Day 6: Can't You See That it's Just Raining, Aint No Need to Go Outside. Oh Wait.. Nothing Keeps Team Texas from the Rocks

With a late night ending around 1:30 in the morning the barn voted as a whole to sleep a little later than normal, this meaning about 10:15. Which was splendid for me, and most the other kids were happy to get the few extra hours of beauty rest (as if we need it, we’re the best looking team there is). Well rested and ready to climb, we made our way to return to Military Wall. It was a fantastic day of rock wall climbing! We had a handful of exciting sends and too many great runs to count. Our sends included: Ellen sending her project, Tissue Tiger (12b), John crushing Gung Ho (12b), Maddie sending her 10a/b project, and Ashley sending Opossum Lips (10c). We are so thrilled for all four of these climbers; sending projects always makes for a good day. Other notable climbs included: Alex almost sending his project Reliquary (12b/c), Morgan making the crux move of her project Tissue Tiger, Sammi, and Jess getting to the top of their project, Fuzzy Under-cling (11a), Gentry sending Fuzzy Under-cling after pulling past the crazy hard starting moves, and I may not have done a notable climb, but I did hang on the jug line for 3 hours getting some amazing shots of all the kids climbing! About half way through our day rain was heard in the distance, and eventually was upon us. Luckily, we were at a overhung wall so all our climbs were dry. So with the rest of the afternoon spent under the shelter of our climbs the day drew to an end. We are now back at the barn, full from the perfect rainy day food (grilled cheese and tomato soup), and clean from glorious showers. So in the words of Gentry, “So long Sticky Butt!” (sticky butt is Alex’s new nickname given by Gentry).