Another beautiful day in the Stronghold this weekend and we only ran into two hikers (looking to climb the next day).  It would have been the perfect day to get on Abra and not freeze.  Now I have followed Forest Lawn twice.  Never sure if I could ever lead it.  Always felt it was a little powerful to place gear on.  We had warmed up on Endgame and headed over here just to "take a look". I had seen this picture and was inspired.  I thought "now or never".  No nuts,  just doubled the 0.5 & 0.75 on the rack to 3" and away I went.  Maybe I am getting better at climbing….finally.

We just had the pleasure of revisiting a place we have not been to since Beanfest 2010.  We wanted a day of sport climbing where we could get lots of moderate routes in.  Zappa Dome came to mind and a great day it was.  We climbed 13 of the routes here.  Though this is not the GEM of the Stronghold it defiantly will give you a full day of climbing-especially the day after the Beanfest when your not up for hiking up to Rockfellow Domes.  So I have posted all the route descriptions, and topos for the area and hope you will still check out the Stronghold even if your not ready for a big day.