I went to the draw again with Skyler and met up with Bobby. We went to Mars roof and found a sea of foam from some other motivated and strong folks, which is nice, but it is difficult to really work in and warm up with so many people under the roof. The good thing though is that there is a lot of beta you can look at to figure out what you are missing in your sequence.
Bobby and Skyler laid siege to The Girl, getting very close multiple times. I struggled to warm-up for the first hour or so, but when I think most people started taking a break, I was able to repeat The Girl, moving through the big move once and latching the finish jug before the traverse out to the exit, falling 3 times on the big move beforehand. I changed my beta on this climb in that I used to cam my right foot into the teacup hold of The Receptionist, but now I grab the high undercling with 3 fingers, stand up on the pinch and drive through to the next hold. It is objectively harder beta, but it feels comfortable to me. Although it did take me 4 tries to send The Girl, it's a a relatively good sign that my fitness is good. I think working the Serrated Arete linkup in the Superstitions did some wonders.
After my warmup, I went to work on my goal on Suplexing Navajo. Overall, the session was a very distracted session, but I was able to quickly figure out two or three more moves on it, and so now the last thing I need to sort out is the topout. The boulder is enjoyable, some people note it as very sharp and uncomfortable, but I think it climbs very well in a style akin to the punchy blue ridge roofs. In my humble opinion, it probably has the best powerful roof climbing on Mars roof.
We then took a trip over to Monster Roof, where we climbed on Move N' Groove to cool off. I used to think the problem was not that good back in the day when I first did it, but now I think it is a good problem to have in the draw with its open handed sloper grips on a roof, which is atypical from the typical pockety, dangly style that is characteristic of most of the climbing there. Bobby and Trevor started working a linkup from The Beautician into Move N' Groove.
One recent thing I'm trying to get better at is pulling through and utilizing bad holds, and I initially went about this by climbing on slightly worse holds at a different angle (read overhanging). I recently received some advice on this topic, which recommended on climbing at angles that I'm used to, but with worse holds, which forces more finger and hand engagement. I think this helps more, as I'm familiar with the movement, and it reduces the mental strain as I mostly work on improving my hand and finger strength on different grip types.
Anyways, I guess this means if I'm at the draw, I'll have to start searching out for more open-hand slopers and crimp holds on a roof, while working on finishing the right two lines on Mars. Didn't really take any photos or video this trip. I'll start updating my notes for Suplexing at some point.
