The view from our horseback ride - I wanted to do longs peak back there...but no one else was up for it.
Mom and I in the middle of one of our hikes :)
well, mom came and went and we had a wonderful time together. she and denis drove out here for some time at a spa in vale and then to visit me. we camped in rocky mountain national park for two nights, went on a few hikes, went horseback riding (saw the guy in front of me get bucked off his horse), climbed at BRC (mom broke her finger while bouldering there) and just had a great time being together. spending time with her made me realize just how much i missed her...and there was definatly some tears when we had to say bye. i miss spending so much time with my mom and i miss having the best friend around. i hope that i can come home for christmas...i really want to spend some time with both her and mom...but i dread coming home to my room not being my room anymore.
Great friends after just a few days :)
Andy on the porch - he hiked the Appalachian Trail to raise money for HERA.
Mike also stayed at Dave's and is from Boulder.
here I am relaxing on Dave's porch after a long day of climbing
Sarah and I decided that we needed to prolong the trip a little bit, so today we went to Eldorado Canyon, just 5 minutes outside of Boulder. There wasn't time for this climb, but we are definatly doing it next time. I climbed my first multi-pitch today :)
Sarah getting ready for the climb today - one last day of climbing - yeah for being able to continue in Boulder.
Gorgeous Vedauwoo!
I hope to be back at Vedauwoo soon, it was really awesome. They rock was super sharp, but if we use tape it wont be that bad.
Vedauwoo! So Sarah and I were driving home and she was telling me tales of these awesome climbs at Vedauwoo. We got so excited about climbing again that when we passed it, we decided to stop for a climb. -the climb was up that wonderful crack on the right, into the hole, do a little army crawl and then up a chimney in the middle of the rock. It was awesome!
Megan, Sarah and I at the end of Sunday! We are about to leave for Park City.
Porscha climbing her first crack! We did this one four times because it was so great - despite how much it killed my ankles. I hope that they get use to this kind of use soon.
Now this is how a Cam works :)
Sarah explaining how I was going to go about climbing this crack.
We spent Sunday in Little Cottonwood Canyon. There was a great view of Salt Lake from the crack we were climbing.
Little Cottonwood again
woo for little Cottonwood's granite!
Jess, Andy, Me, Sarah and David at the Black Diamond complex on Sunday. We were all, except Sarah, staying at David's house for the weekend. He was an awesome host and a great guy.
Jess and I huddled together for warmth. It was a very common thing believe it or not - the nights were fridged!
ahh! the moon coming over the mountains! it was stunning!
The first two days were spent in American Fork. I loved the climbs there, all limestone. And everything was so pretty!
More views from American Fork
So this is where we were the second day! It was gorgeous! There was a wall completely of 10s - 7 of them. And after all the fun 10ness I got my first 5.11d! I was so excited!
my weekend was so awesome! I had the best time at Climb4Life - and there were so many firsts! This is where we climbed the first day. I did my fist 5.11b here :) -the picture is taken from where we were the second day.
