More climbing along the interstate...

I got out Saturday morning, We (Fred, Andrea, and I) left Genesee at about 6am and drove west. We had never been to the area but we thought we would give it a shot. When we got there I knew I had seen the routes from Rt 70. We didn't know any of the names of the climbs but we saw a good looking moderate and decided to give it a shot. We got to the base of the climb and we were all alone.

Fred chose to lead the first climb, The Ice was fragile, it looked like the sun may hit it in the evenings. Good ice was a few inches down. I followed Fred and Andrea followed me. Because she didn't have tools.

I chose to lead the 2nd pitch. It was long but most of us it was a steep walk up with about 10 -15 meters of WI2/3 at the top. When I got onto the Ice it was wet, placements were made with ease. I made it up quickly and set up an anchor.

When Fred made it up to me, we realized we couldn't get the tools down to Andrea. Also we couldn't repel all the way to the last belay. I saw an anchor a little above us so I had Fred lower me and gave her my tools. They had some issues with the rope length on the way down but we worked through it. The climb was a little too easy but perfect for me just starting to lead. I enjoy these multi pitch climbs cause I learn so much each time. I rappelled off my first V-thread, and had some unexpected issues come up and had to problem solve. I feel like its good to have issues when your on these easier climbs where there is a climb off option. I got to think through options of retreat and even thought of some ways afterward we could have made it more efficient.