Another shot of Nick on the 1st bolted route.

I know Justin's in a weird position in this photo, but that cam he place d started to walk a little and he reached down to readjust it. I thought it was a fun photo though.

I tried to find a nice line through this system of cracks, but it didn't work out so well. The tree I was planning to rap off at the top was dead so I had to down climb and clean. This was extremely challenging due to the overhang...

This is my buddy Nick on his first lead ever. He got everything right on his first try! Congratualtions on getting on the sharp end, nick!

Ok, it's not a 5.10. It's not a death landing. It doesn't even have cool moves. But it's a fun climb and it was in the upper 30's when we climbed it. This is Justin on lead with me belaying.

Nick sets up the anchor on the 1st bolted route. To his right, there's the crack you follow on "lead it and win" and just off the frame further right would be "Pincushion".

Should have turned around... Should have turned around... I think there's a lesson to be learned here, but I'm not sure what it is. I'm going to try to finda better line up this overhang.

My wife took the shot and I wasn't there at the time. But this is Shiner doing a little recon in Chacos. Who needs stealth C4? :) Shiner used to be my climbing partner, but he went and moved to Idaho. Sucks, man. Maybe I'll have to visit him and climb City of Rocks...

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