Comments:

I led the first pitch of Dappled Mare, then Aaron did Roan Way instead of the usual finish, since he had done Dappled Mare before. Both pitches were nice. The second was a full 200 feet, and I could barely hear Aaron at all when he reached the top. At one point, I thought he called “off belay”, but he actually was telling me I was on belay. He proceeded to send a rope signal, causing me to drop my belay device as I took him off belay. Dammit! I've never dropped anything from a climb (except a sling from the bivy on Moonlight Buttress.) Fortunately, we found it later, and in the process of searching, I also found a shiny new #12 stopper! The booty gods must have been on my side today! (Perhaps this is to make up for the lack of any other booty in my life.)