Ascent of Geronimo

This was fun, but quite a traffic jam. When we reached the base, there were three other parties (one a party of three) ahead of us, and one more couple showed up just behind us. We decided to do the climb and just wait in line anyway, and we ended up having a lot of fun. The first two belay ledges on this route are big enough for a full-contact game of football, and the third is comfortable enough for several people, so the crowds didn't make things uncomfortable, just slow. The couple ahead of us, Nick and Jane, turned out to be really nice, and we had a good time hanging out with them. The threesome in front of them turned out to be the bottleneck, since for the first few pitches they wouldn't bring up the two followers simultaneously, even though they had a Reverso. The party behind us, Eric and Julia, ended up bailing after two pitches. The actual climbing on the route was pretty trivial, and I'm pretty sure the last two pitches (both super fun) could be linked, though that may require a bit of simul-climbing.