Our first day of climbing was spent exploring Muir Valley, a privately owned and operated climber's paradise. It is owned by the Weber family, and none other than Liz Weber herself helped us park our car when we arrived. We headed for the Bruise Brother's Wall, but the crowd there drove us further down to Sunnyside, which wide open. We dashed giddily up our first couple of routes, ecstatic to finally be pulling on the beautiful red rock. The Kentucky sun crept out of the woods to keep us warm, and we climbed and climbed.
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| Kokopeli's Dream |
When we exhausted Sunnyside we moved back to Bruise Brothers, where I encountered one of my trip highlights. A flakey 5.10 next to a thin trickling waterfall, and even though I was shaking the whole way up the only coherent thought I could form was, "man, this is
fun."
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| Machete |
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| You can't clip into a Master's Degree |
The last route of the day was, of course, Gettin' Lucky in Kentucky. We sent Grey up in the last moments of daylight, and Meg hopped on an adjacent route. Meg ended up descending in darkness, using a headlamp to clear her anchor. By the time we hiked out, dirty, sweaty, exhausted, and thrilled, our car was the last left in the lot, always the sign of a great day.
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| Gettin' Lucky in Kentucky, 5.10b |
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