Well day 1 was a total bust. I did WAY more hiking than climbing, and the climbing was more like flailing.
We started on some cool warm ups in lower chaos. The Gobot looks really cool but the landing looks really bad so I didn’t get on it. Then we hiked up the hill to Sunspot which looked really cool but I failed to work out much beta and wasn’t feeling too strong on it. Next we hit up the Dead Raccoon boulder which wasn’t too appealing. I almost flashed a 7/8 but botched it and didn’t feel like spending any more effort on it. I wasn’t super psyched to begin with and then it started raining.. Luckily it cleared up for a little more climbing at the end of the day. We hiked up to the Green 45 wall where Wildcat and Jade are. I played around on Wildcat some but I only had one pad so couldn’t accomplish much.. Then it was dark so we hiked out in the blackness.
I saw a few cool lines but the hike doesn’t get me excited to project anything here. I guess I am lazy.
Now I am chilling in Estes Park with the fam, watching the rain come down. Tomorrow I’m dragging my sister and company to Emerald Lake to try out some more bouldering. Luckily an early start is a given since there’s a baby on board.