Sunday, December 12, 2010

Multi Sport Weekend

Jon Scott and I headed out to Whiskey on Friday for a little bit of December climbing.  There was a lot more snow out there than we expected, but did that stop us?  Well, kind of, we couldn't top anything out, but we still pulled on some rock, which felt great!

A lot of snow at the Wave Boulder


















Since there was snow on top of all the boulders, we decided to try Caught in the Act which ends on a big jug at the end of the traverse.  I've never been able to do very well on this problem, but somehow I pulled it out!  The temperatures were perfect for sticking to the slopers on that problem.  Jon came really close as well and ended up sending on Saturday.

Jon on Caught in the Act


















After Caught in the Act we went and tried The Green Monster.  I was able to come pretty close, but climbing in the shade was pretty cold and we got frozen out after a while.  Overall, a good day of climbing, despite the snowy conditions.

Saturday and Sunday were spent up at Bridger.  The snow is really good for this time of year and Jess and I got some great Fingers runs in on Saturday and a fun run on the Apron as well.  I went up solo today and got some nice hikes in.

Overall, an awesome weekend!

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

You must really be bored!

Well, if you've found your way to this new blogging experience for me you must either:

a) think I'm really cool.  The likelihood of this is very slim, so you must:

b) be extremely bored.  Sorry to hear that, but I will at least make an attempt to entertain you.

I look at enough climbing blogs trying to gain inspiration that I figured I'd start my own.  Unfortunately, I'm not stupid strong like JStar or permanently motivated like Joe Kinder, so any inspiration you get from me may be minimal.

One piece of inspiration I would like to share in my first post is this photo of my two dogs, Berkeley and Maverick.  Now here is a duo that actually is stupid strong and permanently motivated.  If I could be even remotely as psyched on anything as they are on chasing squirrels at Tensleep (or anywhere for that matter), I would be pumped!


















Well, that's all for my exciting first post.  I hope you were mildly entertained.  Please come back and visit, but the moral of the story is, don't read this crap, get out and chase some squirrels!