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A very short TR this week. I only had one day to climb this weekend, as my sister had a significant birthday and I felt that in order to not totally deplete my family karma points, I had to attend. So Erin and I did a day trip to Sugarloaf. Luckily it was her turn to drive, as I had a cold and didn't feel all that well. We didn't do a huge amount of stuff: we warmed up on The Fang (5.9), which has a fairly challenging move on it for a 5.9. The rest is very fun though, with a cool little chimeny that you have to escape from before your head gets stuck. We then did a bunch of climbs on the face below it, which were partly bolted. I don't believe that the 10aR there is actually 10a, at least not the way we did it following the incipient seam in front of the tree. Felt more like a 12. Lots of fun knob moves once you get above that section though. We finished off the day on Dominion, and once again stared in awe at Grand Illusion. Earlier in the day, upon seeing the picture of Suzuki climbing it in the guide book, Erin had said "that doesn't look so hard!" She didn't step up to the plate and give it a go when we got there though, maybe because it was getting to be late in the day....

And this time, on the way back through Placerville, we didn't stop at Z-Pie, but instead tried out the Golden Dragon Chinese restaurant. Their claims of "best pot stickers in the USA!" are grossly exagerated, but the food in general is decent.

Leader of the Mole Peeps Mon Jun 6 2005 17:23:53
   Elsewhere in CA:
   Lynsey and Vivian completed the West Face of the Leaning
   Tower.
   Jack and Brian completed the West Face of El Cap.
   Rob and Dan, um, got to the top of the Chouinard-Herbert on
   The Sentinel.
   Vivian's tent failed a crucial but unscheduled stress test.
Papa bear Mon Jun 6 2005 23:18:25
   Was Dan product testing again?
Irishman Tue Jun 7 2005 09:07:18
   That would be the often overlooked but quintessential Cell
   Phone Catch and Toss test.
EQ Wed Jun 8 2005 14:31:15
   I might have said it doesn't look _that_ hard, in response
   to hearing it's grade.  Anyway, the guide book picture
   doesn't show how over hanging it is -- it looks harder in
   person.
vivian Mon Jun 13 2005 10:49:08
   my tent passed the life time warranty test.  :D
   dan if you ever want another career....you can call up
   mountainhard wear product testing group.
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