Feb. 7, 2004 - Currahee Mountain
February was originally scheduled to be a Mt. Yonah trip, but the conditions were wet and windy and a last minute decision was made to go to Currahee instead. It turned out to be a good choice, and the Slab Area was well sheltered, if still a little wet in places.
We set up a top rope in the area of All I Wanted Was a Pepsi(5.6) and used it to rap in on, and to climb that route and the adjacent Trad and True(5.8). Another line was set on Mikey's Mantle(5.10a) and everyone had a good time working out the opening crux, an awkward balance move with matched hands and tenuous feet. The rest of the route is straightforward, albeit steep, face climbing.
Later in the day, we moved right on the wall and climbed Stranger than Friction(5.9), Kemoslabee(5.10) and Dust Bowl Daze(5.7). Davis also led By Gully(5.6). Mike and Karen brought a friend who had never climbed before, and she did very well much to her own surprise. No sunshine that day, but it wasn't as cold as January at T-Wall.