Table mountain

I've been hearing about a local sport crag named for the nearby Jail since I started climbing. It's on private land, so climbers have tried to be good "wardens" and not publish topos or directions online. A guy I know from the gym generously gave me directions there, so we headed out with Zoe and a another friend from the gym (Bryan) today.





We didn't get very many routes in, and in a Lynn Hill moment I didnt finish my knot (which was thankfully caught by someone else), but I gotta say that I love this place. Since we moved back from Grenoble, its been a little hard not having the abundance of nearby sport crags that we did in France. While not Ceuse by any means, this crag is really a blast. Lots of beta intensive moves, big blocky features, jugs everywhere, fixed draws and a cool vibe are hopefully going to make this a frequent destination for us this winter (It gets too hot in the summer). I feel like a piece of our lives has been given back to us!

Heres ZZN, at the end of the day and still happy


As for routes: We warmed up on the first four bolts of a route to the right of "Soap on a rope", did the two warm up 11ds (The eagles were no longer nesting) and then I did some of the moves on Soap, with a lot of beta from the locals. Its a fabulous route, but I need some serious improvements in my endurance before I try to link.