Last Few days in Utah

Only a few days left in UT, 2 days of work left then a little vacation in WY. We can feel fall coming, every morning it smells like fall and has that distinctive cool chill in the morning. Cool weather at the crags with a coll fall rain bring those great memories of fall climbing. Fall is defintly a climbers time of year, the friction, the cold rock on the fingers, the crisp quiet atmosphere. LOVE IT! This will be my first year as a nomad, you can really feel as the seasons change. I will miss fireplaces, that's really all I can think of. Psyched on the nomadic climbing lifestyle with the ability of getting jobs wherever we want them. So psyched to climb in the red for fall, my vote for winter is Vegas, with a trip through Mexico or hueco TX. First things first, so psyched about WY, hopefully we don't get snowed out. Oddly enough I would still love to spend a few days at Kinkaid lake on the way to the Red, what ever happens happens. Psyched to just go with the flow, and enjoy great seasonal rock climbing wherever Im at.

2 weeks left in Utah

Were finishing up our time in Utah, 14 week really flies. This has been a excellent summer climbing destination and we would love to come back next summer if the opportunity arises. There is so much rock here and so much to do, I feel like we have barely scratched the surface. This has been much different than a road trip,after we leave here we have no where that we have to be we made good money to pad our expenses till we work next. Our plan is to relax in Ten Sleep WY for a few weeks climbing on some beautiful limestone, spend a few days at Devils tower, SpearFish, and Mt Rushmore then head towards Lexington for fall. I've been trying to get over a forearm injury for the past 5 weeks and it has been improving. Injuries Suck but that's part of the game. Were both excited to get back on the road again.

Trade show salt lake city

We went to the trade show (Outdoor Retailer) last weekend thanks to our good friend Rick who still has one of the best stocked stores(Shawnee Trails. Was really psyched to go check out all the new gear, see all the climbing celebs, watch the most impressive freestyle slacklining, drink the best OG ales ( free!) and look for some good gear deals. Most of the gear and stuff wasn't for sale, it was like going to a strip club cause you couldn't take anything home with ya. We got a sick deal on a rope and I had no complaints about all the free beer. We were bummed that the bouldering comp was canceled, we were definitely looking forward to that. Saturday we went to maple canyon and got a good pump on, way more psyched on that area than I had been before, it's so much fun. Sunday I went Back to the OR show to hunt out some deals, and found a bunch of good things about half the price so I was psyched. Monday we met up with Alexis Silk (Cdale friend) and took her to maple canyon, really starting to dig that chose pile (the rock is actually very soild even though it doesn't look that way. Got on this rad super long cobble crimp pulling marathon called "SpaceLord" can't wait to go back and try it again. Maple is a little over an hour, it's high altitude so even when it's 90 out it still gets cold in the shade. We have about 7 more weeks here in Salt Lake and could definitely see us coming back for the summer climbing, we havent even scratched the surface of all the climbing. Well that's enough blaming for now, I will have some pics on this blog soon, just gotta get a computer first

Blacksmith canyon UT

Awesome area we went to with cam Kelly, wren . And a few our there friends. Awesome limestone short approach, with a back country feel

First day at maple!

Sick cobble climbing! Wild stuff, high altitude. Got on a 11d? Couldn't reAd it and couldn't send it 2try! HilRious! No move was hArdr then "Group Therapy" but couldn't read or hold on. Fun stuff! Can't wait to go back, it's only a hour away. Gonna go exploring tomarrow im 1 of the canyons LCWC, BCWC, america fork. Then back to work for 1 day gonna have some pics soon for u all

Kinevil Injured again!

              So two days ago Kinevil (bad luck dog), again hurt him self.  We have a trailer full of cats and hispanics next door (back side of RV) so obviously there is a little tension between the dogs and the cats.  The dogs have been exceptianly good with the given circumstances. 
          The first scheduled night shift, Lauren and I were relaxing on the front awning with dogs (secured not roaming free) Kinevil was sleeping under the RV, when the cat startled him, he jumped up and caught his back on the exuast bracket and split a 2" x1.5" gash on his back just below his scapula, deep, fleshy.  We were able to get antibiotics information for a family friend who is a long time family friend.  and do hydro therapy on it a couple times a day.  The wound should heal in about 10 days (hopefully), poor little guy.  Besides for that everything else is going smooth.  We will let u know kinevils progress

1st day orientation

We woke up early to take the dogs out for a walk before we went to hospital orientation, walked outa my door and to the corner and found a 20$ was psyched but then felt bad if it was one of my neighbors that they lost, and the first person that would have found it would have taken it.  Then we get to the area where the dog poop and kinevil jumped through this high grass like he smelled something, then we walked down further and then back and a deer jumped outa of the grass ran out of the grass and across State st and we thought that it made it accross but we heard it get hit, but was still alive in these peoples yard.  We felt so bad about it, cause it was inderectly related to us.  Then we had   we live near a major populated area  of Sandy UT in Salt Lake City county.  Sandy is really close to the Wasatch range mountains on the east side of Salt lake city (park city side),7 miles to the hospital, 6 mile to little cotton wood canyon, 12 miles to big cotton wood cayon, 100 miles to unitas granite, 109 miles to maple canyon, and 2 miles to Momentum climbing gym (sick gym!) ( I failed my lead bealy test, I thought the dude was joking with me ( I was pissed))  (Lauren thought it was the funniest thing).  Long story short we are staying in a sick as area.  its a mobile home park on the border of a super upscale mountain comunity, over wealthy sub urban comunity, and blue collar mexican workers in temp housing.  So needless to say it is much different than our last secluded house in the country