1st day at Pine Creek Canyon

Pine Creek Canyon Day! We wanted a nice leisurely trad day doing a couple of multipitches.

Michael ran over the middle of the snake with the Camry and the dumb thing survived! 

We attempted two multipitches today and completed one. The first one I led was called Racing Lizards, a three pitch 5.7 (300ft) . I hadn't climbed trad or led a multipitch for over a year now, so I was REALLY nervous climbing today. I thought 5.7 piece of cake but pitch one proved terrifying. I don't crack climb, neither does Michael, halfway up pitch, bam... beautiful hand crack with NO feet. I plugged as many pieces in as I could and almost took my first trad fall, but managed to stay glued to the crack. We finished the rest of the climb with no more problems.

Michael at the start of Racing Lizards 5.7

Me sitting at the bottom of the hand crack. 

Pitch 2 of Racing Lizards.

The view at the top of the Racing Lizards of the White Mountains. 

Michael attempted the next multipitch of P.S.O.M. pinnacle, a 5.8 three pitch climb. Pitch two Michael's foot blew and he fell landing on his heel. We retreated after pitch two. Now with a heavily bruised heel its time to spend two or three days healing for Michael. Seems I'll be leading any slab pitches and Michael says he'll stick to the overhung or vertical pitches.