Day 4 - Wednesday May 9 - We Meet Again

David Bowie, Samwise Gamgee, and I picked up Jer around 7:15 this morning for some climbing. For those of you who don't know, Samwise is the new addition to my family. He is a black lab of about 4 months that we got from a Bear Lake shelter at the super adoption thing at Petsmart this past weekend. Samwise Gamgee, from the Lord of the Rings, is his namesake. I figured this was a great name since Sam is know in literature and film to be one of the most loyal characters ever. It just seemed to fit. Anyway, I digress. We picked up Jer and headed up Fergusen canyon to attempt to tackle Extreme Unction for the first time this year. This is a 5.10a that Jer and I spent all summer last year trying to do, but were only successful once at the very end of the year. It has an upside down staircase type thing at the beginning (which Jer has been known to have issues with), then it gets super easy in the middle, then there is a wicked overhang/roof at the top. The roof is where I have had problems in the past. It took a day out last year with Dave Whittaker to actually see how it is done. Well, we did it. There was a little bit of relying on the rope in one particular section, but for the most part we conquered it. We will have to head back up there again once we are a little more in shape to be able to say we have truly conquered it without any outside help. Bowie and Samwise had a great time. As we were finishing on Extreme Unction there was a couple that showed up. My dogs seemed to bug them proficiently so we made our way a little further up the canyon. We wanted to find Cathedral Wall with some sport 5.9's and 5.8's. After a good amount of searching, we did find them, but by then it was time to start heading home. It was a beautiful morning and a great day out with the dogs... oh, yeah, and Jer.