A couple of weeks ago(the weekend of 9/8) I had the pleasure of meeting Cory off of MountainProject and joining him on a trip to the Eastern Sierras for a 11 pitch 5.8 grade IIIclimb . It was the longest trad climb I had done, and it was an amazing experience. For me, it marked the start of a new era in my climbing career. Never had I climbed something so high, so long, and which required such a range of technical skills. I had done all the things individually, but never combined them like this before. Safe to say, I was #stoked.
I was going to write a trip report, but turns out Cory wrote one already, so I’ll just link that here. It’s well written. For your reading pleasure:
Cory’s Trip report
Can’t wait to join you on two more trips later this month Cory!