Sunday, May 24, 2009

Day 2

We awoke this morning to the sensation of the thick West Virginia air. After oatmeal, our trek began down the Butcher's Branch trail to what we thought would be an out-of-the-way sport climbing paradise in the Kaymoor area. These walls spiring up 100 feet overhead were filled with classic climbs but also many climbers. We explored the rocks for a bit before deciding to hike back to the car to drive across the bridge to the Endless Wall climbing area.
After miles of hiking and climbing it was definite that was truly endless, buttress after buttress.


After being beaten to several more great climbs we finally found some open anchors above an impressive 80+ foot dihedral. Lunar Debris (5.9) and Crescent Moon (5.7) were impressive climbs running parallel under the bolts. We then led Double flat, (5.9+) but I fizzled out through the slopey crux section. We ended the day with ramen and met some very nice folks from Michigan that helped us find our car keys that vanished in the dark.

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