Another great weekend in Gunnison, CO.
My talk was not as good as it could have been, but not as bad as it could have been either. Overall, it seemed to have gotten a good reception though, and audience participation was high, which is always gratifying as a speaker. I give myself a B+.
I spent Saturday [...]
One of the last things that Phil suggested I do was this really cool walk up Mt. Fox, near the Fox glacier. Sounded good to me, so he printed off a b&w topo for me, and bade Wendy and him adieu.
A few hours later, I arrived at the Fox glacier village, filled out an intentions [...]
Jimmy was one of the coolest guys I’ve ever had the privilege to climb with. He was one of the regulars at Stoneworks Silos, the climbing gym in Carrollton, TX where I’ve whiled away too many sweltering, sultry summer nights to count.
In fact, that gym was my formative gym, and the guys who climbed there [...]
An old college buddy of mine is on his annual summer climbing road trip, for the purpose of staying sane between semesters of grad school. He went out to Yosemite for a few weeks and managed to tick Steck-Salathe, Freeblast, Astroman, Serenity Crack, and maybe a few others.
He’s climbing hard. I’m not.
We got on Syke’s [...]
Way too much drinking and rocking out to Hell’s Bells (an all girl AC/DC cover band) on Saturday meant that we didn’t get started until 11:30 on Sunday, and even then with wickedly debilitating hangovers.
Guessing that most Front Range crags were going to be crawling with people, Tim and I went north to Vedauwoo. Lots [...]
Spent Turkey Day in Las Vegas again this year, driving out there with Stephen, Whit, and the two dogs. It’s much more pleasant to split the 12 hour drive amongst three people.
First day was at the Gallery. Warmed up on a 10d (oops, a bit hard for a warmup), then knocked off the 8 and [...]
Climbed at Shelf Road a few weekends ago, roundabouts the first of November or so. The weather was amazing — temps felt like they were in the mid 70s or so, and at one point, we were actually chasing the sun.
Climbing at Shelf always makes you feel like a hero, since the ratings are a [...]
Good couple of weekends. Last weekend, I went and climbed the Pear Buttress (5.8) with Stephen. A fantastic line with clean aesthetic climbing, and we saw nary a soul all day. The aspens were lovely. Got some pics here.
Yesterday, I went up to Vedauwoo and climbed Kitchen’s Delight (5.7) with Mandy. The weather was perfect, [...]
Damn, I go away on vacation for a single day and my inboxes are flooded. Catching up sucks.
Finally, for those who don’t know what gmail is, take a gander at gmail.google.com. Basically, it kicks the crap out of yahoo/hotmail/etc.
I still have 6 invites left.
I’ve been feeling a bit introspective lately, which has heavily colored my most recent trip report on the Culp-Bossier.
Enjoy.