One day, we headed out, we commented that we hoped to see some burros.
Oh, we saw burro...
A proud young man!
And nearby, a mama and baby burro! Adorable!
More climbing! Here we had the entire Black Velvet Canyon to ourselves.
In Black Velvet, Dave is starting up the Gobbler which we linked into the Yellow Brick Road and Dream of Wild Turkeys.
Thought I'd die on the Gobbler. Friggin' hard move on it. Dave says it's a 5.3 move.
And view of the first pitch of The Gobbler. See the death section? :)
Here I come...
Off Dave goes on the crux second pitch of the Gobbler. He calls it "tricky corner climbing"...I call it DEATH MOVES. Haha!
Traversing over to the left on Dream of Wild Turkeys to connect to Yellow Brick Road. Cool link-up that neither of us had done before.
I'm coming up the second pitch of Yellow Brick Road which is the fourth pitch off the deck.
Red Rocks rock is the best!
More views climbing. Awesome plates!
At the top.
Looking down at Vegas in the distance.
Coming back toward town, we saw a gorgeous sunset.
The next day we headed out to find some more cragging at the Mass Production Wall. We found what may be the most sand-bagged crag at the place. Brutally hard for the grade!
Riiiiip....goes a body part! :) Dave still has a compromised abdominal muscle from this fine climb.
The view from our last day of climbing.
And it was over. We headed home the next day back to work. Happily the weather was solid the entire week.
I want to add that a week or so after we returned, Dick took a grounder at the gym suffering a Central Cord Syndrome injury. He spent many weeks in the hospital and then some time in a rehab facility. Happily he is home now and making progress. We really look forward to seeing him and Natalie (and Munchkin) this year when we get out there. I know he's got a long road ahead of him, but also know he'll make the most of it!
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