Yesterday Jeff and I went out to Mount Diablo and hiked the Mitchell Canyon and Eagle Peak loop. We meant to do the hike last weekend but didn’t make it; this week we had better luck.
In fact we had a fairly active weekend. Friday evening was guest night at Berkeley Ironworks, so we invited a co-worker and her fiancé to climb with us. We had planned to have them take a belay safety class, but I ended up teaching them myself, which was rather cool. They passed the test (by BI staff, not me) with flying colors. They seemed to enjoy the climbing too, although it was a bit difficult for them (as things always are when one begins).
That wasn’t enough climbing for me, so we went back Saturday evening. I was perhaps still a bit tired from the evening before, but I nevertheless reached the top of two new 5.6 routes, one of which I had been trying off and on, and another I had never attempted.
And then, of course, we hiked on Sunday.
You can also check out the full photo set on Flickr.
Lori Melton says:
What a cute picture of you! It will be great to see you in June...hmm...did you know we're coming to the Bay Area in June? :-)
We'll call or email and give you more info. I'm glad you had such a good weekend!