When the trees are pushing green shoots and you see gatherings of this sort you know a new season is in the making. We spotted a bunch of these ladybug clusters hiking back from a day of cragging at the Pinnacles this past Saturday. Here are two more of the ladies initiating an age old rite of spring.
Anyway...Saturday was a good day out at the old Pinnacles. My friend Steve and enjoyed the mild weather and sunshine as we hit up some repeats at the Discovery Wall. The later part of the day saw me leading out on a really fun 5.7 R on the Monolith. You start the climb from the top of a boulder that sits above the caves. The first bold is about fifteen feet up and out hanging over the dark caves below. Fun stuff! From the top of this little treat of a climb we top roped a very fun 5.10a that we will be sure to check out on the sharp end next trip.
Next weekend we are off to Consumme River Gorge on the other side of Sac. We have heard rumors of granite cracks at 1,200' elevation. The forecast is for sunny skies and fun trad leads on Saturday.
