Day-trip to Yosemite Valley yesterday, my fingertips are completely SCORCHED. Just looking at my tips, I don't think you could take discernible fingerprints from 5 of my ten fingers.

Nonetheless, Ngoc, Danica and I had a great day on the awesome granite blocks. Nothing historic went down, but projects were definitely established, most notably the Sentinel Traverse, a pumpy v6 that Danica and I were both able to completely link, and which Ngoc was able to link except for the last few trivial moves. The sun was creeping below the valley walls, and we were all spent, but we'll be back to throw ourselves at it again soon. In the meantime, endurance training is my new friend.

Some classic V3's did get dispatched, and Danica quadrupled her list of v3 sends (from 1 to 4 or so). Day trips to Yosemite are well within the realm of doable, and we are already talking about when we can next go back!

Fresh in from the 6 hour drive to the East Side, here are a few of my favorite shots from a stellar weekend of great sends. Among other highlights, John made quick work sending Saigon (V6) at the Peabody Boulders in the first hour of our first day of bouldering. Also noteworthy, I finished off Gleaner (V6) at the Happy Boulders, and Ngoc completely demolished an old project of hers, Son of Claudius Rufus (V5) in terribly anti-climactic style (first burn, sans spotters). Tyler and Matt also were in good form, trading blows and sends out at the Happies. They spent a couple days on the rope too.