2. Castle Rock 9/95, with Dirk Hellwig, Nancy, and the kids.  I met Dirk 
via rec.climbing; he was visiting the USGS from Germany.  We bouldered 
at Stanford to get in shape.  At Castle Rock, we did several topropes:  
  Farewell to Arms 5.10c (aka "the world's hardest 5.9").  I failed to 
flash, but got it second try with some tricky footwork.  Pretty 
technical jamming for Dirk, so he took several hangs.  Nancy took some 
hangs, too.
  face L of F.t.A. 5.9 -- Dirk and Clint, with reachy/dyno start.
  Megablast 5.10d (roof R of F.t.A.) -- Clint.  Actually I did fine on 
the roofs but failed to make the final flop onto the ledge (forgot to 
set my feet right before the went out of view...)!
  Pyramid Boulder Crack 5.9 -- Clint cruised this old classic.  Dirk 
took a few laps, improving each time, but not freeing it.  Nancy worked 
out on it, but was too tired to free it.
4. Castle Rock Falls 9/95, with Trevor Bezdek and Christopher 
Barrington-Leigh.  These guys were new to Stanford, and we met via 
rec.climbing (although due to email hardware problems, we barely 
connected).  Trevor led almost everything, while Chris and I rode the 
toprope.
  Castle Rock Falls 5.8 route, with 5.10a+ start.  Rather high and 
insecure to the first bolt.  Chris used the easier right hand start.
  Trevor led 2 5.9 routes on the far right side of the falls.  We also 
tried to toprope the far right slab (5.11a).  I managed a long reach for 
its direct finish, Chris took a slightly indirect finish, and Trevor 
couldn't make the reach.
  Shady/Hidden Rock (W of The Platypus).  We got lost briefly on the 
trail, but finally found this nice 30' rock.  Trevor led most of the 2 
bolt routes, and 2 of us would use the rope while the third would work 
on the traverse of the entire rock (quite nice; I'm not sure if any of 
us got it completely free).  I led the very reachy roof on the east 
side (very long span to palms-down hand jams behind my head...).