We did several nice warm-ups and moved on to a V6 called Fight or Flight. It took Mike and I almost on hour to complete this and I was really surprised at how challenging it was. It’s a nice sloping lip traverse, with a great cross over move at the end.
Fight or Flight V6/9

We hiked up the hill and did a couple of great easier problems. Here is Mike an a short but good V3.

Mike mentioned that he had tried what he thought was a project on a previous trip to the area and so we walked up the creek bed and came up to a great looking (for Ohio) problem. It was wet and so we moved on up the hill.
We ran into a local and he took us to a V7 called Blood Gnome. Mike and I both did it quickly and it felt much easier than Fight or Flight. We both climbed a harder variation and were enjoying the warm weather.
I was really motivated to try the project and we found out that it had actually been climbed and was called The Gem V10, and it had been unrepeated for a number of years. Mike immediately referred to it as “B3 problem”. Unfortunately my motivation did little to dry off the problem and our efforts were futile on the wet and slippery rock.
The Gem follows the line to the left, climbing up the arete.

Brian, the local we met up with walked us down to a sunnier sector and one of the best problems a V8 called An 8th of Crack. Mike and I both climbed the line and, while not an amazing problem, it was well worth doing.
An 8th of Crack V8

Campusman, campusing.

We finished the day on some other random problems and by hiking around. I absolutely love being in the woods in the East, in the fall. In places the leaves were knee deep. All in all a great day to get out and glad to tick another state off the list.