the moritorium

after not very much sleep on the aeroplane and on about 6 hours on our night at the hotel, we set out for our first climb. we wanted to start on something that would tellmus wher we are at so we chose to climb the first 3 pitches of the Moritorium. we wanted to skip the forth because we wanted to wrap. The pitches were 10d(21), 10d(21), 11b(22/23).

alex lead the first 2 and i lead the lasr one. jetlag, tiredness and a bit of altitude made it a bit tougher, not to mention the learning how to climb on yosemite granite. relearning in my case. we took longer than expected and we didnt get it clean, but we also didnt aid our way up. the last pitch was a great learning experience in very difficult stemming on a 90ish degree corner with a tiny crack and

alex working on the first pitch. if anyone is going to climb this pitch, just ignore the mentions of 5.9 in the topo. it is about 1 move. the second pitch grading was far more accurate. the firat is like sustained 10b laybacks.