Ascent Notes for: Emerald City - 5.8 Average Rating : 3.78/5

Just a bit tricky toward the top.

Lowered on TR and took a quick look at the pro, decieded to give it a shot. It was fun, the gear was good, and no falls.

This is about 3 grades above my current comfort limit with leading, but I decided to go for it. The pro is awesome, there's a piece everywhere you want one. Crux is well protected by small nut. It's really a 5.6 with one or two 5.8 moves. Awesome climb.

Slipped the first time on the crux, weighting gear, so I did it again clean.

Sweet little balance-y move near the top.

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When my climbing partner flaked on me for the day I decided today was "aid" day. Enough placements for the A0, off set cams do help. I then free climbed it on top rope after I cleaned all my gear.

This climb eats up passive pro

Was feeling really confident and decided to warm up on this which is 1 to 2 grades above my current leading level. Got a little freaked out not being warmed up but still made the climb in one solid attempt. Used one offset cam to protect reverse zipper, and one small .2 C3 in the anchor. The rest of the gear used were nuts and tri-cams.

Great climb with the crack, a couple of interesting holds.

third conneticut trad route, nice, but crux was super awkward for me (cause i'm tall i think)