We went to Gritscone and did a few routes in the middle of the crag:

• Warmed up on Pete’s Possum Palace 5.7
• Red pointed 99 Grit 5.9. Didn’t do a good job on this one. It took me a couple of takes to get over the last bolt before anchor
• Onsighted 5.10a. I might have gone off route a little and used a crack on the neighboring route. But the neighboring route is a 10c so I would give myself the credit
• TRed 5.10c. Had one take at the crux. It doesn’t feel like I can lead it yet. All other moves are pretty straight-forward though

It’s Tian’s first visit to Leavenworth crags. We arrive at Icicle Buttress a little before 9 and are fortunately the first party there. We climbed R&D in a little less than 3 hours. Yinan and Tian each led 2 pitches. I followed.We drove over to Castle Rock and had lunch in the parking lot. It’s scorching hot under the sun. We started on The Fault and continued on Catapult. We each led one pitch. I led the 5.8 pitch. It’s a super fun pitch if you do a good job hand jamming and stemming. We were heat exhausted after topping out in the afternoon sun and were out of water. So I ran down to the car and got another 3 litres.After rehydrating and resting in the shade, we started on Midway. Tian led the first two pitches and Yinan led the last.It was a super fun day cragging and we did 10 pitches, all classic!