Many of the old familiars were back in Boone town last weekend for Matt Hauser's wedding. Some of the old Boonies that made it back included one of the newest Stonemasters to hit the California Trad scene: Sam Fagg. Sam has been cruising some of the classic trad routes in Joshua Tree, the Needles, and elsewhere in the wilds of California but still believes that the boulders of Grandmother Mountain are some of the best anywhere and I believe him. High Country Adventures scooped Sam and Meg up at the Charlotte airport and within three hours we were at the Valley of the Kings sending some of the old classics like Darkman, Haptos, and the crimper line on the tall warmup wall. Christian Drum & Jon Foster showed up after an afternoon recon of a newly discovered trad line in the Pisgah that sounds very promising. In spite of the manky conditions we all had a good time sending some of our old projects in good style. Christian got a personal first ascent one of Grandmother's most classic difficult climbs. Here's a photo by Sam of Christian in the zone.
Sam snapped some great photos of some of the sports action of the weekend. Below, Meg inches statically toward the crimper on the always challenging V5 arete (Joey's Arete) at the Long Wall at Grandmother.
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