(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.
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