GH017578 GoPro Frame

Mammoth Trip, 2022

June 30

Clark Canyon Rock Climb



My turn. Funny. At the gym I flash 5.10Ds. Now I stand at the base of a 5.6 and think, what ever have I gotten myself into? This is the sort of thing I'd look up and think, I could climb that, but I don't, because that's dangerous! I don't do that! But here I am. I don't want to. Scared. But of course I get started. I'm slow, but gain confidence as I go.


At the gym, all the holds on the route are color coded, and there is limited choice of what to do next. Here, you spend a lot of time just trying to figure out what's an acceptable hold and what's not. It is very slow progress.


The name of this route is Exsqueeze Me! (5.6). -F.