Finally coming together

I've been trying to get things in the Everett hold room sorted and clean(ish) since I moved out here a little over a year ago. A new space is what's needed, but I'll be happy with organized. Took a big step forward today with an initial batch of plastic bins to sort the holds into, instead of just piling them onto the shelves. This got us moving things around, which got us finding junk back there that just need to be cleaned out. I think it's finally starting to look like a legitimate hold room. Can't wait for the rest of the bins... and more holds.

Also, I found a nice little stop-gap solution to our t-nut problems... at least for one small section of wall. T-nut mod on one of the old Cascade Crags screw on features for the win!

Before

After

They're in! Get psyched!

Back to bouldering!

So I went out to Leavenworth today with a bunch of kids from the team (some were already out there with Adam). Today was awesome on a whole other level. I haven't felt this solid during an outdoor bouldering session in, well, ever. After a barely adequate warm up on some VBs, I did a repeat ascent of Pimpsqueek (V9), and Fritz flashed in right before that. Then we headed down the the main area and started working on the Sail (V9). The first few moves on this are awkward to say the least. Sam put in down first, with Alex following. I detoured slightly to the Jib (V8), which Alex had just done after the Sail, and snagged a send on the second go. With my psych back up, I went back to the Sail and promptly hiked it. We headed up to get on Hantaman (V9), but after a few attempt, and a general sense of apathy about the problem, we moved on. On our way down we stopped to watch the ladies crush the Undercling (V5), which you can see Audrey Hsu on below (I promised her I wouldn't post the video of her falling on the start move if she sent).

The whole crew then headed over to the Swiftwater area. Sam, Alex and I headed over to try Big Booty Bitch Slap (V10), a problem with a heinous start to a significantly easier finish. After a little while the older girls came by to try the Footless traverse (V5) and Raging Bull (V7), which share the same finish as BBBS. Being the end of the day (or end of the second day for a lot of them), we were having a major flail fest at this point. Personally, having done a V8 and two V9s in a day (a personal best), my good mood was not being affected too much by my complete inability to successfully even hold onto the start hold and pull off the ground. So we packed up and went over to where the little ones were climbing. Our general tiredness devolved into some rather typical (climbing easy problems in our street shoes because we're too lazy to change them) and atypical (Sam wading out into a freezing cold river to try and catch a fish with his hands) behavior, some of which may or may not have found its way onto the internets.


And yes, the mens room was unoccupied when he entered.