Day 5: Moderate Mecca

SUMMARY HAIKU

W-T-FUN today
FEISTY battle of the bulge
Makes you work for it

START & END TIMES:

Start - 6 a.m. - At Moderate Mecca ready to climb.
End - 10:15 a.m. - Back at the car. It's still early with a nice breeze. This is a first for us. Oddly, it feels incomplete without being a pile of nearly melted flesh...

DATE: July 19, 2019
WALLS HIT: 1 (Moderate Mecca)
NUMBER OF CLIMBS: 4
NUMBER OF PITCHES: 4
NUMBER OF FALLS: 0
NUMBER OF TAKES: 0
VERTICAL FEET CLIMBED TODAY: 200
TOTAL VERTICAL FEET ON THE TOUR SO FAR: 1,180
NUMBER OF CLIMBS REMAINING: 218
VERTICAL FEET REMAINING: ~ 48,905
DIRTY UNDERWEAR ENCOUNTERED: 0
DIRTY UNDERWEAR ENCOUNTERED TO DATE: 1

The Routes

CLIMB 1: The Route to Mecca (Trad)

WTF? What the FEISTY!
- Most of this climb is suuuuper cruiser EXCEPT for the start. The bulge is protectable but it ain't no joke. Be prepared to search a while for holds and the beta to make it over - without feeling secure. It's the bulge that gives the climb our FEISTY rating.

CLIMB 2: Sir Climbalot (Trad)

WTF? What the FUN!
As a whole this route is the funnest of the four we did today. It is more varied and interesting.

CLIMB 3: Soupy Sales (Trad)

WTF? What the FUN!
Souper cruiser.

CLIMB 4: From Soup to Nuts (Trad)

WTF? What the FUN!
The first half of this climb is what makes it memorable - pulling a miniroof with monster holds (look for them, they are there) and an offwidth you have to squeeze through to get pro in.

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General
The Plan
Managing the Desert Heat
Calico 1 (1ST Pullout)
Amusement Park
Day 17: Civilization
Day 14: The Slab
Day 20: Panty Wall
Day21: Wall of Death & Hamlet
Day 24: Child's Play
Calico 2 (2nd Pullout)
Day 13: Meetup & Black Corridor
Day 28: Retirement Plan
Icebox Canyon
Day 12: Sunnyside & Frigid Air Buttress
Day 39: Necromancer: Hop Route
Jackrabbit Buttress
Day 16: Myster Z
Day 35: Mz. Why
Kraft Area
Day 6: Conundrum Crag
Day 7: Caligula Crag
Day 4: Three Peaks and Yin & Yang
Day 10: Winter Heat Wall
Oak Creek
Day 37: Johnny Vegas

Day 5: Red Springs

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