Last weekend Sam and I went to the Gorilla Cliffs near St. George Utah. There is some really amazing Blue and Gray limestone there. Although the routes where mostly short, the rock quality is impeccable, and the movements amazing! I didn't manage to send anything but Sam did quite well for himself, sending "The Present" 14a in just a few tries, and the working on "Psychedelic" 14d, and doing well on that also.
This past weekend Zoltan and I head east over the Continental Divide in New Mexico to climb at the Enchanted Tower! We were planning on three days of fun long endurance climbing and had not a care in the world.....until we started climbing.
I decided that I wanted to get on one of the short 13's, White Queen, and I did very well. So figuring that I would send it fast I continued to climb on it, all the while quickly loosing skin and draining my power. By the 2nd day I had already depleted my skin and strength to a level preventing me from climbing 13's, but I had lost sooooo much skin that climbing anything was becoming almost unbearable.
We tried to climb the third day, but neither of us had much left. It had been almost a year since the last time I had been there, guess I forgot how abrasive the rock is.
But Hopefully I can heal fast because I have projects to work at Priest Draw...........but that story is for next time..............
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