"Got tight last night on absinthe and did knife tricks. Great success shooting the knife into the piano. The woodworms are so bad and eat hell out of all furniture that you can always claim the woodworms did it."
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Dow Williams - Aug 24, 2015 9:23 pm Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2015
Surrealistic Pillar DirectMy very first lead at Lovers and going to be hard to beat. Great pitch. Linked with Travelers and all I can still think about was this pitch. I almost pulled a wild no hands mantel before I noticed chalk that followed the hand/finger rail out right to the hand crack finish. I continued on with a 70m rope to get out of the way of a threesome on the 5.7. Basically soloing the 2nd pitch to avoid rope drag, I combined the direct with the 5.8 variation 2nd pitch to a large ledge on the arete, with inches to spare. Told my 2nd to be prepared to simul but don't think she had to.
Kerstin - May 27, 2012 11:12 pm Date Climbed: Jul 12, 1985
ChallengingDid fine on the first section then fell on the traverse while following. Enjoyed the next two pitches.
Vitaliy M. - Jun 28, 2011 5:41 pm
On TRAwesome climb. After the traverse I had to hang : (
rhyang - Jul 2, 2010 10:20 am Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2010
FollowedClimbed with my friend K. Chaltikian on a sunny summer day.
Pretty strenuous for me. We traversed under the overhang, which made it harder -- we both hung several times. Afterwards K. toproped it and found it easier to continue up to the piton and then traverse over.
Vinny - May 28, 2010 12:33 pm
way coolRitwik is the man
fatdad - Jan 9, 2009 5:35 pm
nice climbThought provoking wide section down low, that you can style through with good footwork, followed by a nice, vert. handcrack. Good stuff.
uwjennie - Sep 4, 2007 4:33 pm Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007
Fun topropeFun to toprope on a hot day at Lovers Leap.