Exit 32, August 7

Sunset is getting early, but there’s still time for the exits Thursday after work. Last Thursday was rained out so we had a pretty good turnout this time: 7 or so, I think. One advantage of Exit 32 over Exit 38 is that there is an actual well maintained hiking trail so the walk out in the pitch dark involves less slipping on mud puddles, kicking loose rocks, tripping over roots, etc. Following on Stepping Stone after dark was a little interesting. The glowing white chalk left on the holds told me _where_ they were but it was hard to tell _what_ they were since the black rock was pretty much invisible.

• British Aisles, BLM-1, 5.10b (lead) start looks impressive but isn’t too bad, managed to confuse myself off the ledge 3 bolts from the top even though I’ve done that part twice before
• British Aisles, Stepping Stone, 5.10c (follow) led by Ritchie, glad I brought my headlamp up