Showing posts with label Sport climbing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sport climbing. Show all posts

Monday, July 20, 2009

Climbing "The Incinerator" 12a at Big Bear

Today turned out to be a wonderful Sunday. The temperature was supposed to be in the 80s here in Costa Mesa and close to 100 inland.
I had a "feeling" that the weather was going to be much cooler up at Big Bear and it was. We got there around 10am and it was beautiful. There were some rain clouds hovering over the mountains, but all I was thinking was that rain would make it more exciting.
We were on the rock around 11 for warm ups.
Around 12 or 1 we had a nice lunch and rested.
A few more climbs then it started to rail and hail a little bit. We rested then we headed up to The Incinerator. I had never heard of this climb until my friend Steve told me about it.
The route is very straight forward, overhanging arete with only 4 bolts + anchor. The moves are very bouldery and technical at the top were the crux is.
Here are some photos.
We didn't red point but who cares, we had a wonderful time breathing fresh mountain air and climbing rocks. I'll definitely go back to finish it.