Back to Mt Evans it was. After waiting for Al ‘lazy-start’ Lew to prepare himself for the drive, we left Denver at 11AM. The hike was beautiful again and only a couple drops were felt from the sky. We warmed up in the first area and I put a little effort into Bierstad but wasn’t super psyched to keep working it so we made our way to the Dali wall. I was most psyched for No More Greener but after a few attempts, the right hand pinch was started to rip my tips apart. A salt lake climber by the name of Amy was there putting some solid work into Clear Blue Skies. She had done all the moves and was trying to put it together. She got me psyched to give the line some more effort. It took me some tries to do the second move and then I did all the moves in isolation. I was feeling pretty strong for the first time this week and managed to pull through the first three moves to find myself at the last move, a dyno to a good crimp. I lunged but didn’t have the distance to latch the hold! After a long rest I arrived at the same spot on this simple yet difficult crimp line, falling with my fingertips on the last hold! By this point I was bleeding from two fingertips and was feeling a little gassed so I decided to give up on the Dali wall for the day. We hiked out to Gorillas in the Mist only to watch Al give it two attempts before deciding it wasn’t going to go that day. The light was fading so we decided to begin our journey out of Evans.
I am really psyched to get back on Clear Blue Skies but tomorrow will need to be a rest day since I feel exhausted from all the hiking and climbing!