Small update

Hey everyone! Things are doing well down here. I had it sprung on me to teach a Kindergarten class today, it was quite exciting, interesting, and it went well to boot. I'm pretty surprised since I didn't have anything planned for the class, but managed to make it all work out somehow.

Again, everything is going pretty well. I'm certainly enjoying myself and I've been able to see a whole lot of exciting sites. On Saturday of last week we all traveled to some great Mayan ruins called Lamanai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamanai). It was great and the sites were beautiful.

On the Thursday before I was fortunate enough to be able to travel to Mexico with the group as well. We did some touristy stuff, saw a movie, visited the local markets, and swam in an amazing lagoon called Bacalar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacalar). I've never seen fresh water that was so clear!

We teach until Thursday this week and then have Friday-Sunday off. Saturday morning we are heading down south to a town called San Ignacio where we will do the cave tubing, zip lining, and visit another set of Mayan ruins called Xunantunich (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xunantunich). I'm pretty excited, and we will get to spend the night down there as well at some hotel. After that we only have the last weekend trip over the San Pedro!

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The Last Weekend

Well this past weekend at Jackson was the last... for a while at least. I shamefully spent it thrutching my way up up Cro-Magnon Warrior .12b, which has to be one of the coolest routes that I've been on. My 4th go I found myself through the first crux, and pumped as all get out. I made it to a decent stance and managed to shake for a minute or so, pulled the last crux move but just couldn't get my hand to close all the way around the hold. Bummer.

Anyways, I couldn't have imagined a more amazing final weekend. There were tons of awesome people around The Falls and I was able to spend that last night with some of the closest and greatest friends a dirty climber could ever ask for. Thankfully, I'll only be gone for a month though and will be able to pick right back up where I left off.

On that note, I do leave for Belize this coming Saturday. I am very excited and can't wait to get into the school there and meet all of the great teachers, kids, and experience a new culture! I'll try and keep this blog updated while I'm down there as best as possible, but the internet is less than desirable as I understand it. We'll see what we can work out!

Jacob on Lost Innocence, 5.12c

Lost Innocence, 5.12c from Logan Smith on Vimeo.

No sends.

This weekend was filled with tons of effort but no sends...

Next Saturday is the last day at Jackson for nearly a month! Better go out with good style!

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Found my video camera! I'll try and get some footage of Lost Innocence this weekend...if I remember.

Progress

This last weekend was one of the most beautiful fall weekends I've seen at Jackson. Perfect temps, no humidity, and tons of awesome people made for a great time!

On Saturday I hopped on one of the most amazing routes that is probably at The Falls, Lost Innocence .12c. It is sustained, bouldery, and very aesthetic. I managed to two hang it twice, so hopefully with some workouts this week I'll get back next weekend and be able to finish the thing off.

Sunday, I went down to The Ranch area with Drew, who was in for the weekend. He had a few goes on Space Cowboy and I moved a little further south and got on Darwin's Theory, a super cool .12a. I managed a 4th go send and was very pleased with how fun the route was!

Big time congrats this weekend though for Kevin Martin! He sent his first .12a on Saturday and then turned around and did Darwin's Theory second go! Crushing!

So psyched for my last two weekends at Jackson before Belize! Gonna get worked and then enjoy the sun and the rest!