Day 6 (and 90): Conundrum Crag

SUMMARY HAIKU #1 (for Day 6):

One-off* climb today
With new vocabulary**
Second pair of undies***

SUMMARY HAIKU #2 (for Day 90 - Nov. 20, 2022):

Wanted a chill day
Crumble ended up being
Carry my bundle

*One-off refers to the only 5.7 at the crag with a longer approach and/or walk-off. Aka: time sucker. At least the climb was fun! (More about the climb below)
** Grundle (see video for definition - hey, we didn't name the climb...we really had no idea what this word meant...don't say we didn't warn you...)
*** This is the second pair of partially buried dirty underwear we have encountered on this WTF 5.7 Tour. No, they aren't ours. I am now going to add "Dirty Underwear Encounters" as another tracking category (there... went back and added the category - but this was the day that spurred this entertaining addition.)

Updated Video - March 2023

The updated video incorporates the above original video and adds the events of November 2022 plus updates on the WTF 5.7 Tour as of March 2023.

START & END TIMES:

Arrived Parking Lot - 5:30 p.m. - approximately 98 degrees F.
Start - 6:30 p.m. - At the Crumble My Grundle climb, which is located above the Conundrum Crag formations. Hit some other climbs at Conundrum.
Back at car - 9:00 p.m. (chilled and enjoyed the sunset and view!)

DATE: July 21, 2019 (revisited November 20, 2022 - updates are in parenthesis)
WALLS HIT: 1 (Conundrum Crag)
NUMBER OF CLIMBS: 1
NUMBER OF PITCHES: 1
NUMBER OF FALLS: 0
NUMBER OF TAKES: 0
VERTICAL FEET CLIMBED TODAY: 70
TOTAL VERTICAL FEET ON THE TOUR SO FAR: 1,250 (22,985)
NUMBER OF CLIMBS REMAINING: 217 (52)
VERTICAL FEET REMAINING: ~ 48,835 (25,148)
DIRTY UNDERWEAR ENCOUNTERED: 1 (0)
DIRTY UNDERWEAR ENCOUNTERED TO DATE: 2 (8)

The Route

CLIMB: Crumble My Grundle (Trad) (5.7+)

WTF? What the FUN!
- Re-climbed it in November 2022 - still "What the FUN!"
- This climb is located above the Conundrum Crag. The approach took about an hour, but we had to find a path up that worked for the dog (so that took us a bit longer). I think I inhaled half-a-bush-full of fluffy plant matter helping Althea up some rocks. Cough sneeze sneeze sneeze cough.
- This climb is rated a 5.7+ but we didn't really think there was any "plus" about it. It was fun and easy with only pleasant surprises.
- There were definitely fragile holds, but plenty of other solid options.
- Walk-off was to the climber's right. It was pretty straight forward with a 10-15 foot butt-slide-down-climb with a handy corner you can wedge into and plenty of holds to keep you steady (photo to the right).

Stef leading the climb this time in November 2022.

Rick Momsen leading Crumble My Grumble (5.7+) at Conundrum Crag. We felt this was a pretty easy 5.7 and doesn't need the + rating. It was a fun climb!