{"id":5248,"date":"2021-09-23T19:04:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T19:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/websterart.com\/wordpress\/?p=5248"},"modified":"2021-10-21T21:52:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T21:52:19","slug":"more-climbing-less-posting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websterart.com\/wordpress\/2021\/09\/more-climbing-less-posting\/","title":{"rendered":"More climbing less posting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since I wrote last I’ve been on two, week long road trips and numerous day trips to Index. James and I spent 5 days at Index climbing moderates. And just two days ago I returned from a solo trip to the City where I met 10 new ‘over 50’ partners in a Mountain Project event. It was a week long event and I had a great time climbing with new friends, some in their mid seventies.<\/p>\n

I led all the standard moderates, both trad and sport. Highlights were Sinocranium with a party of grey and white haired folks. Who needs young people?<\/p>\n

My best lead was the run out 5.9 Mystery Bolter route down at Flaming Rock. I also got to dance up Rain Dance, in the rain.<\/p>\n

Tuesday I painted the mountain with Sue. She always drags me out hiking the minute I get back from a road trip. I’ll be suffering major jetlag from the drive and she’ll be like:<\/p>\n

“Let’s go hiking, you can bring your paints!”<\/p>\n

I was hiking with a major bad attitude up there, cursing life in general. But the mountain worked it’s magic. The Red Bull that I hauled up didn’t hurt either. First time I’ve tried to paint after one of those nasty brews.<\/p>\n

I was really shocked to see the painting coming to life. We got a late start, so I had to rush the pen work, making copious structural errors. I finished most of it from 2:30 to 4:30. It’s not bad for a 2 hour rush job.<\/p>\n