Summertime at Smitty's Place

Yes, its pretty warm in Central Oregon these days, but with an early start, you can get some great climbing in. Amy M., from the Gunks came out for a couple of days of climbing at Smith Rock. She found the pebbles and nubbins to be quite a bit different that back home, but she really enjoyed it. Here she is the first pitch of Sky Ridge (5.8), an "old school" classic.


Below is a video of Amy on the third pitch hand traverse on Sky Ridge. You can beat the views here.



Next, we climbed Wherever I May Roam, a 5 pitch 5.9 sport route on the west side of the Smith Rock Group. Check out that xenolith to her left on this first pitch!

On pitch 3, there is some delicate face traverses. This is some really fun climbing here.

On pitch 4, there is definate exposure as you tip-toe up the arete.

Here is Amy topping out after some great climbing.