Epic in Elevenmile

I have been getting out more frequently and it feels good. Byron, Jake and I went to Elevenmile to check out some boulders we found about a month ago. On our way to the blocks we stumbled across a nice concentration of boulders we had missed last time and decided to stop. We cleaned up a really nice arete and I got the first ascent of after a short session. I am calling it Moonwalking Cowboy and it is probably about V5. Next up was a really nice, right moving seam that set you up for a cruxy throw over the lip. Byron casually walked up this one once we cleaned the top jugs. Not sure what he is calling it yet but it goes at V4. I sent just as Byron was finishing the downclimb. There were a number of easier lines and two hard looking ones we decided to pass on so we could check out what we had previously found further up the hill. However, just as we arrived at the next concentration we started hearing a wierd sound. It was like someone was throwing rocks into the air from higher on the hill and they were wizzing down past us. Within a minute or so it became clear we were in an all out hail storm as the sky opened up and small marble sized hail stones began dumping on us. We crouched under the block we were going to climb for about 20 minutes before it cleared and we hurried back to the car. I captured some fun video of the storm along with both of the first ascents that were done. I will post the video next week when I can put another HD one up on Vimeo. For now, here are some stills from the footage.