November 16, 2009
We started the day at "Red Springs" on our final day of climbing and then went on to "Tuna and Chips" – off of "Second Pullout - towards the end of the day."
“Physical Graffiti” is the sixth album by Led Zeppelin. It was a successful double album that went platnum over 16 times. Released in 1975, Physical Graffiti was inspirational on the 2 pitch climb we did of the same name. Moving up the easy and well-protected crack, over a small roof, I set up a belay on a small ledge 130 feet up where the crack ends, at the bolted anchor. Stepping to the right into the second pitch, Robin followed the crack coming up from “Over the Hill” – and leading another 160 feet. While the pitch I did was rated at 5.6, we both agreed that the second pitch was a little more difficult.
We did a rappel off to the side of the climb down into a gully then scrambled down to the base of “Riding Hood Wall” – aptly named after the beautifully colored rock.
Heading over to “Tuna and Chips” – where Robin led a number of run out sport climbs – we scrambled through a large boulder field. Along the way Robin – who could no longer be described as a Billy Goat and for reasons that are hard to fathom, other than a desire to switch from climbing to spelunking – squirmed his way 15 feet into the center of 4 huge boulders – through a 12-inch tunnel-like gap. With another 12 feet to go he became a human camming device unable to move either forward or back ward. After an exhausting 10 or 15 minutes he finally managed to chimney up to a wider gap and tunnel his way to freedom.
Soon we were climbing at "Tuna and Chips," finishing some final routes before heading back to camp for another fantastic dinner and plans to head into Las Vegas for a final day.
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