It seems like every day here there is a 30% chance of rain. Today it was raining again so I guess it’s turned to 100%. It also rained all day yesterday. Thankfully today after a quick trip into town the weather slacked off and the sun, combined with a decent breeze, dried the rock quickly. The car was packed and ready to go so we headed up to the Fields of Joy here at Depakhuys. With about an hour and a half of sun light left we headed straight to Maniac (7b). This was one of the first problems I had placed on my tick list during our first days here.
Starting on the ground in a decent crack system the problem leads to a series of rounded sloping shelves on glass smooth rock. From the last shelf you reach out right to a small pinch that is back over your head. From the small pinch and the smooth shelf with ambiguous feet you have to jump to a small jug that is impossible to see from your position. The name maniac comes from this last hard move. Of course all it comes down to is making yourself go once you are in place. At the end of the day the move is not that difficult but it makes this good problem a great one.
Just after the sun dipped behind the horizon and the rain rolled back in the problem was dispatched and we packed up to head back to the house.
Tomorrow should be a clear day in the afternoon so we are going to try and head up to Road Crew area again.
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