Girl Power

Climbers:
Jamie, Angie, Sophie

Beautiful Friday for a girl climbing day. Angie had this brilliant idea: "Don't you guys want to take the Friday off? I am not working!"
Twist my arm.... Sunny and 70s in the forecast. What more could we ask for? Well a few more girls like Meghan (off with the little one), Yoli (off ....climbing at the RED), or Katie (tending her patients at the hospital)... next time ladies.

6:30 am and we are off. This will be Jaimie's second time only climbing outside on a rope (not that would scare her or anything).
We headed for the Monument to warm-up on the 8 Stubborn Swede (yes the one that definitely will help you put your "outside-head" on with that nice long run-out at the end. Angie leads it on. Great I have two rope-guns with me!
From now on Angie and Jaimie will be trading putting the routes on. I am the cleaner!
"Sof since the route angles a bit You are going to get the draws on the way up right?" Angie asks me as I am the last one to lead it.
"He he no Angie I won't, think about it...".
Angie looked at me: Right Hu hum...
We all started to laugh really hard.
:)
Here are the girls getting their tiger out.

After warming up there we headed to the 3 short 9 after the Court house. I believe we climbed "Katie did" with which the girls had no problem at all, and for some reason was the occasion of a "moment" for me! My "outside head" is not quite screwed on tight. We moved on to Gully gee Whiz a beautiful 10b small gully which I had not climbed in a long time. Jaimie lead it up and worked it beautifully. It will be a send next time. Same thing for Angie who styled the move. I fully enjoyed climbing that line again, and it seemed my head was back in place.
here is Angie on that line.

As you can see Angie treats her sunglasses with the same respect I do when she finds out she forgets to take them off. Yes this is why we buy VERY cheap ones! (Yet I might change my attitude as I started my day finding a pair of Oakley. Hoo hoo!)
We moved on to the Courthouse a really fun 10c where the pump creeps up on you for a final crux right under the anchor. I was the rope gun this time and took a fall just before the anchors.. oh well still a super fun climb. Jaimie really styled it and was so close to the flash. Angie worked the last moves in determined fashion, with an inspiring push-through and "stick" after a couple of tries and Jaimie and I cheering. A great moment. Here she is.
We came back to the monument to meet up with quite a crew from Saint Louis, and I directed the girls to a climb I had been wanting to lead up since last time I was here. Lothorien is a tricky 10 a slabbish mixed route. 3 or 4 bolt and then it is down to cams. I had not placed gear in a good year and 1/2. Time to get that trad head back on! the middle part of that route is an extremely delicate slab with very tiny shallow features for the hands. No send for me but I was pretty happy to have gone through the whole thing in just a couple of falls.
Here I am about to step into the blankness!
We finished on the classic Cherrio Bowl which Jaimie and Angie climbed beautifully.

More picts. of the day here.