This is INSANE! Looks super fun too!
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Random Musing
Wow! It has been awhile since I last posted, I really need to get on it.
When I am bored at work (which is almost never but occasionally it is known to happen) I browse some of my favorite blogs. I really like Colette’s blog, her style of writing is very engaging and her trip reports are awesome. Check out her latest video too!
I also enjoy reading Sonnie’s blog, there is some very pertinent info on his blog about a virus, that the Center for Disease Control has issued an alert for, that most climbers tend to be immune to. Read up on it, it may save your life (not to mention 5.10 heavily promotes the eradication of this horrible virus)
I was planning on going climbing this weekend but a sesh at the new local gym has left me with a very odd neck injury that makes it hard to move my head, so I may end up laying around this weekend. Total bummer as I took last weekend off, feeling a bit burned out and now I won’t be able to go climbing. To add insult to injury I was supposed to go to Yosemite last night, but my climbing buddies bailed on me, and with the outrageous prices of gasoline we cannot afford to go up there by ourselves.
Thought this was pretty funny
Well that it is it for now, see you out there on the rock.
When I am bored at work (which is almost never but occasionally it is known to happen) I browse some of my favorite blogs. I really like Colette’s blog, her style of writing is very engaging and her trip reports are awesome. Check out her latest video too!
I also enjoy reading Sonnie’s blog, there is some very pertinent info on his blog about a virus, that the Center for Disease Control has issued an alert for, that most climbers tend to be immune to. Read up on it, it may save your life (not to mention 5.10 heavily promotes the eradication of this horrible virus)
I was planning on going climbing this weekend but a sesh at the new local gym has left me with a very odd neck injury that makes it hard to move my head, so I may end up laying around this weekend. Total bummer as I took last weekend off, feeling a bit burned out and now I won’t be able to go climbing. To add insult to injury I was supposed to go to Yosemite last night, but my climbing buddies bailed on me, and with the outrageous prices of gasoline we cannot afford to go up there by ourselves.
Thought this was pretty funny
Well that it is it for now, see you out there on the rock.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Climbing Trips
Well it has been a long time since I last published on my blog. But that does not mean I have not been getting out and having fun. I have been visiting the local gym Hanger 18 (with the time change it is about all I can do since it gets dark way before I get off) but I have managed a few trips to Joshua Tree & the Bishop area. This was my latest camping trip to Joshua tree this season, it was a beautiful day as you can see.
While I was climbing on the Old Woman I spied a young gentlemen (who we later found out was Joe De Luca) soloing on Intersection Rock. If you look close you can see him, just to the right of Left Ski Track 5.11a***
Rhondie snapped this picture of Kevin (5.10's new Assistant Global Sales Manager) and I climbing the SW Corner of the Headstone in Ryans Campground.
Those were just a few of the highlights of my trip to Joshua Tree. Even more recently I was able to get out to the East side of the Sierras for 6 days! It was amazing, climbed in Owens River Gorge where I onsighted quite a few 5.10's and had a blast on a few 11's. I had spent a lot of time training for power and not endurance so I got thoroughly spanked. I met Jim Thornburg, Lonnie Kauk, and Nicky Dayl in ORG as well. Here is a photo of Lonnie clipping the anchors on Darshan 5.12b for his warm up
We got an amazing campsite at Pleasant Valley on the road to the Happy Boulders. This trip was the first time I had been to the Happy Boulders, my buddy Tyler and I walked up the trail by moonlight one night and bouldered there for a few hours flashing V1 & V2 in our approach shoes. I was totally blown away by the Happy Boulders, we had the whole place to ourselves. It was amazing, there is nothing like onsighting a highball in your approach shoes under a nearly full moon. Absolutely breathtaking. Here is the view from our campsite.
These trips were so much fun but there is still more to come, I am still hoping to make it to Yosemite next spring and visit Red Rocks and climb Epinephrine. Both of these places I have never climbed at before, so it is sure to be a life changing experience. Until next time....
While I was climbing on the Old Woman I spied a young gentlemen (who we later found out was Joe De Luca) soloing on Intersection Rock. If you look close you can see him, just to the right of Left Ski Track 5.11a***
Rhondie snapped this picture of Kevin (5.10's new Assistant Global Sales Manager) and I climbing the SW Corner of the Headstone in Ryans Campground.
