5.8 pitch in the world, the second pitch of Diedre. Topped out following the spectacular Budapest. Never thought I'd say it, but what an amazing pitch of thin jamming! Ran down to the North End and cruised They Died Laughing, which may still be my favoritest pitch ever. Finished up with the redsight of Recluse, my first 10d at Cathedral.

O rly?

Diedre is a fun climb, though I don't know what guide book you have that claims it's an 8. The Webster guide puts it at .9+ and I agree that it's a Cathedral .9+. I remember flying off They Died one day after it had rained one move before the #3 placement; zlippery tips are no fun when damp.

George Hurley put up 4 new routes up there 4-5 years ago that are super fun. If you get a chance, you should climb The Roof (far left in the corner), but continue past the scrubby bushes to the ledge up top where you'll find a nice 2B anchor.

1. Raising The Roof, a .9 goes up from the anchor through a blunt-ish blocky arete past two bolts and finishes with a fun mantel to the anker.
   
2. To the right, in a corner, is a .10a/b finger crack, The Liger, climb the corner of the obvious clean slab past 2 bolts to a nice ledge. Continue up the corner (The Unicorn Ice Climb) with good gear and stances (5.8). When the corner ends either exit right into the woods, or make a few strenuous moves up finger cracks to a hand jam and the finish (5.10).
   
3. From the top of They Died Laughing, climb directly up and then stay about 25' right of the Unicorn corner. Continue to the trees at the top (Post Mortem .9+).

Shit, I said four, didn't I?

The fourth one, and I didn't get to it before I left, is to the left of Raising The Roof. It involves a fun yet awkward traverse left into a crack system before you crank to to the top. I can find info in my emails if you are interested. I think George put it up about 2 years ago. I want to say that it is another .9+.

They're only closing exits at 7, though they'll most likely close [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]. They'll start closing lanes at 10:00. And full closure by 12:00.