Dave, Mark, Michelle and I headed to Lumpy Ridge in Estes Park to climb for the day and hopefully escape some heat. We met early and drove up. The weather was perfect and hike was pleasant as always.
When we arrived at the base of the Book, we found people. Lots of people. At the base of the climbs we had hoped to do. Many of these people were learning how to tape their hands and 'what to do with the crack.'
Time for Option B. Mark and Michelle opted to climb J-Crack and we headed over to Femp. We merged several pitches up, we all did Cheap Date.
While I didn't particularly care for Femp (5.9), I thought that Cheap Date (10b) was one of the best climbs we've done in a long time. I wish they were all like that!
We hiked down the gully, had some lunch and started to get lazy. Before we totally gave up for the day, we decided to climb Pear Buttress (5.9) (Dave hadn't done it in nearly 20 years) and Mark and Michelle did Loose Ends. At the top, we all did some 10.b variation just to the right of the top of Loose Ends. It was thin and hard.
By then, it was getting late so we headed out. After a stop at the Smoothie store in town, we headed back to Mark's home and had a delicious meal of salmon and vegetables.
It was a great day!
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