Those were just a few of the highlights of my trip to Joshua Tree. Even more recently I was able to get out to the East side of the Sierras for 6 days! It was amazing, climbed in Owens River Gorge where I onsighted quite a few 5.10's and had a blast on a few 11's. I had spent a lot of time training for power and not endurance so I got thoroughly spanked. I met Jim Thornburg, Lonnie Kauk, and Nicky Dayl in ORG as well. Here is a photo of Lonnie clipping the anchors on Darshan 5.12b for his warm up
We got an amazing campsite at Pleasant Valley on the road to the Happy Boulders. This trip was the first time I had been to the Happy Boulders, my buddy Tyler and I walked up the trail by moonlight one night and bouldered there for a few hours flashing V1 & V2 in our approach shoes. I was totally blown away by the Happy Boulders, we had the whole place to ourselves. It was amazing, there is nothing like onsighting a highball in your approach shoes under a nearly full moon. Absolutely breathtaking. Here is the view from our campsite.
These trips were so much fun but there is still more to come, I am still hoping to make it to Yosemite next spring and visit Red Rocks and climb Epinephrine. Both of these places I have never climbed at before, so it is sure to be a life changing experience. Until next time....
Monday, September 3, 2007
Adventures in our backyard
It was 4pm and the thermometer hovered at 105 F. It was time to get out of the valley and into the mountains. Rhondie and I stuffed are climbing & camping gear in the back of my trusty Bus, and headed into the mountains. As we entered the canyon to begin our ascent into the hills we noticed ominous storm clouds billowing on the horizon. As we came around a bend we were met by a strong head wind that slowed our forward progression to 35 mph, much to the shagrin of everyone behind us. As we gained altitude the clouds grew darker and darker and within seconds we were enveloped in a torrential down pour. Boulders were rolling down the hill and into the road in front of us and we were fording through streams flowing across the highway! As suddenly as the rain had started it stopped and we emerged into a scene straight from a fairy tale; rainbows crisscrossing, rain dripping from trees, and that oh so heavenly scent of a forest after a heavy rain. We stopped at a lake to take a walk. 
It was a beautiful day and after we had stopped to watch the ducks play we got back in our Bus and headed off to find a nice spot to camp. It was nestled in the trees not to far from the lake. We boiled our Tortilini and sipped Hot Chocolate while we played Scrabble by latern. It was nice to fall asleep listening to the sounds of the forest instead of sirens, cars, and various other noises of civilization.
We awoke and leisuraely ate breakfast & packed up before continuing up the highway. We were headed to Onyx Summit, at 8,443 feet it is the highest highway pass in Southern California. Donna (my Bus) putted up there in grand style. The forest, meadows, and vistas rolled by and as we crested the pass Mt. San Gorgonio came in to view. At 11, 499 feet it is the highest mountain in Southern California.
We spent the morning climbing. The rock was beautiful, the vistas stunning, and the company pleasant. And a lazy half day of climbing passed by while we enjoyed the cool breezes and watched clouds build up. When it was time for lunch we drove to a meadow and munched on canned tuna and gold fish and dozed off while watching little birds vying for bug spotting perches and deer bounding through the grass and wild flowers.
It was a beautiful day and after we had stopped to watch the ducks play we got back in our Bus and headed off to find a nice spot to camp. It was nestled in the trees not to far from the lake. We boiled our Tortilini and sipped Hot Chocolate while we played Scrabble by latern. It was nice to fall asleep listening to the sounds of the forest instead of sirens, cars, and various other noises of civilization.
We awoke and leisuraely ate breakfast & packed up before continuing up the highway. We were headed to Onyx Summit, at 8,443 feet it is the highest highway pass in Southern California. Donna (my Bus) putted up there in grand style. The forest, meadows, and vistas rolled by and as we crested the pass Mt. San Gorgonio came in to view. At 11, 499 feet it is the highest mountain in Southern California.
We spent the morning climbing. The rock was beautiful, the vistas stunning, and the company pleasant. And a lazy half day of climbing passed by while we enjoyed the cool breezes and watched clouds build up. When it was time for lunch we drove to a meadow and munched on canned tuna and gold fish and dozed off while watching little birds vying for bug spotting perches and deer bounding through the grass and wild flowers. 
When we awoke the clouds were getting darker, and so we decided to follow the river down back to civilization and chicken strips and fish and chips. As we cruised down the highway at 75 mph (an exciting thing in a VW Bus) the air got hotter but our spirits weren't dampened. The adventures the 3 of us had experienced together were still fresh on our minds.
Until next time....
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