Now that our "home" climbing gym has closed down, our Monday night sessions have moved outdoors. Last night was our first excursion and of course we went back to GB.
We met up with our friends Murph and Mira as we parked and brought them right to Neverland Ranch to warm up. Everything felt a lot easier now that it was dry and dirt-free. JP even sent another route, "White Glove" V3 all the way at the right end of the main boulder. Murph tried the "Thriller" project and agreed that the first move is VERY hard and will need some projecting.
At 7pm we packed up and moved back down the hill to work on our projects. JP and Kyle went to "Green Goddess" V7 and Ben went to "Fatwa" V9. I went up to spot Ben and found a fun looking V6/7 called "Pistol Grip" next to "Fatwa" that I decided to give a few goes on. Ben was making slow progress on his proj, so he decided to give a shot at Pistol Grip. After two or three goes, he got it and cleared dozens of spider webs out of the top out chimney. I was grateful. It took me another few goes but I got the send on that one as well. Ben went back to work on Fatwa.
Down the hill, we heard JP send Green Goddess and Murph send Shade (our V5 that we established last year). Murph then came up to help Ben with beta on Fadowah and he quickly began to make great progress, getting it in two pieces. Our time was running short and with little rest between goes, Ben was not able to get the send but is very confident that next visit he will send.
We got a text as we drove home that Mira sent Shade as well and loved it. Murph also worked Buckteeth, the sit start to Shade but couldn't unlock it either.
All in all, really a great session for the 2-hours we had out there. We are excited to continue rolling to either there or 9 Corners on Mondays throughout the summer.
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