Monday, April 15, 2013

Joe's Valley

 On Fingerhut v10, fell here twice... Next Time!
 Alex on Worst Case Senario v9
 All thumbs climbs the lip and up the arete, another climb I have to come back for in LCC!

Well it finally happened. For my last spring break as an Undergrad I made it to Joe's! The trip was very fun in the end and luckily Alex Keath and I became better friends instead of killing each other over the 10 days spent together in the Utah wilderness, rural and urban.
After driving through the night and a quick nap we headed to New Joes and dispatched most of the classics which was a great feeling, having everything be new to climb and try!!
The big downer were the cold nights and the only way to stay warm was to climb sooooo the planned rest days might not have happened. We returned to Salt Lake to finish off season two of The Walking Dead that we began in the car while trying to stay warm. It felt good to return to LCC where Keath showed us some classics and I managed to squeak out some sends from my very reluctant muscles.
This trip has revamped my bouldering psyche and I hope to start filming some more of my now weekly daytrips to Leavenworth which have been as fun as they have been productive.