First Multi Pitch Trad Climb in Boulder Canyon

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This was my first trad climb and my first multipitch, and I'm pretty happy with that.  It's a trad 5.7, but it wasn't consistently anything.  There were probably only one or two actual 5.7 moves and the rest was pretty easy.   
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  Darren and Steve at the bottom of the climb looking up Boulder Canyon.  That's Darren heading up the first pitch.  Steve and Darren at our ridiculously rope intensive belay. 
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 Marty at the belay (note that Darren is already leading the next pitch and Steve is belaying him up (note also that Steve's wearing tights...PURPLE tights) Me at the belay station up top while Darren brings Marty up.   Marty finishing off the crack at the top (5.6).

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