On the Front Range and Bouldering

We've been hanging out here in good ol' Colorado for about 2 weeks bouldering. We've hit spots from Newlin, near Canyon City, to RMNP. Man!!! I love RMNP! I guess this is another power training phase, cause all I want to do is boulder. Even though that's the case, I'm psyched to climb in Rifle this week. We'll climb Thursday-Saturday the 25th and Monday and Tuesday of next week in Rifle Mountain Park.

We built a raft... Well we built a crash pad holding structure out of dead/down trees in Boulder Canyon to keep our crash pads dry on Cage Free... Unfortunately no sends that day.

Here are a few recent climbing pictures from RMNP. Hopefully we'll get our hands on some of the great pictures Mickey O'Hara took while we were in Newlin:/

Me on Merkin, V9

Liesel on Grieta Blanca, V4

The Portal, V8... Sending!

Adam Davidson

TJ, lookin good on the Portal... But more importantly look at that sweet Black/Yellow Organic waiting to catch him!

I'm now the proud owner of 2 new Organic bouldering pads!

In other news... My mom has organized a great quilt collection hung all over the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver. The show consists of 270+ quilts from around the state. This is her third time doing it and it's A LOT of work, I'm really proud of her. She is addressing a standing room only crowd at the opening reception in the picture below.

We had a good time hanging with my family this weekend. Bowling with Galen and Ashley was Super Fun! Dinner with the family on Father's Day was great too. Liesel will be off to Alabama next Thursday, the 30th. I'll have more even sweeter bouldering pics in the near future. How's everyone like the new title? It was my first crack at Photoshop.

Jailhouse and "The Marathon Drive..."

Aaahhhhh, Colorado at last!

(view from the Jailhouse)

After our visit to Yosemite we made a pilgrimage to the Jailhouse for a week, for those who have not heard of it just imagine a giant basalt cave, on the Tulloch Reservoir in the San Joaquin valley. The climbing is hard, but the local community is wonderful; after a week of climbing at the Jailhouse we were starting to feel right at home. Kevin made good work on Soap on a Rope a 12d/13a, while I spent my time projecting the "warm up" an 11d. It seems we are saving our sends for the fall time.

After a week of hard sport climbing and great weather we wandered over to Santa Cruz for a moment, the first time I've seen the west coast, and then to a family wedding in Saratoga (Kevin's second cousin). The weather was rainy and quite cold for June in California, but meeting the family and attending the wedding was wonderful!

We left Jailhouse at 1PM PST on June 7th and were in Monument, CO 3PM MST on the 8th, 23 hours of driving in 25 hours... We stopped for a short rest at a rest stop outside Winemucca, NV... Marathon! If you ever get the chance to drive from Sonora over to Reno, take CA Hwy 4? over Ebbets Pass, it's beautiful!

It was great to see Mike this weekend up in Boulder and then in Newlin. Thanks Mickey for taking pictures all weekend... Check out Tom and Mitch's Vantasy in the near future for some cool pics, http://tomandmitchsvantasy.blogspot.com/.

Goodbye Siebe:( Keep up the CRUSHING... It has really been a pleasure. Anyone who has not already checked his blog out should. Siebe's a great guy and a fantastic climber. There is a link to his blog off ours on the right.

Dave, we'll see you in the fall. Good luck in Sweden and have fun.

I don't think we're making it to Ten Sleep...

Well, tata for now... More pictures are coming soon.