Destination #1: Priest Draw, Arizona
The first stop on our list is Priest Draw. Although we’ve bouldered here many, many times before, our journey routed us right through Flagstaff so why not stop, even if just for half a day? We decided to climb around and on ‘The Island’ with ambitious hopes of getting on Wife Beater, v8 as the day’s primary target.
If you can believe it (cause I still can’t!) I tweaked my back WARMING UP!!!!!!! Those that know me well are aware that I have a cranky lower back that likes to shift out of alignment every now and then over the simplest of movements. Whether I lay around in pain for a day or a week it just requires a trip to my DO for a quick manipulation to get me back up and running. Once he works his magic I’m ready to roll in 24 hours, usually less. This, unfortunately, was one of those times.
Heading back to Tucson to visit my doc was out of the question. Okay, maybe not completely out of the question but certainly not the ideal plan. So we came up with Plan B – find someone here in Flagstaff that could fix me. After much googling, we settled upon a chiropractor. Now, I’ve never been to a chiropractor but this was the only option given I was to be a walk-in on a Friday afternoon. I went in, waited an hour while the guy tended to all his scheduled patients, and then crack pop and I was done. My back felt better already.
In retrospect, what we should have done next was stay in Flagstaff another night to let my back heal some more, but what we did instead was jump in the van and start heading north to destination #2. Needless to say sitting and bumping along in the van prolonged it’s repair, but I’ve still been able to climb (and send!) in mild-to-moderate pain since.
Mama’s broken back doesn’t ruin Silas’ day at the boulders. He finds an existing teepee and makes it home.
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