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I bet you didn't know that there were such gorgeously sized splitter cracks in Joe's Valley... well now you know!

I once again decided to spend my days off in Joe's Valley - surrounded by beautiful boulders and intermittent sun. The first day was glorious! Mattie and I did some great classics (Angler is pictured above) and then spent the rest of the time exploring for less known areas. I also ran into a bunch of friends from Boulder that I was not expecting to see, which is always a good surprise :) That night Scott drove down from Salt Lake City just in time to join us in some night time card playing. Tuesday started out with some time spent at New Joe's until a storm came by and the rain forced us back to camp for a little while. When the weather cleared we found some a great roadside boulder and we climbed until some hail had us running for cover! (Really our fingers and muscles had had enough for the day but hail is a much better excuse for quitting) I had planned on 3 days of climbing, but when I woke up this morning there was snow on the ground and it was positivly freezing... so here I am warm, clean, full and on my couch watching a movie.

Beau and I hiding under Self Service waiting for the rain to move on past us... fortunatly it did pass and we were able to get in another two hours of good bouldering before the hail came and the trip had to come to a close.

This is one of the most beautiful things i've seen for awhile - so strange!

I spent the last couple days in Joe's Valley doing some amazing bouldering! I went down to meet up with my frind Pierre on a very rare two days off in a row. ...i don't want to write anymore - I don't feel good, i'm getting (or actually am) sick and i'm incredibly sore - it was an incredible "weekend" and for now thats all i'm saying... goodnight

As I sat at home today on my day off the glass doctor came and installed a new windshield on my car, comcast came and installed internet and a friend came to drink some tea with me. It was an exceedingly productive day considering I never left my apartment... well I did step outside with Beau to play some fetch and hoola - hoop for awhile. I am more than happy about the internet, those that know me know that I am completly addicted and now I have every excuse (aside from fooseball) to stay in my apartment!
I am planning my next dinner now - the last one was fun but there more people than normal and the meal was pretty expensive so I'm planning for something less so this time... maybe i'll just forgo Wild Oats instead.