It was a good day today: a 5.11a on sight and clean, a 5.11b on sight and clean, another 5.11b with just one fall. I'm happy with that.

Took two breaks on an overhung 5.10b though as my elbow didn't cooperate all too much ...

We were climbing today and as like the last times I tried some harder routes - and did my first 5.11a clean (without sitting in the robe). Getting totally crazy I also tried a 5.11d which Andrea wanted to try. Was sitting in the rope three or four times, but I made all the moves, meaning I didn't cheat with the rope, only rest. So I'll have to work on my endurance to be able to climb that one clean too. It's at a slight overhang which makes it really hard for me as I don't have much strength - enough to do a couple moves, than the endurance is not there to keep on going. Will work on that ...

Last weekend we were in El Dorado National Forest with Corinne and Dan. It was Andrea's first time on a high wall (500ft, about 150m). Here is some information about the wall:

Corrugation Corner

It looked really high. Dan and Andrea did it in four pitches with the 60m rope while I was only the pack mule carrying the backpack up to the entry point and back to the car. Was bad enough ...

Here are photos from the Boldering Competition, Nov 2008, Calgary Climbing Center.