Yesterday I made plans with Andy and Brooke to take a climb in the Dells today. Hooray!
As an added bonus, we now have some new climbing friends to head out with. Today we met up with Hallie & Beth. They live less than an hour from Prescott. Hallie has been climbing for a while, and Beth is learning and clearly enjoying it as well.
For our first climb of the afternoon we hit the Perfect Idiot once again. We haven’t done that one in two months, and it showed with me. My first go round with it went very poorly, and the second was still rough as well. That darned entrance is a bear. Let’s think……other excuses…..the rock seemed pretty greasy……the rocks were super hot and radiating heat big time…..the moon is messing with my sign…..
Brooke was the smart one in the crowd today. No messing with the Perfect Idiot. The rest of the group all took shots at it. Only Andy cruised right up it with little trouble. Go Andy! Oh yeah, Brooke’s going to need to deal with his ego tonight! 
After playing around on the Perfect Idiot we headed over to Time Zone again. We’ve been there a good bit, but Perfect Idiot mellowed us a bit for the day. While Andy setup near our favorite 5.8 / 5.9, Hallie led the 5.6 that Bob had gotten me started on several months back.
Brooke had no trouble with “Nick of Time”, and Hallie had a good climb up “Can’t Wait Gotta Go.” Afterward Beth took a climb up and cleared off Hallie’s gear. The photo above shows Beth on the left and Brooke to the right, both finishing up their climbs. Dueling climbers.
We all rotated through several routes, and it made for a good afternoon. It was especially nice when the sun eased up and the rocks stopped reflecting so much heat! Andy had an extra bonus today. He led “Can’t Wait Gotta Go,” and did it in style!
The shot above is Beth working out the 5.8/9. For somebody starting out she did a great job, stuck with it, and finished out the climb as well. I think today was her second time out. Pretty good, eh?
Summing up, it was a pretty good afternoon. New friends, added abuse on Perfect Idiot (I didn’t smack my knee), and then running between two climbs on a familiar wall. I think we’ll be doing this again Friday too.
Almost time to get some rest. Night all.
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Greasy Rocks? Are you sure it wasn’t your hands? You know, from all the heat? And actually, the Moon just went into Sagittarius (which I’m pretty sure is your rising sign…) so that may not be the best excuse either…
All in all, it sounds like you guys had a great time…and it’s wonderful to meet new people to climb with isn’t it? And if you get to go out again on Friday…you’ll be back running up those rocks in no time! (just be careful of your knee, that rock grease can be slippery)
Hmmm….I think the moon is against me.
But “greasy” rocks? Yes. The shoes didn’t stick, and frankly they are magic shoes. Magic I say.
Well, time to sleep.
See? That’s better. Rich in Shorts.
You go Boy! Show that piece of granite who’s boss!
GREAT PICS…maybe you’ll get Vance up there one day!!