Today I finished building my trad rack. When I say finished I mean for now. From now on I should only have to buy a piece here and there when I see what I need. Jer has been doing the same. The only problem is that neither of us know how to really use it. So we took some time today and headed up to Dogwood Crag up Big Cottonwood. We were hoping to jump on the climbs that you can lead, but only one is climbable right now due to the high water and there were some dudes on it already. So we just toproped and practiced placing gear as we climbed.
This was good for us. It was good to see what it is like when you need to place gear but you just can't find the right piece. We each climbed a couple of times all the while playing with our new toys. We probably looked like goobers with all of our trad gear at Dogwood - like the easiest and most popular crag in Salt Lake - but whatever. Everyone at Dogwood looks like a goober. Today wasn't one of those amazing climbing days where you just can't understand why people don't do this all the time. It was simply fun to get o
ut, build confidence, and remember how to climb. I still have the next two weeks of freedom. This week I work at Voile, but with the opportunity to leave if I feel like it. Then next week I have completely off. I imagine I will continue to do some climbing so watch this blog for exciting updates. Peace. On Rock.
Today I finished building my trad rack. When I say finished I mean for now. From now on I should only have to buy a piece here and there when I see what I need. Jer has been doing the same. The only problem is that neither of us know how to really use it. So we took some time today and headed up to Dogwood Crag up Big Cottonwood. We were hoping to jump on the climbs that you can lead, but only one is climbable right now due to the high water and there were some dudes on it already. So we just toproped and practiced placing gear as we climbed. 
This was good for us. It was good to see what it is like when you need to place gear but you just can't find the right piece. We each climbed a couple of times all the while playing with our new toys. We probably looked like goobers with all of our trad gear at Dogwood - like the easiest and most popular crag in Salt Lake - but whatever. Everyone at Dogwood looks like a goober. Today wasn't one of those amazing climbing days where you just can't understand why people don't do this all the time. It was simply fun to get o
ut, build confidence, and remember how to climb. I still have the next two weeks of freedom. This week I work at Voile, but with the opportunity to leave if I feel like it. Then next week I have completely off. I imagine I will continue to do some climbing so watch this blog for exciting updates. Peace. On Rock.
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