Devil's Tower Videos

3 Days at Devil's Tower

Got convinced to head up to Wyoming for a few days last week and experience some of the most amazing crack climbing that the country has to offer. I only ended up seconding pitches for the trip, but it was still super exciting to climb amazing splitter cracks in one of the most unique climbing areas in the country.


Here are a few photos from the trip!

At the top of Tolgey Wood 5.10a:


The view of Devil's Tower from the base:


Cheesin':


Pitch 2 El Matador 5.10d. 160 feet of stemming. I have never hurt worse at the top of a rock climb than this one:


Still stemming:


Trying not to hurl at the top of El Matador:


On day 2 we were hexed by a chanting Native American, and swarmed with bees. Day 3, we encountered this little rattler. Possibly the spirit of the Engine?!


Getting a little no hands rest in on Pitch 2 of One Way Sunset 5.10c. You can see the .10c finger crack below. Pitch 2 is all hands. So pumped at the top of that one.


Pulling through the last jugs to the super exposed, bird crap encrusted belay on Pitch 3 of One Way Sunset. This belay literally sits about 20ft. further out from the wall than where we started climbing:


On the top with Justin after topping out One Way Sunset:


Just a few random shots of the amazing feature that is the Devil's Tower:


From afar:



Two weeks of work left then I'm officially out of Estes Park! Psyched to finish off strong with tons of work and hopefully a fair amount of extra cash in the pockets!

Home Soon

Flying into Louisville on Friday to hang with the family and get some rock climbing done. Should be rolling back into the Falls on Sunday afternoon and getting things started. Can't wait to hop back on some of my old projects and see if I can't polish off a few new ones! Psyched beyond measure!

Plans...

After mulling over everyone else's plans for the winter, I've finally decided to sack up and make my own; do the things that I've always wanted, and the things that will make me happy.

Vague itenerary:

End Oct./Early Nov. - Get the hell out of Estes. Head EAST!

November - Kentucky, Family, Friends

December - W.V., Georgia, Alabama, Home for Christmas

January - Arkansas, to Dallas, TX on the 30th.

January 31st - Catch flight to Madrid, Spain

February/March/April 28 - Wherever the wind blows.

Just booked the tickets too!

Psyched about life!

Finished...

Laid to rest a 3 or 4 day project for myself today. Fired the thing second go, and I can confidently say that this new line is the hardest thing that I've been able to finish so far in my bouldering career; 17 moves of endurance climbing that stays with you the entire way, and ends with a committing stab to a good sidepull! Hopefully this momentum will pick up and there will be more good news/hard personal sends to report!

Drew Arrives, Sends

As Wayne made his exodus, another few friends, Drew and his girlfriend Rachelle, rolled right into town. Perfect timing. Unfortunately, the weather wasn't really going to be too cooperative for them during their stay. We were able to salvage a few days though, which were the last two, and spent them in the park bouldering at Lower Chaos.

Drew is still the man. He managed to quickly take down the ultra-classic Autobot the first day, and barely missed and ascent of Mikala. We returned today, warmed-up, and then Drew took down another Lower classic, Potato Chip. He is definitely still crushing, and it is always great to get to spend some quality time outside with some great people. Psyched.

I'm getting close on a few projects of my own, and was able to put a long standing one to rest yesterday with an ascent of Mikala. I'm hoping for a breakthrough sometime here in the very near future...

A few days in the park with Wayne

Wayne, a close friend, who I met at the Y 2 summers ago came into town for a few days, and we were fortunate enough to spend a few days bouldering up in Chaos Canyon together. Here are some photos that he snapped.

Wayne cruising Mikala:

Post-send chit-chat:

Projects...