Maple Canyon

I got home from Maple a few hours ago and I'm already wishing I could go back. I am SUPER psyched that we had some many friends down there climbing - Masumi and Jessica from New Mexico, Axel and Jay from Canada, and the whole crew from SLC: Alex, Ali, Sammy, Kami, Jules, Elizabeth, Scott, Maggie, Casey, Luke and Cerre. I'm counting Luke even though he couldn't climb because of his recent foot surgery. He was still getting around better than Jules (who was 2 for 2 coming down the hill next to Pipeline.) She falls and slides in the dirt so gracefully...

It was great to see Masumi and have him beat my ass every night at Rummy just like always. I'm going to figure out all of his ninja tricks some day.

I sent some projects and found some new ones, so, I guess it's time to start training again. I'm going to need some endurance like Casey if I ever hope to send Cobble In The Sky. That route is so long.

Thanks again to everyone who made it down this weekend. I can't think of a better birthday present than climbing with some of the greatest people I know.

Well, I'm home just long enough to unpack, and repack. Now I'm off to Yosemite for about a week. More climbing. I know, life is rough. I'll give the full report sometime next week.