Joe Scheifman and I thought this might be a possible tourist
attraction for commercial exploitation in El Portal - "Look,
Martha, is that their real hair?!"  "Look at those white 
pants."  "What is that funny stuff they're smoking?"

Joe and I were pretty trad ourselves.  Joe began Sat. by
marching right up to Five and Dime (10d+) and redpointing
it, the end of a multiyear vendetta.  I only fell a couple
of times this go - maybe it is not so impossible.  A certain
route at Arch was packed, so we went for Gripper (with a single
rope following the aforementioned style).
We actually "went to the top" with
me leading the first and Joe the last two.  Actually, painter's
pants might have been more practical than the shorts I wore. 

Sunday, Joe demonstrated leading to some non-climber friends
of his by powering up Sherrie's Crack (10b/d).  That certain route 
on Arch had two parties, so we hiked up to Manana (10d), which
I led.  Yin-Yang looked too intimidating, so we hiked some
more to Vanishing Point (10d), which I led as well.  Setting up
the big TR, Joe got Spiderman (11c) with no falls, I dogged 
through the crux which had a cool, sport-climbing-like sequence.
Good views of the West Face of Sentinel in late afternoon light
from up there.

Joel