dagibbs | Another pleasant evening of climbing

Back to the local gym to climb some more with Niki. Was nice to have someone to climb with who was quite pleasant, and also as a bonus, pretty. I climbed the 5.10d that I fell of on Tuesday cleanly bottom to top, and also made it up, though with a few falls, a 5.11a route. Either my climbing is getting stronger again, or this gyms ratings are even softer compared to Coyote than I thought. I'm betting on the second, though -- I'm going to guess about 3 grades softer, making their 5.11a about a 5.10b. (Coyote seems pretty close to par from what I've seen. The southwest seems soft, as local here seems about comparable to Planet Granite in California, and Connecticut (and I'm told the northeast) seem stiffer than normal.)

I do wish Coyote had a crack wall, or even one crack to practice on. I so need to get better at hand-jams.