Further Exploration / Fort Sage; Doyle, CA 10/3

Early October I made a day trip out to Doyle, CA with my recent go to climbing partner Collin Watters (Mt Rose Lift Ops) of Galena, NV.  The road was in great shape and easy to negotiate, we started the day at the Taylor Bay boulders further South along the circuit.  Temperatures were a little frigid without the sun so we took our time warming up before we found a quality problem we wanted to work.  A V3 sit start by the name of Dabtastic.  I think one of the big joys of bouldering with other people is sharing beta and observing the different solutions different people will use to accomplish the same climb.  Rather than use a coordinated heel hook as Collin did for the start I did a powerful dynamic throw to an ok sloper that I was falling away from, but I got it to work.  Later we drove up to Sail rock and checked out the Forever Young boulder briefly before it began to rain.  On my way through the circuit to the South entrance I noticed free designated campgrounds complete with bathrooms and firepits.  If you're looking for peace and quiet I highly recommend visiting this area.  I snapped a photo of some fire damage from this past summer, it appears that only patches of bushes were burnt and there's no obvious impact to the area or to the climbing upon first glance.

Personal Review of Area : Rock/Climb Quality 6/10 - Size 6/10 - Accessibility 4/10
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