Putting Up a Route Near Hanksville

In April Adam, me, Carl and Jade went to work on putting up a route in the desert. It was extremely windy and sandy, but it was fun anyway. However, none of us felt up to camping afterwards, which was the original plan. We drove back in the dark, all sandy and sunburnt. I had fun taking pictures of Jade, she posed really well!

Ibex Trip

We took a trip to Ibex to do some canyoneering a couple of months ago. I love the pictures I took! It's almost impossible to take a bad photo. There's also a picture of Adam, reading at our campsite that night.

The canyon we did is called Little Blue John, which is considered to be a beginner's canyon. I'd never done this before, but it was a lot of fun! Inside the canyon was cool, both temperature-wise and was amazing to look at. We ate MREs for lunch, which was another first for me, but they aren't that bad. The only part that I didn't like was the hiking, both before and after the canyon. There was a lot of hiking, over very sandy, pokey ground. I was wearing hiking shoes that had openings on the sides, so a lot of sand got in my shoes.

I'd do it again.

Day Trip to the Swell!

The Swell

Here's a picture of Adam and me, on my second tower summit and first aide lead. The picture without any people is what we were on top of. Cool, huh?

John Bachar

This really famous climber came to Provo and did a slideshow for us! It was really cool. Here's a pic of Adam, Darrin, John, Jen, and Andy.

Rock Canyon

Last Wednesday Adam and I went to Rock Canyon and tried out this route that Christian and Adam put up a couple of weeks ago. In the picture of me, the big orange corner is Adam's finger! It was really fun, and I led two out of the five pitches! It wasn't technically hard, but it was good practice for multi-pitch climbing. That first pic was taken at the top of the climb, and you can see the trails that go up Rock Canyon, and Provo city itself!