What was your first 5.10 lead at DL?

Just ticked upper D and need a project. Routes that come to mind:

Congrats
Sometimes
Cheetah
Catenary (sp?)
The end

preferably G, or I would have just looked at Jug's post ;)

I did Sometimes. You can sew it up.

Congrats and Cheetah would be fine, too. The End offers much, much less pro than the others listed.

Never done Catenary.

LeifWiebe wrote:I did Sometimes. You can sew it up. Congrats and Cheetah would be fine, too. The End offers much, much less pro than the others listed. Never done Catenary.

I would NOT recommend The End!

I would recommend Big Deal, Cheatah, Sometimes, Callipigeanous, Congrats, Green Slime, No Picnic (9, but good and feels like a 10), Tardis...

And Congrats on Upper D! best climb at the lake!

jon jugenheimer wrote:I would NOT recommend The End! I would recommend Big Deal, Cheatah, Sometimes, Callipigeanous, Congrats, Green Slime, No Picnic (9, but good and feels like a 10), Tardis... And Congrats on Upper D! best climb at the lake!

Mouse's Misery should be on that list too. I have the gear beta wired...

Callip for me!

Freaky face at old sandstone. Takes lots of small gear if you have it and my memory is correct.

Mike Robinson wrote:Callip for me!

I toproped cheetah...fantastic climb. Protection looked decent, but it's way out of my trad lead range. Still, there's good stances, the crux is very well protected, and it's one of the longest climbs in the park (60M rope did not make it down, belayer had to stand up the hill, lol.) Just be careful if you climb it in the summer...buddy did a big throw for the pocket/crack thing at the crux, and immediately pulled back and fell as a swarm of hornets came flying out! Definitely wouldn't want that happening on lead, lol.

Congratulations for me.

Add The Monster to your list. It's somewhere on the spectrum between obscure party trick to horrific thrutch-fest. It makes me smile.

My first 5.10 at DL was a route that John Gill soloed. A few years later I met up with John and had a good laugh about that. Then we starting talking math ...

At least you didn't start shooting meth.