The third week of August marked the start of the semester again and with that marks the sad combination of cooling temperatures and reduced time to get to the projects. Although it is still quite hot, there was a brief period of cooler weather earlier in September that allowed all of us to get our projects done.
A while back, I ended up going back out to the Terrarium and ended up getting the first ascent of Nagini, the direct line starting on Bobby's Devil Snare. It's a unique sequence that features a foot-first walkout from basically the start-to-finish so although it wasn't as interesting as I hoped it to be, it worked out ok. This line has been on my mind throughout the whole summer alongside a few others. For a while, I had a lot of decision fatigue regarding what exactly to try amid fighting conditions and doubts, so it was nice to finally get something done.
Cashing out on the new found gains from climbing at blue ridge, I was able to make it back to the draw for some fun sessions with friends and I also completed the full line of The Girl on Mars Roof, The Girl from Ipanema, in two sessions after a very sad punt at the end of the first session back after a whole day at Puzzlebox Roof. I'm not the only one who have finished their projects on Mars, Josh was able to wrap up both Suplexing Navajo and Lolita, and Skyler was able to wrap up The Receptionist.
Continuing onwards, I ended up also completing Harpoon Hands, a great line at the reservoir roof. It has some very memorable sequences for me, one of which being a hand foot match bicycle to a gnarly unwind, and the other being a fun headwall guarding the topout. Meanwhile, Bobby has been quite busy in this area, adding 3 great additions to the area with Changing of the Guard, Ballista, and Shipwrecked, all of them looking great. It feels good to climb on rock with magical friction after suffering through much of the grease during the summer. Recently, I finally was able to make it back to the Burrow and dig out the holds on the bottom right side after a few days of effort. I've been putting in some sequences and it climbs interestingly, and would complete the roof panel.
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Bobby topping out his newest addition, Shipwrecked
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