I was able to hang out with old friends and meet new ones. We were fortunate enough to have a place to stay. Our friends Kenny and Julie live in Vegas about five minutes from the boulders! It was a pre location and they were really awesome for letting us stay for two weeks! Our friends Courtney and Daniel stay with us as well. Cameron, Nalle and Lisa were part of our crew as well but they stayed elsewhere.
The first few days we all climbed together, but once the boys found projects in other canyons they would go do their own thing. So in a way it was a boy trip and a girl trip. That's how Courtney and I decided to make a video of the trip. We will have two parts of it so be on the look out for that here in the next month or so. We spent a lot of time at the Kraft boulders, but were able to make it out to a few other canyons as well. Next time we might be spending more time developing then repeating boulders.
We were able to tick off many classics out here. Scare tactics, bubble butt, Americana exotica, jabberwocky, bitch slap 5, Timmy's problem, orange top blue sky, mr. Moran, Quercus (FA), vino rojo, monkey bar direct, alexisizer, blood trails, all nightmare long and pork chop. It was a great trip and I learned a lot about myself and my climbing.
I really enoyed the group of people that we were with. We had a bunch of fun climbing together all day and then hanging out at night and making dinner together or just going out. It was truly a great trip that created many memories!
It was awesome to watch the boys establish new boulders. All of them walked away with FAs. Daniel with 'the nest' and 'half magic.' Nalle with 'clubbing and tubbing' and 'clogging the feed.' And Jimmy did 'one flew over the cuckoos nest' and 'fear and loathing.' I also got to watch all of them send a scary high ball 'the shinning path.' They had a great dynamic between each other. It was really motivating to see them push each other and laugh and have fun doing it!
We spent a little time on the strip. One evening Lisa, Courtney and I went to Fremont St. We were there right in time for a pep rally and walked around gift shops. Also went down a slide that was a lot of fun. Haha. Had some frozen yogurt and I gambled away $2. Overall it was a great time experiencing a little bit of Vegas.
My birthday was yesterday and we all went to the Rio Buffet. We had to wait in line for an hour but it was worth it! So much food!! We spend over two hours in there! They had Asian food, southern food, Italian food, sushi, desserts, and much more! It was fun to hang out with a great group of people for my birthday!! It was a great day of climbing as well!
Now Jimmy, Oreo and I are on our way to Hueco Tanks. We have about a 12 hour drive ahead of us, but it will be worth it in the end. My climbing team from Chatty will be joining us on the 26th and staying till the 4th! I'm so psyched to show the kids the beauty of hueco and all the classic climbs!!
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