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Slideshow (17 photos) |
| Lumpy Ridge (map) |
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Tailgate party after a day of climbing (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Lumpy Ridge, as seen from the hiking trail |
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Hiking into Lumpy for the day (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
| The Book |
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Fat City: Moving up the .10a finger crack to the crux roof on the second pitch; the roof is climbed at the crack just above the helmet |
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Relaxing after climbing Fat City/Cheap Date; note the "Texas-sized" rack (Easterners!) |
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Fat City: Simon leading the first pitch (5.8); Will belaying |
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Cheap Date: Leading the awesome finger crack of Cheap Date; this route makes a great alternative finish to Fat City |
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Cheap Date: Bones rippling muscles on Cheap Date |
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Cheap Date: Jamming is the way forward |
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Fat City: Bones appearing from under the crux roof on Fat City |
| The Bookmark |
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Bones hanging back to check out the action on the cliff |
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Jim at the base of the Bookmark (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Inside Straight: Sequence of pictures showing climbing the flaring off-width |
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Inside Straight: Stuffing gear high into the off-width |
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Inside Straight: Laybacking the outer edge seems to be the way forward, although it's waaay pumpy |
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Inside Straight: Disappearing into the off-width; this is actually climbed on the outside, but it's hard to make the transition |
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Romulan Territory: Climbing the crux bulge on the second pitch; the difficulty of this pitch is in placing gear, as it's thin and technical |
