Mt Diablo, Sept 30

It was hot, and there were lots of bees, that all seemed to really like Natalie, but unfortunately that feeling was not mutual.  After I flailed up Bolt Line (10c in the guidebook, but closer to 11c), we tried to get distance from the crowds of people and bees swarming around Amazing Face, but the bees insisted on a long distance relationship, and the climbs on the Middle Tier of Boyscout Rocks weren't so great.  As the sun started to set, we went back to the Lower Tier, where the bees had retired for the night.  Natalie lead up Amazing Face (9 or so), which was her first real sport lead.  She crushed it despite being quite scared.