Hey! And what about the bright orange colour of the rock of Smith when sunset!? Now, I am serious... I didn't know much about Smith just some few ancient marvelous photos about routes so famous such as Rude Boys, Scarface, Chain Reaction, To Bolt or Not To Be, and the famous Just Do It. An impressive part of the history and development of modern sport climbing.

It was a sunset when we first parked our car in front of the walls and the lines that we could guess were magnificent -- really elegant lines. I wanted to check out Just Do It as soon as possible, so the second day in the Smith we went straight to the "Monkey Face"

Wow!!! AWESOME!!! I AM POOR AND SHORT IF I ONLY SAY THAT THE "STICKY ARROW" IS BEAUTIFUL! The conditions were awful, though. The strong, icey wind stream pushed me up, but I couldn't feel any holds and any of my points of my fingers. Even my nose was orange iced! My chicks were cold and insensitive. I gave up. I decided to wait for better conditions, so that I could feel real sensations in those small tiny edges.

Next day, I enjoyed in a great sunny day with nice weather Just Do It. I tasted the whole route and realize that it has two different styles split into two parts. The first part is vertical and slabby it is really hard with very far between nearly non-existent holds. It is a long route by itself, this first pitch! I did very well and climbed all the moves very fluidly with the exception of the last difficult one. It made me try a lot. It was a small one-and-a-half finger pocket traction to dynamic to a slopey edge with nearly no feet. One try, two, three... Argggh!!