A Good Day at the Gym

With my newly acquired annual membership, I'm off to a promising start. My goals for this fall are to recover my bouldering prowess, while continuing with my progress on the ropes from this summer. I want to peak my fitness for fall outdoor trips coming up soon (stay tuned : )

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v8 project that I got completed yesterday

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soft v8 I've got dialed now

I also roped up and onsighted a 5.11d, redpointed another 5.11d (3rd go), and started projecting a 5.12"a" that will be short-term work I presume... soon to begin system board training, more v8-v9 projects, and lots of roped-up laps too.

NM

Good News from Index, WA

The Washington Climber's Coalition (WCC) has succeeded in its fundraising campaign and bought the land that Index's Lower Town Wall sits on- a premier granite rock climbing area near Index, Snohomish County in Washington state.

Index's Upper Town Wall is already owned by the WCC. Upper Town Wall is home to one of my dream routes- the single pitch trad testpiece Clay 5.11d (shown below)

Photo by Larry Kemp

More information about the WCC's land purchase for all us climbers and the upcoming celebration on September 19th can be found @ http://washingtonclimbers.org/.

Much Respect WCC.

NM