First time climbing with Shawn in a while! And neither one of us had been to Red Wing for... probably a couple of months. It ended up being a great day. We started on Frequent Flatulence (5.10a) as a warm up. Shawn cruised it until the awkward mantle move, at which he actually took a big fall. I toproped it with ease. Then we did the always awkward Vertical Vice (5.8+) which I was gratified to see Shawn struggling with, and Call of the Mild (5.11a) which we both led with a fair amount of confidence. Then we did the 5.10 to the left of Vertical Vice... Pandemonium. Dirty route because it doesn't get climbed enough.
Then Shawn had an urge to get on Annadonia (5.11b), and I led it after he did and cranked through the very tough start! Definitely had an advantage with the preplaced quickdraws on the finish, though. And we finished off with Out of Control (5.11a). I kind of love the first half of this route, but it has it's awkward moments. I took an unexpected fall at the second bolt when my foot popped off, but totally clean fall.
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