Time is a man made deception

I once overheard some smug hipster make a comment about time. Ironically it was on 11/11/11. Those sneaky bastards! Always ironic. Or is it moronic? Either way…time has been spent mostly indoors. The weather this past week has provided a window of opportunity for some outside days. Castle Rock on Wednesday with Ben and Meg was cold and crisp. Crisper than a wafer thin cracker. I managed to do the Sharma Traverse/360° Traverse. It really is a 270° traverse since the full 360° has a tree blocking the last little bit.

Champions!

We ventured over to the Nature Nazis after I proceeded to get spanked like an ugly step child on Eco Terrorist. I managed to touch the lip one time. It's definitely harder than Deforestation. How much? Time will tell. Anyways, Nature Nazis, end of the day, kinda warmed down, jumped on this problem I had seen in a video of this problem, Neo Nazi Eliminate, that people were calling V6/7. If it were in Hueco or Bishop it would maybe be called V4. MAYBE. I saw this video, got a hunch it wasn't as hard as said. As it turned out, my hunch was correct. No disappoint. Ok nothing to see here, move along folks.

"The Retard" is the REAL name for this. Joel Ruscher put it up. There used to be a tiny crystal on one of the pinches and would proceed to draw blood every time. Thanks Jeremy Meigs and Melodie for the correct info on the climb.

One summer, I met two kids from Jersey. One was a 14 year old little shit that sent EVERY thing he tried that trip with the exception of Eco Terrorist. He flashed this problem in 80º heat. His name? Jason Applestein. I will never forget that Yo! Basecamp or him.

Castle Rock is always fun though. It's the best option for bouldering in the Bay Area if you can get outside and don't mind the 1hr drive from the Berkeley area (Chris Bloch driving time, fastest time so far to Castle Rock parking lot that I know of). Also, watch out for the rangers patrolling (trolling). Hide yo chalk, hide yo brushes, and don't bring the glass beer bottles or you risk getting a ticket. Yes, even for stick brushes. Witnessed some people being written up and ticketed for brushes. Respect the rule and play nice.

Bacon: if you don't eat it, hey more for me.

Thanks for reading!