Back to Center of Progress

Matt and I went up to the Center of Progress cliff, back to the same area as Oops...I'm Pregnant. There are actually a couple of really outstanding crack climbs in that area -- not just big chimneys and slopey face climbing.

So anyways, yeah, finished up cleaning this crack that cuts this otherwise blank face. As you get higher the crack splits into two cracks, so for a while you are sort of monkeying/bear-hugging. After that, the wall kicks back, the crack gets to small for fingers, and the feet completely disappear. On top of that, there are two cracks, and many possibilities to climbing the cracks, which makes it hard to figure out first where to go, and second how to do it. Needless to say it is awesome. Very cool. I've named it The Chipmunk Waltz and I think it will eventually go at 5.12 something. If not that, then very hard 5.11 -- potentially making this the hardest line at Silver Lake. As it stands, it goes at 5.11a A0.

Here are the preliminary pictures: