Brian's Back

Finally, after a ton of schedule clashing and music playing, Brian is back climbing again! Brian, AJ, David, and I hurried to Leavenworth for a nice afternoon sesh. We started in the swiftwater parking lot to warm up.

Here's Brian warming up a bit

AJ doing some pebble crushingAfter a solid warm-up, we went to check out Slingblade. Brian and I had tried this problem a few times last year, but got shut down by the first move. We came back with a vengance today, and both sent. I must say this problem has easily been added to my top-ten climbs EVER! It's just one of those climbs that's physically demanding, but also demands your attention till you're on top of the boulder. World Class!

Me on Slingblade Brian crushing slingblade After our send train was over at slingblade, we went to go check out AJ's project: Han Solo's Lightsaber Tournament, which he effectively crushed, as AJ usually does.

doing what he does bestOnce AJ topped out Han Solo we made a quick run to the sword area to try out resurrection again. We didn't quite get it, but we nabbed ascents of "go baby", which is directly right of resurrection. David had never seen the sword before, and was so inspired, he flashed it! It was awesome to see him push his mental limits, and overall the day was full of projects becoming memories.

Brian on Resurrection Brushin' and Sussin'David making the insecure transition to the sword slabGreat day!

Mike