Wandering Mind

Dirty Gerdie and Herdie Gerdie, both 5.8 (Dirty was a 5.8+). Went to the Gunks with the Punk Opera Lady after work and top roped a couple of routes. It was really nice getting out and completely clearing work out of my mind. There was also a variation to Dirty Gerdie called Dogs in Heat that was a 5.11a that I almost got. We were scoping it out while we were on the other two routes and we thought we knew what the crux was. There was this section with no feet and tiny hands near the bottom (about 10’ up), I actually got through that (kind of amazed both her and me) but the next move was a single finger pocket that I just couldn’t pull (again, with no feet) to make it up. Apparently that was the crux. I think if I worked it a few more times with a longer rest before I start I could probably do it. I’m sure I’ll try, I was just sooo close… I would do the biggest happy dance to pull a 5.11 at the Gunks…

Beautiful practice to start the day after a beautiful ride in and pulling down on some rock into the twilight. I can live like this. It doesn’t make the insanity of work seem so bad, and I have to admit I really like the students…