With the new job, I arrive home in the evenings at right about six every night. Tonight was no different. Mark had pulled up right at this moment, as well, and we quickly got ready to head out climbing. We picked up Crazy then made our way up to Storm Mountain. Upon arrival we discovered that every quickly accessed route was taken. Rather than trying to find others that I have not climbed before, we got back in the car and w
ent down canyon to Dogwood. This is usually an area that is totally packed with goobers in the evenings. However, when we showed up there was no one there. We prepared our gear as a group of two dudes showed up. They knew Mark, but I don't think Mark was terribly excited to know them. I tried to explain t
he word, "Goober
," to Mark several weeks ago, but he was having difficulty understanding it. After I had mentioned that Dogwood was a goober magnet and then these two had shown up, he said he totally gets the word now. With the water as high as it is right now, there really is only one climb that is easily accessibly that is bolted - all the others are just toprope. I led the accessible one then Mark and Crazy climbed it. I then belayed one of the other dudes as he led a climb that was over the water - h
e just climbed sideways on the wall at first. I then did the same climb as Mark and Crazy were over climbing on the dudes' rope set up on one of the toprope climbs. I am happy to be out climbing again with Crazy. I hope he doesn't forget how much fun it is just because he is now also into cycling. I think Mark totally dug it. I hope we can get out again soon. Until then, On Rock. ps. since mark was able to get a few cool shots of me climbing, and you don't get to see enough photos of me, I have included a few more than normal.
With the new job, I arrive home in the evenings at right about six every night. Tonight was no different. Mark had pulled up right at this moment, as well, and we quickly got ready to head out climbing. We picked up Crazy then made our way up to Storm Mountain. Upon arrival we discovered that every quickly accessed route was taken. Rather than trying to find others that I have not climbed before, we got back in the car and w
ent down canyon to Dogwood. This is usually an area that is totally packed with goobers in the evenings. However, when we showed up there was no one there. We prepared our gear as a group of two dudes showed up. They knew Mark, but I don't think Mark was terribly excited to know them. I tried to explain the word, "Goober
," to Mark several weeks ago, but he was having difficulty understanding it. After I had mentioned that Dogwood was a goober magnet and then these two had shown up, he said he totally gets the word now. With the water as high as it is right now, there really is only one climb that is easily accessibly that is bolted - all the others are just toprope. I led the accessible one then Mark and Crazy climbed it. I then belayed one of the other dudes as he led a climb that was over the water - h
e just climbed sideways on the wall at first. I then did the same climb as Mark and Crazy were over climbing on the dudes' rope set up on one of the toprope climbs. I am happy to be out climbing again with Crazy. I hope he doesn't forget how much fun it is just because he is now also into cycling. I think Mark totally dug it. I hope we can get out again soon. Until then, On Rock. ps. since mark was able to get a few cool shots of me climbing, and you don't get to see enough photos of me, I have included a few more than normal.
I will never forget. I do wonder, however, how much cooler climbing would be if we could somehow do it with a bicycle?
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