I cringe every time I read a blog post that starts off with
“sorry, I know its been a long time since my last post.” It has been a while
since I’ve written anything, and I’m not sorry, I’ve been busy. This spring has been quite
turbulent for me, but I’ll stick
to what I’ve been doing on the rock climbing front.
After gaining back the weight and strength I lost in
Venezuela this winter (which took the better part of a month), my good friend
Nik Berry talked me into a massive Zion link-up. We climbed Sheer Lunacy,
Moonlight Buttress, and Monkey Finger all free with one fall, in about 18
hours. We we’re both pretty
pooped.
As it seems to happen every spring, I gravitated back to the
Moab area, where there exists a never-ending supply of radical first ascent
projects to work on. I didn’t end
up sending any of these radical projects this spring, but I’ll have my work cut
out for me this fall. The main route I was working on was a beautiful micro-splitter, up on South Mesa. This
flared, gently overhung crack delivers some of the most difficult and sustained
trad climbing I have tried. I’m quite excited to get back up there and put‘r to
bed.
Photo: Kyle Berkompas
Onsight, on Fallen Arches. Photo: Ally Coconis
Presently, I’m in an airplane bound for my birth state of
Vermont. En-route to a week long expedition to the wild, and remote land of
Quebec. Tabernac!
Also, check out a BITCH’N new 2 pitch route that my friend
Burt Bronson and I put up this spring.
http://mountainproject.com/v/bacon-in-the-sun/107568044
http://mountainproject.com/v/bacon-in-the-sun/107568044
