Katie and I moved our weekly Exit 38 climb to Thursday because of stormy weather. Some dark clouds and very bad traffic forced us to climb close to the car and we headed up to Deception Crags. We Did Rock was very crowded so we continued over to Hall Creek Rock. I started off on a 5.8 that said if you miss either of the 3 bolts you can ground. Great times mate! Just after I left the ground, Bandit started barking like crazy. I have never even heard him bark before and it definitely effected me on the rock. I was all out of sync and really was not a fan of the last two moves to the chains. It was a great feeling to be off of that route and Katie felt the same way. Eventually we got Bandit to relax and we headed over to Hall Creek Middle to climb an overhanging arching 5.8 and then top rope a 5.10a. After Katie followed the 5.8 we noticed that the 5.10a chains were just to the right of the chains for the 5.8. Katie was feeling confident and wanted to move the chains herself. So she clipped into the next bolt for the 5.10a and then climbed up and took down the 5.8's anchor, downclimbed back to the other bolt and then proceeded to lead the last two bolts up to the 5.10a's anchor. She did an amazing job and everything was done perfectly. I am not that good with ratings, but those moves were probably around 5.8, which is awesome for her first bit of leading. We both were extremely psyched for her and then we proceeded to top rope the harder climb, which she even busted out a heel hook on. After that it was pretty late and we decided to drive home, with a stop at Taco Time of course. No pictures were taken.
Led:
Erectile Dysfunction 5.8
Rhino Vista 5.8
Top Roped:
Rhino Rave 5.10a
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