Had a great rare 3 day weekend out there. Highlight being hugs from both John and Sue.
I went out there with a great friend from Fresnoooooo, Mikey, and her friend Mike. First time for both of them at Gray, although Mikey has been elswhere in the general area. It was Mikes first time in Shuteye and he loved Gray but not Chiquito so much. The first day Mikey was looking for something fun in the 5.8 range to lead so I hooked her up with the first pitch of Dream Within a Dream. She did a great job leading it then Mike and I enjoyed a lap each. After that Mike rope gunned us up Wander Lust P1, Shades of Gray, and finished the day off with Gravey Train P1(consensus was 11c on P1 of Gravey Train). Sunday Mikey and I finished the second pitch of Gravey Train while Mike hiked/climbed up to Electric Eagle to check it out. I was very pleased how the second pitch of Gravey Train turned out. It is a well protected yet very exciting upward slanting traverse right that reaches then continues over the obvious yellow roof. I ended the pitch about 30 or so feet above the roof on a nice ledge. The pitch ended up being harder than I expected, about 10c/d and less than 100'. I stopped the pitch short to prevent rope drag but also because the stance was big and so cool. We rapped to the ground with 2 ropes, 1 60m and one 70m. I think with one 60 you could rap to the anchor of Gray Expectations and then to the ground. Later that day Miked joined back up with us and took over again gunning us up P1 of the Titanic and P1 of When Dreams Come True. He loved both pitches but really loved the Titanic although he thought it was stout for 10a. The last day we finished ourselves off at Chiquito Dome. Don't know the names of all the routes but I enjoyed them all. I think we did six or seven pitches. That day I was also siked by a suprise vist from Sue and John who also came up to climb. There were also 4 other friendly folks enjoying the routes up there. Very cool.
Wish I had brought the camera. Maybe Sue will post a few from the last day.
