moab

Well....sorta. The rope soloing idea turned out to be a bit of a junk show, but fun nonetheless. I think the main problem was that the particular route I chose to climb on was a. too steep and b. too hard. This made unweighting the rope and getting onto the rock a difficult task, to say the least. Have you ever been toproping a really steep route only the toprope belay is too tight so the entire time your feet want to pop off because the rope is pulling your waist away from the rock? Well, that's what it was like.

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We're headed up to Mill Creek today. Yesterday was the same. It's been really cool here in Moab, surprisingly enough, but is starting to heat up once again. Plus, Memorial Day crowds here in Moab are starting to run the place over, so the only option is escape to the mountains. There's a route up there that I really enjoy but is WAY over my head, so I've been working on it piece by piece. It has really cool moves -- although there's one move I still can't do. I'm a little sore today from thrashing myself on it yesterday, plus Mill Creek is super crimpy so your tips get shredded pretty easily. BUT I'm really excited to get on it again, so I'm going back for more anyway.

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I'm back from the Creek, and guess what? It SNOWED!! I felt so bad for the poor folks who had paid hard-earned money to go down there and learn to crack climb, only to stand around in the intermittent rain/sleet/snow/hail freezing their a**es off. Not fun. Hopefully the weather is better down there for them today, although here in Moab it's still pretty overcast and wet. Guess I'll have to wait a couple more days for the rock to dry out before beginning my 'get back in shape' routine (not that I really actually have one of those that's more involved than just going climbing).