We spent a few hours Sunday morning at Malibu Creek State Park, investigating some of the routes on Planet of the Apes Wall. It was pretty hot and we were done by noon, but at least we had a chance to put PIC’s new Petzl grigri self-braking belay device to the test. Well, PIC had the chance to test out the grigri while he was belaying a whole bunch of people. I mostly hid in the shade and tried not to melt into a heat-induced puddle.

In spite of the heat, I am a little disappointed we didn’t take the bikes out to Malibu Creek, because it would have been a lot of fun to ride down to the Planet of the Apes Wall. However, riding our climbing gear back up the hill in the midday sun probably would not have been fun at all, so it was probably for the best.

I really want to head out to Malibu Creek again in the near future to check out where M*A*S*H was filmed. Hopefully it will be a little bit cooler next time!