I set up two ropes, one on Sterlings Crack (5.7), one of my favorite climbs at Carderock and another to the left of The Diamond (5.8)
It's been awhile since I have been climbing (a few reasons and a lot of excuses!) and so, my goal for the day was to get to the key hold at the crux. The good news was I reached my goal, the bad news, I ran out of steam (was kind of expecting that...)
This was Joe's first go on this climb and he made it to the crux, got his right foot up onto a sloping hold on the left and he spent a little too much time trying to find a better set of handholds (it's a CRACK climb, get your hands back into the CRACK!) before he also ran out of steam.
Joe moved up to the crux pretty smoothly, starting to show some technique.
My technique was left in the back of my car...
I forgot to take pictures?!! Aaargh! Have to remember my new phone (Blackjack II) has a camera.
So the following picture is courtesy of RockClimbing.com
Title: Net working Sterling Crack, 5.7, Carderock, MD (Photo by: Honeywell) )
My Notes: The picture does not really do the steepness of the climb justice. It's about 15 degrees off vertical, and then steepens into a slightly bludging overhang.
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