I had set up a trip for Sunday, for Lodge Canyon, to look at the Direct Exit and thinking about replacing some of the many bolts I had placed in this canyon over the last 20 years with more-reliable Glue Ins. And then got a call from friends to do it on the Friday before, as they wanted to do something, not too big, before a Full Imlay on Saturday. Well… yeah, why not?
Fun to do this canyon with the “A Team”, and see a few downclimbing options I had not previously considered. New logs had washed into the canyon since the last time I ran through it - maybe 8 years prior? …
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