My first day on real rock was at the pinns too. it was august and 100+ on the east side. we did portent first. i put my shoes on before my partner led. he climbed then pulled the rope about half way up before i realized i wasnt tied in. he had to down climb half the route to get the rope back to me and we ended up doing it in two pitches. it was so hot that by the time i got to the top my feet had burned and i had BIG blisters on the tips of my toes.
we did all the easy classics that day, portent, swallows, ordeal, wet kiss, the 5.6 and 5.8 route on monolith, maybe the upper crust and finished with stupendous man(pulling that mantel got me hooked).
i had to lance the blisters on my feet before every climb.
my second day on rock was at donner and my partner whipped on Firecracker and broke his wrist.
Third day was on the west side, we climbed costanoan (partner in a cast still). that was my first lead and first time setting an anchor mid route. our ropes got stuck rapping power tools (my first or second rappel ever). epic
