Smith: Christmas in July

Pretty! Agro gully
One of Lisa'a P-town friends on the Quickening, one of the 6 climbing it that day
Agro...
Chas on an 11a
Dom on the same problem

Well, not exactly. It was only 70 in the shade and jackets were needed in the mornings and evenings. For this spur of the moment trip, I was accompanied by Dom, Lisa and Chas. Day 1 was sunny and we accidentally went to lower gorge. After going through my options I decided to give Badfinger a burn. It is a stellar 10b crack and I fell at the crux(3rd trad fall ever) and took once more but did all the moves. It was real fun and I would like to come back for the Red point. Next we headed over to the Pheonix Butress and I got destroyed on a techy 11c. I wasn't to psyched on the whole smith rock pebble smeary techy thing...
Day 2 was better and after warming up we headed to agro gully where armed with beta I managed a flash of the quickening, 12c. Then the day heated up and we finished it off watching Lisa hike Henious Cling 12a for the onsight! I might return in fall but we'll see...


In other news I'm almost done with the Olympia area bouldering guide. Turns out there will be aprox 100 problems spread throughout the county with even more rock outcroppings for those willing to hike. If all goes well I'll be attending UW this fall and that will be the guides release date, ideally. Fossil Rock bouldering isn't included due the horrendous approach, poison oak, ect. Here are some pics from the Skookumchuck crag.

Wet, but could clean up nicely, bout 20-25 feet, overhanging basalt, just need to remove grass from top, could also be a high ball wall.
But might just go to the gym...