Possibilities...

A first draft of destinations for this fall/winter.

Yes, I am already getting this ready to leave Estes.

Pt. 1

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Pt. 2

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Pt. 3

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Pt. 4

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Pt. 5

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I'm thinking November - December will take care of the North East, and much of the South East. Then it will be back home for Christmas time. After Christmas it is off towards Arkansas, then further west to finish up the loop that I was too broke to finish up last summer.

Guess Who is Almost Officially Health Insured...

Me!

Two days in the park on the agenda. Hopefully some sending will be in order.

Good & Not as Good

On the good side, a cool problem in the park that had thwarted me the last two seasons finally melted out during this last week. I gave it a hand full of tries at the end of the day on Tuesday, and then yesterday I went back up and was able to fire it 3rd go. It was great to top another park problem out, and hopefully that sensation will be relived a few more times before the season is through.

On the not as good side, Thursday, I managed to pitch backwards off the top out of another climb. I say not as good because things could have ended up pretty badly, but I managed to walk away with only a bruised heel, sore bum, stiff neck and a small knot on the back of my brains. I think I'm done doing the solo-boulder in the park for now though. More pads are very necessary now that the snow is nearly all gone!

Back to positives!

Went to a rodeo last night. Sweet.

Ownage

Rock > Me

Did manage to do a cruddy line that busts out right before all of the good climbing on Tommy's Arete. Whoopie!

Two Days of Lower

Gonna be heading up to Lower Chaos tomorrow for a session, and then again on Saturday morning before I go into work at 6.

The projects have started to accumulate, and I'm really hoping for some break-throughs! Just have to stay healthy!

Hopefully there will be some good news here in the next few days!

SoiLL Psych

I've been looking at pictures of the climbing from back home a lot lately, and it is really getting my pumped to get back to Jackson and finish off some of the long standing projects that I have there. I'm definitely psyched to hang out some more with that solid crew that was all around in the fall. Good times will be had in the very near future.

Things to finish/start and finish!

Amoeba Brains

Some silly little .11b on Royal Arch Wall

Who Needs Friends?

Feathered Serpent

Voice

Lost Innocence

Don't Mess With the Bull

Cro-Magnon Warrior

Jared's .12c right of Lost Innocence

So many more things that I'd love to finish too if time permits, but this is the list of must do items! Gonna head up to Lower Chaos tomorrow and try and polish off a few projects and maybe find a new one or two before having to head into work in the evening. So much climbing to do and so little time to do it in!

Park Season Has Arrived

The weather has finally shaped up here in Estes, and things are only going to be getting better for the climbing here during the next few months. Definitely psyched to spend as many days of my season this year up in Chaos Canyon trying to finish off old projects from the years past, and hopefully put to rest a few new, and harder things.

Climbing here during the past few months has been quite exciting to say the least. I've been out on several 'exciting' multi-pitch adventures on Lumpy Ridge, with many bouldering sessions intermingled. I've hit a several of the familiar blocs in the park, and have again been working to put old projects from the years past to rest.

Things should definitely be spicing up here in the near future, so hopefully I'll have some great new photos or stories to share!

Until then, here are some oldies, courtesy of the Most Gracious Brian Martin:

Sweet Lumpy Bouldering Action at "The World's Greatest Boulder." I know of at least 7 other boulders that claim this same feat.

Angry Man. A long term project.

An epic of epics shortly followed this photo on the Lumpy Ridge climb Pear Buttress.