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Jeremey, Mike and I all ventured forth to Priest Draw on October 11th. The high was about 55 degrees in the sun, it was a very cold wind that blew through this place. We arrived around 12 and left around 6. We visited Triangle Rock, Puzzle Box, Bat Roof and Anorexic.

We destroyed Triangle rock. We beat up the V0 on the left side of Triangle rock, then moved onto the V1 off to the right of it, then went further right to play with the V0+ traverse. Then came back to do the V3 through the center of Triangle rock, (Video below of Jeremy climbing it). Then I climbed the V2 on the left side of the rock which goes along the lower of the two cracks on the upper left of the rock.

From Triangle Rock, V0 up the far left. V1 across the highest crack on the left, V2 on the lower crack in the upper left, V3 up the middle

Jeremy on the V3 at Triangle Rock.

From Traverse on the Far Right

Mike on the Traverse

From V1 to the Right of Triangle Rock

Dan on the V1

From Jeremy on The Hermit(V5) at the Puzzle Box

From Jeremy on The Hermit(V5) at the Puzzle Box

From Anorexic

Sorry I didn’t get more videos of Puzzle Box or Anorexic but it was cold and we were climbing hard. Guess you will just have to wait for me.

Peace Out, Safe Climbing

Yesterday my brother, Guss and Guss’ friend Nick all went to Priest Draw.

We started at “The Island” and warmed up.

From Best Warm Up Around

From Backside of the island, some sweet V0 - V2 climbs

After our warm up we hit up Bat Roof.

From Bat Roof w/ a Chris

From Bat Roof V1 and V3 starter hold w/ V1 finish.

From Batroof V1

After Bat Roof we hit up one more spot but I didn’t get pictures as I was exhausted and had to at least finish one route on this wall. Overall it was a super awesome day and I would recommend Priest Draw to anyone especially if it is your first time outdoor climbing. The rock is mostly limestone and mudstone so your hands don’t get ripped up and most of the routes are not too tall. I’ll be sure to post more about it in October.

I didn’t get many pictures of the climbs because I was climbing and no one else was helping me with my little endeavor but I’ll be going back Oct 9/10 so I’ll be sure to get more pictures as I won’t be so awe struck by how much fun the climbing is.

Also over the next few weeks I need to get lead certified so when things get chill around the valley I can go out and start hitting up some sport climbs. I hear there is a 5.7 sport climb on Camelback mountain that goes up the Monk. I have seen this rock formation all my life and I can tell you it will be so fantastically awesome to climb it.

Peace out, Safe Climbing

Since I realized few people understand what a V2 or a V0+ bouldering or a 5.10 Top Roping really means I figured I should add some information to fill in blanks.

Wiki Article on Rock Climbing It has some interesting articles attached to it.
Wiki Article on Climbing Ratings Systems