Late May I caught up with my long time friend Daniel Mayes ( PHD Student, Physics Dept. UNR ) of Stead, NV, and his Fiancee Lindsay Dorio ( Anthropology Major ). We arrived around 3 and found calm temperatures with an approaching storm from the East. After a rough warm up on Reno 911 with just a single pad for protection, we walked south and found a little VB perfect for Amanda ( Level 2 Patient Access Rep. ), her second boulder outside to date. To complete the day Dan and I worked through the V4 arete climb on boulder "A", which apparently has no name. The bottom of the climb may as well have been an actual ladder, but towards the middle the climb involves a right hand crimp on a good edge, a left hand sidepull on a hold that really seems to blend in to the wall, followed by a high crouched left foot (recommended higher than as seen below in picture 1), a crux right hand crimp on the arete itself, and a powerful bump with the left hand towards the top to a jug. This was my first V4 climb outside in over 12months and I was pretty excited by the finish.
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