Half Day Climbing, Volcanic Perch South Lake / Castle Rock; Stateline, NV 6/30/20

Late June 2020 I realized I was probably going to survive the apocalypse.  For anyone reading this post out of context between the Coronavirus pandemic and severe civil unrest  in the states, not to mention a second great depression it felt like the apocalypse, so I went rock climbing?  I was invited again by my good friend and fellow coworker Justin Hight to visit Castle Rock.  Castle Rock may very well be my new favorite climbing spot for the Tahoe area, I've been here several times since returning from knee surgery.  We started at the Armory wall on the varied and featured 5.8 called Space Pants.  Next we moved East back toward The Court Jester, a 5.6 slab/jug haul with a solid 5.8 crux mantle move, but really easy movement apart from that.  Court Jester looks incredibly fun from the ground and it does not disappoint, the views are incredible!  I got the lead on both of these climbs which had me feeling good for my first day back.  Last we moved over to the Central Gully onto a thin slab / diheadral called Dragon's Tail, 5.10, which Justin lead I followed.  I thought this route was pretty hard I definitely cheated a little using the massive crack off left to muscle my way up.  We left shortly after drained from the sun but very satisfied.

Personal Review of Area : Rock/Climb Quality 7/10 - Size 7/10 - Accessibility 7/10
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