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November 20, 2006
Standard Update
Just a few updates on some things. Over the past week, Paul and I have made substantial progress toward deciding on our dream car that we'd like to get soon: A campervan! A Sportsmobile, to be exact. The perfecto climber-mobile. For the obscene amount of climbing roadtrips we rack up per year, I think it's the general consensus that we're long overdue on this one. We'll keep ya posted.
Last weekend we actually decided to bail on Hueco (gasp!) and headed up to Flagstaff instead for some Priest Draw bouldering. We left late Sat morning and got up there around 3pm. With only a few hours of daylight left, we had decided to take along some warm clothes and our headlamps with us for a little 'evening session' of night-bouldering. It was quite pleasant - the woods were all quiet, the air was crisp and the stars were amazing. For those of you that have bouldered with us at the Draw over last two summers, you'll be pleased to hear that I finally ticked off Badass. It's about time!! :-) Paul gave some good sending go's on The Receptionist, but was sadly shut down once again - falling after the "answering the phone" move. I again worked Anorexic. I'm able to link up all the moves, but not start-to-finish. If we would just spend a few consecutive weekends at the Draw, I might be able to report some more exciting sends to you. Ah but alas, so many projects, in so many places.
We're running again. Neither Paul nor I had ran a step since the Grand Canyon Adventure . The minute our feet hit the final south rim of the canyon back on October 1st, we jumped head first into climbing-mode and let the running fall by the wayside....the Grand Canyon being our grand finale for the year. But that has now slightly changed. Just slightly though. We're still in full-on climbing mode, but we kinda sorta just want to do some running too. On the side. Like icing on the cake. Little runs. For fun. Cause we like it. :-)
And here are some crazy upcoming plans of ours that will surely knock your socks off. Due to ridiculous airfare prices this year (and our lack of pre-planning), Paul and I will be staying west for the Thanksgiving holiday. We're a bit bummed out by this one. Ok, a lot bummed. Nothing quite compares to spending the holidays with family. :-\ So to cheer ourselves up, we've of course made some sort of climbing plans. That's what climbers do when they have a 4 day weekend and can't go home, right? Now, where to go, where to go.....Hueco?...nah. Joshua Tree?....nah. Flagstaff?...nah. Indian Creek?! WHAT?! Hold up. Did you say Indian Creek??!!!! As in, sandstone splitter cracks? Handjams? Trad gear? No crashpads? Yep.
These two boulderers are going crack climbing this weekend. Stay tuned....
Posted by April at November 20, 2006 08:46 PM