We climbed through the weekend, then all headed to Tucson for a rest week, then came back this weekend for the final hurrah. We again went back to Wheaties<\/em>. I again tried to send. I again was falling from the last small crimp. \u201cIf I can just stick that crimp I\u2019ve got this climb.\u201d I\u2019d done the crimp move in isolation. It wasn\u2019t a hard move, just hard to stick after all the other moves. I took a nice long rest. I basked in the sunshine to warm up a little more. I tried one last time. And\u2026and\u2026I STUCK the last small crimp!!!!!!\u2026but THEN FELL going for the final big flat edge!!!! Noooooo!!!!!<\/p>\n Being so close to completing it, the thought of having to wait until January to go back is killing me. The upcoming few weeks being filled with holidays, family time and lots of wickedly delicious food and drink does make me cringe just a tad. My timing couldn\u2019t be worse, haha! But it is what it is. Having been training hard since August for this trip my body is desperately in need of a rest anyway. <\/p>\n Stiff-and-sore-fingers crossed I\u2019ll jump right back on it in January and climb that boulder to the top. \u263a <\/p>\n posted by arr<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our big multi-week stay at Hueco Tanks with Brian, Jen and fam has now come to an end. Both of our vans are currently on I-10 headed home, but our\u2019s is headed west and their\u2019s east. We\u2019re of course sad it\u2019s over but at the same time happy to have had such a blast with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1480"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1503,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480\/revisions\/1503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nFor those that have been to (or dreamed of) Hueco Tanks, you all probably can guess the small crimp on Better Eat Your Wheaties<\/em> that I’m referring to due to the climb’s popularity. For those unfamiliar though, here’s a pic of me falling from it. The “small crimp” is just above my left hand. As stated above after finally sticking this small crimp I fell going to the larger flat edge shown directly above it. I don’t doubt I’m probably the ONLY climber in ALL of Wheaties<\/em> history to FALL this close to the finish! Ahhh, story of my climbing career – falling from the last hold seems to be my trademark, haha. <\/center><\/p>\n
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\nMeanwhile Jen ticks off Meatmaker, v5<\/em> (a climb next to Wheaties<\/em>) to pass the long boring rest time between all my go’s.<\/center><\/p>\n
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\nBrian attempting El Chupacabra Left, v10<\/em> as Paul jealously looks on<\/center><\/p>\n
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\nAfter the sun goes down the temps drop fast at Hueco in the winter. Without the luxury of a kitchen-equipped van, Jen and Brian brave the wind and cold over a coleman while Paul and I do our cooking inside our cozy warm van. To avoid complete van chaos with a guaranteed meltdown finale by either Ivan or Silas, we let the children watch a movie during dinner prep. <\/center><\/p>\n
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\nIn Tucson for a rest week, Jen and I run up my favorite trail – Douglas Springs<\/center><\/p>\n
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\nand Oren has a birthday!<\/center><\/p>\n
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\nAnd then we’re back at Hueco<\/center><\/p>\n
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\nCheckin’ out aquatic life in the huecos,<\/center><\/p>\n
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\nloungin’ in the sun,<\/center><\/p>\n
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\nand climbing of course!<\/center><\/p>\n
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\nThe “little crushers” (as a fellow climber dubbed the kids in passing) climbing on East Mountain’s Kid’s Stuff Wall<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n
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\nThe first (crux) move of Hobbit in a Blender, v5<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n
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\nWhich I send for the first time<\/center><\/p>\n
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\nand then Jen follows soon thereafter. Grrrrl power.<\/center><\/p>\n
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\nSilas reaches his limit after 2+ weeks of climbing and cozies up in a crazy creek for a 2 hour nap. I’m so not even joking. <\/center><\/p>\n
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\nPaul scopes the holds for me on Tri Hard, v4<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n
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\nand I give it a handful of tries. No send though. Too tired.<\/center><\/p>\n
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\nOren impressing Ivan with his apple eating skills<\/center><\/p>\n
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\nSilas mow’ing PB&J<\/center><\/p>\n
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\nIvan with his adopted mama. By the end of the trip he was going to Jen for his “all better” kisses after tripping or banging himself up. Sheesh!<\/center><\/p>\n
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\nSnack session<\/center><\/p>\n
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\nYoga session<\/center><\/p>\n
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\nBalance beam session<\/center><\/p>\n
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\nBrian eyeing up McBain, v8<\/em> while we all heckle him about how much he hates toe and heel hooks. C’mon dude, it’s Hueco! (and then he promptly shuts us all up by sending it next try, WITH the toe hook beta). <\/center><\/p>\n
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\nTwo families<\/center><\/p>\n
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\nthat are OBSESSED with climbing rocks!<\/center><\/p>\n