2nd Fall Gunks trip

We got up later than usual so it was late when we got up to the crag and didn't find an open route until about 11.30. We settled on a two-star (on a 3-star "classic" rating scale) 5.6 route: Son Of A Bitchy Virgin.

I scraped and scrambled my way over the overhang right off the ground, but the rest was pretty much smooth face climbing. There was one point towards the top of the second pitch where I'd run out about 25 feet from my last piece of protection, at which point I was spooked but nothing a bit of harsh muttering to myself didn't fix . Maybe I should record my muttering sessions... they're very motivational.

Once down, we headed over to Sixish which is a great exposed 5.4+. It's 3 pitches but in the interest of time I lead the first two pitches in one go (about 140 ft. I think) but we didn't have time to put up the last "airy" pitch, so we rappelled down to cries of "You know your rope's 50 feet short of the ground right?!" Not to worry, our fellow climbers didn't see the rappel rings 20 feet to their left. Still, got my heart rate up which is what we're really after anyway.