Monday, May 9, 2011

Busy

So I'm on a bit of a writing binge right now, trying to punch out some thoughts before I get too bogged down.  The past two weeks has been a blast, and the next week promises to be just as fun!  Last week my good friend Greg and I finally got out to Indian Creek for a blitzkrieg trip.  It was a great time, albeit a bit colder than we anticipated.  Neither one of us recognized the folly of Greg on bringing sandals until the first night we were there when the temps dipped into the 30's!  Other than the temps though the trip was fantastic.  Its been a long time since Greg and I have been out adventuring and unfortunately with he and Mariah planning on leaving town for good this summer, these adventures might be more scarce.  Some highlights of the trip were Greg saying "We'll still be able to do fun stuff once we have kids, we'll just find someone to watch them, like we do with the dogs."  That cracked me up.
I saw a meteor strike, it started out as the longest falling star I've ever seen and just after it passed below the horizon of the Bridger Jacks there was a huge flash that lit the sky.  So bright that Greg who had his back to it noticed and wondered what the flash was!  It was amazing.
We both tried routes that pushed us mentally and physically, I backed off of "Brother from another Planet" after being stymied by the overhead foot cam!  And Greg almost puked at the top of an extremely long 10+!
Battling with BFAP!



Racked up for Brother from Another Planet























Greg onsighting on a really fun
5.10 at Way Rambo













Chilling in the Bridger Jacks... literally it was damn cold!

It was a fantastic weekend even though it was short!

The following week was good, interspersed with climbing and work and this weekend was the Tatum/Nisly shindig, aka wedding.  Down in Cornville it was a raucous good time, I may have imbibed a bit too much, but with all that beer and whiskey about it was hard not to.  I've never been to Cornville and was actually quite surprised with how pretty it was, running water and Cottonwoods.  I will say that I was/am a little sore from attempting the two person cartwheel with Lil Nikki again (this time we were fully clothed) then transitioning to the Wagon Wheel, luckily I didn't get a concussion this time.  Then for some reason I feel like Nik and I took turns diving through a hula hoop?  Regardless it was a blast and waking up to the sounds of birds and cows was quite nice...  as was eating breakfast at the Coffeepot restaurant, which kind of felt like Disneyland or Las Vegas?  All in all it was great to spend the weekend with such a great group of people and to share a special day with Chris and Jess.
     One more day of work and the next adventure begins, Nik and I head to Moab tomorrow and will meet up with the posse on Thursday with canoes and dogs to float the Green river, I can only imagine the trouble we will get ourselves into!  Stay tuned!

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