Potrero Chico, Mexico - Wednesday, February 20, 2002

• "Sleepwalkin" (5.9+) 85 ft, "Corner/Groove"

  Don't have any comments on this one, so I assume it was uneventful.

• "Albuelito Dime Tu" (5.8) 85 ft, 10' right of La Vaca. Magic Ed's guide says "Formerly done on trad gear or top rope from La Vaca". RCG's supplement rates it a 5.9- and says it "shares La Vaca's last bolt and anchors."

  My comments said it was easy but runout a bit. "La Vaca" (5.9 P1) looked like fun, but the first bolt was way the hell up there, and we weren't interested in leading 25 feet of unprotected 5.9.

• "Name Unknown" (5.9+) 85 ft, "starts just right of Leap of Faith"

  I led this one first, was nice, clean climbing. Lots of sideways holds, so it was OK for handholds but the feet were thin. The 5.8 to the left of it, called "Leap of Faith" looked dirty and loose and we skipped it.

• "Two Pumped Chump" - 2 pitches (5.11a & 5.11a). The RCG supplement says "A tarantula lives in that really nice pocket below the big ledge. Awesome route!"

  Bob led the first pitch.

• "Red Helmet" (5.11c) 70 ft, "Hard to read line starts right of the obvious white tufa hump."

  Bob's (and others') comments were that this one was hard! This climb shared the first two bolts with the next climb to the right, "Eldorado Chewy" which the party next to us said was nice.

• "Spies, Lies and Naked Thighs" (5.12-). Magic Ed's guide says "Classic face with thin moves", and RCG's supplement says "Climb straight up the face for 12-, or gimble out right to the crack and avoid the crux."

  Bob made it most of the way until the very thin crux. Apparently he had trouble reaching some tiny but key hold. He tried a number of times but couldn't get past the crux. It looked like a very nice line, very thin.