SPM day 2

Today We headed into town, picked up a bagget, and went exploring, First we stopped at this light house that we has seen from the ferry on the way in yesterday.








After Mooching around town for a while we decided to head for the hills. I am on a bit of a mission the find somewhere to climb here. I searched the internet for info on climbing here, but there was nothing to be found. So, is this because there in no good climbing here? I would find that hard to believe given the geology and the coastal exposure.
It was a bit of a climb, so we stopped for a lunch of Noodles and French bread half way up.

After a little more Hiking we did find a reasonable looking crag with some climbing potential. The rock is solid and looks pretty nice to climb. We decided to hike up to the top to see if there were any good places to set some anchors for a top rope system.






Well, I guess we were not the first to look at this rock and think about climbing it. This is an old Piton that had been hammered into the rock as part of an anchor used by a previous climber. There were 5 pitons here, a group of 3 and a group of two. They all seem solid, and we will may well use some of them as part of our anchors (backed up with our own gear) when we have a go at this crag on Friday. I can't wait to get back out there, looks like fun for the whole family with moderate routes proably in the 5.6 to 5.9 range.