December 26

so this was alittle while ago but i haven't had a chance to update. so at 5:30 am i picked up Melissa and Ruth and we headed back to kings creek for a early morning ice climb, to be back before noon. we hiked in with head lamps and got the crampons on just as the sun was coming out. it was perfect timing. for my first ice lead of the season i felt alright. got a little pumped out with my fisrt screw, but then got things under control and life wasn't so bad at all. the top at least inch was pretty rotten all over and the middle was really really plastic. so i lead off to the side and then just set up the anchor over the plastic stuff. it really fun and the girls liked it. not much better than plastic ice to learn how to climb. we each got in a couple of climbs before i pulled the ropes. it was just a beautful day and we beat the rush so it was perfect.