Michelle Leading the 2nd

pitch, 5.11c or C1

Top of the 2nd Pitch

10a or C1 Crack

At the top of the 3rd pitch was a nice bivy ledge where we planned on staying the night. There was pleny or room for us and our friends ahead of us. We still planned on leading another pitch and a half that day. We could anchor our ropes in and lower down to the ledge to sleep. In the morning, ascend our ropes and continue on. The 4th pitch is concidered the crux, The Kor roof. The roof wasn't that hard. There were bolts on the roof that made it easy. It was just very intimidating since it was my first roof. To make it easier on Robert, I back cleaned, which means I pulled the biners off the bolts once I was on the next bolt. This made it easy for the 2nd since they didn't have to lower out after each bolt, but it made it more dangerous for me if something went wrong. I would end up taking a longer fall.

After getting over the roof I followed a nice crack for 30 feet to the next set of anchors. I back cleaned this crack as well. In the end I only had 4 pieces of gear left in. Robert start to clean the pitch. Once he got into the roof the ropes got twisted. After a while playing with the ropes it was easier for him to lower and for me to clean it. It took a while to get everything straighted out. After the rope snafu Jamie, Michelle's partner, and I hooked up to do the next pitch. Jamie zipped through the next pitch in a couple of minutes. I followed to the anchors where we anchored the ropes and lowered down to the ledge for the night.

We started out jugging the lines the next day but didn't feel like we had it in us. We decided to head down. I set the ropes up for a rap and I lowered back down to the bivy ledge. We did 3 more rap's to get to the ground. It was a great first trip for a big wall even though we turned around. I will be back to finish the route.