Jan. 10, 2004 - Tennessee Wall
January saw a hardcore few bundled up and headed to T-Wall one frigid Saturday morning. Did I say it was cold? It was cold. Gary brought his chainsaw for a little maintenance, and we cleared a tree that had fallen across the approach path near the trailhead. That accomplished, we headed up toward the area between Razor Worm(5.9) and Goldenlocks(5.8+).
Gary led Goldenlocks and dropped a top rope on it and Competitive Edge(5.11c), and I led Razor Worm and rigged it and Cake Walk(5.10a). I distinctly recall losing all feeling in my fingers and feet on the way up. It was like climbing on a great big ice cube. The usual suspects were in attendance including Tom, Denmark, Davis, Frank, Gary, John and me. Everyone got to climb until their fingers were numb, well actually until they started to thaw, on some classic and challenging routes. The sun finally did come out, and it turned out to be a great day of climbing all to ourselves on what is normally one of the busiest areas at T-Wall.