So we left jackson and headed south into Utah to Joe's Valley; which is loaded with killer sandstone boulders. Every single line is stellar, and the temps were awesome.
On our first day we were climbing at a warmup area, when we ran into friends from hueco; Jesse, Angus, Brad and Vera. I was psyched! it was great to see some familiar faces, especially after we were bombarded minutes before by some provo dudebros. i sent my second v7, planet of the apes, an awesome line that didnt let up, "wills of fire" the classic v6 at joes, and one of the best lines of my life, as well as "kelly's arete" and "Kill by numbers" both of which go at v5 and many other beautiful lines.
We met new friends as well, Tom and Charlotte from Leeds, who were on a month trip to joes and bishop, and they were awesome to climb with. We also met Dave and Matt, who were very cool dudes. it was just great to have a crew of people who were psyched despite the cold cold weather.
On Thursday, we started out the morning at the food ranch, the hangout on rest days, and left to climb at around noon. It wasn't until friday afternoon that Eric realized his laptop was missing. He went to the food ranch to see if it was there, but it wasn't. so he basically wrote it off. when we pulled into town yesterday (saturday) he got a text from some chick who said she had it. but she was in class until 430 (mind you it was 1:00) so we waited, postponing our leave for breck. 430 turned into 6pm and we finally got the damned laptop, which despite flying off of the jeep, because he left it on top (Remind anyone of other instances?) still works pretty well, its just pretty broken.
We pulled into breck at midnight and were welcomed by conrad, and a Kyle Hollingsworth show, a good way to start the stint in breck.
I cant believe we are heading home on thursday morning, and driving straight through the 27 hour haul home. God save us. Its been an incredible ride, and i am probably going to be doing it next winter. This will probably be the last post, but who knows i may adopt this as a photo journal.
Peace!
(the last two boulders are just awesome, despite not sending them i put up the photos to show the variety of joes)
Check out Angus's Blog for some sick photos and videos from this season
Vagabond Climber
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| Photo: Angus Lewis |
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| "Planet of the Apes" |
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| Eric working "Planet of the Apes" |
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| Lee on "Wills of Fire" |
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| "Water Paintings" v7 Photo: Angus Lewis |
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| "Maxipad" v5 |
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