It was a 5.11b, and yes, it was a bolted route (at City of Rocks).

I did a lot of crack climbing-- I preferred it-- and I still have some pro left. I sold off the valuable stuff but kept my wedges and a set of tri-cams and so on. It used to scare the [bleep] out of me.

Mostly, I was a 5.10 climber but I did get on a roll that day at the City.

I left a tri-cam in a sandstone crack in Utah... fell so hard on it (several times) that it dug in and I couldn't get it out on the way down. Probably still there. I wore the hide off my hands on that damn climb. The next day the backs all scabbed over; the skin was worn so thin the blood seeped through. THAT sucked.

As to the poke you took at me, the person or persons following are either top-roping, or belayed from the top... the pro placed by the leader isn't relevant to their safety. In fact its a pain for the follower as they have to remove it on the way up. The top anchor might be placed by the leader, but in my experience that's unusual; 9 times out of 10, there's bolt anchors at belay points. Oh, and you can blow me, beatch.

The CENTER will hold.

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