Things have been routine around the house as we've both been working a fair amount. Dave's cabin fever finally got the best oh him so he and our friend Greg C. hopped in the pop-up camper on Thursday and sped away for four days of desert climbing in Southern Utah.
I stayed behind not willing to be thrashed by that brutal desert climbing those two enjoy.While here, I've gotten a ton of work done, thoroughly perused the internet and developed a hideous case of cabin fever as well. I did a long bike ride but then the weather has become a bit too iffy. So now what?
Climb!Today, Roy and I met in Boulder Canyon to boulder and climb. The weather was testy all day, but it never rained or snowed. Neither of us believed that would have been the case, but we're happy it was.
We started by heading up to the Dome and bouldered around there. Roy has been dealing with some odd medical issues so he can't do too much with his arms. And he has to be very selective about what he does with them. It was fun that he was able to get out and do some not-so-arm intensive stuff today with me.
The sun came out for some time and there was little wind. The views were beautiful. I got a fun photo of Sugarloaf Moutain. Can you tell which side is north facing? Snow versus no snow at all. Pretty funny.After several hours of bouldering around, we headed back to the car. We needed to get to town to meet Roy's wife Lisa and Phil B for some coffee along Pearl Street.
On our way down, Roy oogled a climb he wanted to do. It was difficult to tell from our stance if it was going to be reasonable or epic. We walked away leaving it for later. Right as we left, a Hairy Woodpecker landed in the snag (see above) and chiseled away. I tried but failed to get a photo of him.
In town, the coffee was good and the company fun. The sun actually came out a while making our sidewalk table really comfortable.
After a bit, Phil headed home and Roy and I headed back to Boulder Canyon.This time we did some trad routes. Great fun as this place is granite (Mmmmm - me like granite!) and thinner cracks.
For the last climb of the day, we went back to the crack Roy had oogled earlier. It was super fun!
During the second half of the day, the wind kicked up, the sky got darker and it definitely got colder. I wasn't sure if we were going to get out of there without rain or snow, but we did. Of course, I can't remember the names of any of these climbs. All I know is that they were fun!
Before we knew it, it was 6 pm! Roy headed to town to get Lisa and I came home to a quiet house. Well quiet except for an insane cat who misses Dave!
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