Aaron is one well prepared climber. He has educated himself in ropework and self rescue and even though to his face we make fun of how much stuff he climbs with, behind his back we admire his expertise.
The latest item he was noticed to also carry is a taped up lighter, for which he received a comprehensive lambasting. We realized that Aaron has somehow misinterpreted the meaning of "go lighter". Caleb pointed out that if Free Bird was suddenly blared across the Valley on a good sound system after dark, no one would be cooler than Aaron on an unplanned bivy blinking his lighter.
Kyle offers free guiding, especially to annoying people and if you would rather, instead of your own, use his gear anytime. He was the only one of the group excused from Geoff's mandate that we all lose 10lbs.
Geoff almost succeeded in sabotaging my follow of Moby Dick by dubbing me "Powerlocks", Goldilocks' bigger sister. It is hard to continue jamming during a fit of belly laughs. The next day I ruined Caleb's chair, when seat ripped out while I was sitting in it. He said this made us even for him running up the East Buttress of El Cap with my nut pick and new red Camelot that he pilfered from my rack, thinking it was Geoff's.
Jeremy gave an informative minor dissertation at the campfire on alcohol and prescription drug use and how to avoid liver damage.
Missed Aaron D.(the other Aaron), hope he can make the next one. Got on harder climbs than I have in a while such as Sacherer Cracker thanks to the lead efforts of the rest of the crew. Good sore and great outing.
