This was pretty sweet, but pumpy as hell, and got just a little wide in several
spots. Brian led first, then Nathaniel followed, then Brian took pictures from
the top as I led. As I neared the top, I was pretty pumped and just wanted to
finish, and the crack was getting wide. My hands reached the ledge, and I
started to pull myself up onto it without realizing that my right foot was
stuck in the crack. My knee dislocated when I pulled up, and my foot was still
stuck. I ended up having no choice but to just yank my foot free, with my knee
still dislocated. It hurt like hell, but once my foot came free my knee popped
right back into place. I was able to rappel on one foot. Putting any pressure
on my right knee was too painful. Needless to say, I didn't climb any more that
day. This really depressed me, since this would be the one day we would have to
climb the real classics at the Creek, and we had yet to do Supercrack or
Incredible Hand Crack, the two I had been most looking forward to for years.
Instead I took a few ibuprofen and watched with envy as Brian and Nathaniel
climbed them.