We finally got out yesterday and redpointed Maruchan Man. A little cool with a breeze on a north face at 8400 feet in October. Very smooth, we both led it. Good pro, great exposure, fun moves. 5.10b **.
We were cool enough there that we decided to move to the South Face of Burst. There we went mostly shirtless and wished we had shorts. Jim and I both redpointed Fracture Clinic, a three star 5.11a crack. It overhangs severely for the first half, but is great hands. The crux is an odd size halfway up, and then it's vertical #4 Camalot size. Both of us had been on it before 5 years or so ago. We both redpointed it just baaarely. I thought I was off for sure way above the only #4 I had. If 100% is falling off I was at 99.9%. Totally pumped. Ten minutes after I finished this lead I noticed my right shoulder was hurting. I guess I was really scumming it into the crack:
Fun day. One of the last of the High County season, I suspect.
