I completed my first trad mock lead, Kate's First Trad Lead, 5.2 at Practice Wall, Muir Valley. It was interesting... I did ok, wasn't to scared, but did find it difficult to pick the gear and place it properly. I also completed my first second, on a 5.5 route, I don't recall the name, but same place at Muir Valley. It was cool, glad I did it. We got some practice in as far as placing all kinds of gear, my favorite are the Ball Nuts. Those are really cool, easy to place and pretty bomber in my opinion. I was also pretty comfortable in my Nuts/Hex placements, but I never really got the hang of placing the CAMs and Aliens.
I haven't really decided if leading trad is what I really want to do. I am very interested in doing a mock aid climb to see how that works, hoping for some of that maybe this next weekend at seneca rocks or at NRG. I guess I'll just have to wait and see. I'm definately interested in seconding, but still not certain on the multi-pitch stuff. Single pitch is cool and I'd like to get comfortable with that, but multi-pitch not my favorite thing at the moment.
Only time will tell I suppose.
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