Hey everyone! If you’ve been following this blog for long, you know its our annual tradition to head out to Bishop, CA for the Thanksgiving holiday. Tommy and I celebrated 10 years in September and we thought it would be nice to take a trip out to the boulders without the boys this year. I was super keen on it at first but after a couple days, I really started to miss them. Mom was nice enough to take them for a week and they had a wonderful time with her and Uncle Joe. The weather out in CA was great (a little cold for my blood) but we had a wonderful time. We were super excited to come home, however, because we are going to break ground on a wood wall in our back yard this weekend. That’s right, we’re finally building our woody! Tommy has been designing it for the last year and he’s come up with a concept that is going to be pretty amazing. I’ll keep you all updated with photos for sure! In the meantime, here are pictures from our trip. We definitely have some scores to settle next year that will be made easier by our new wall. =) Can’t wait! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well – stay tuned. =)
First day out…Tommy working a hard 5This was our first year out to a place called the Druid Stones. W. T. H. The hike is 45 minutes long and with a ginormous pad on your back, it’s absolutely miserable.Tommy on a boulder called Arch Druid. This rock was really cool…Making it all the way to the top…Yay Tommy!My turn to flail around on it…I don’t know if it was because of the hike or because I was totally weak but this thing kicked my butt…Another cool rock up in the Druids – the Sky Stone. The problem we’re working is called Sky Dance V6 and it’s really fun! This would be the only reason we’d make that God awful hike again…Making my way out of it…Here’s Tommy giving it a go…Picture of the town from the stones…In the Buttermilks!Me and LizTravers working High Plains Drifter V7Now Tommy giving it a go…Me working the climb next door, Change of Heart V6A different angle with Liz…Another shot of the Milks…you can’t take a bad photo hereMe and Travers having pad difficultyMe and the infamous Andy Lui! Tommy and I watch his climbing videos all the time – he is such a nice guy and it was a hilarious celebrity moment! =)Working a ridiculously hard problem – the Buttermilk Stem which is only a V1 but it’s so frickin’ hard to get off the damn groundTravers doing his betaLiz giving it a goHere’s a better angle of it…It’s a good problem but it does tear the hell out of your palmsHere’s the gang watching some beta videos in the trailerTommy’s Nemesis…Morning Dove White v7I hate looking at these pictures. On the 5th day of our trip Tommy messed up his feet and came off from the top of this thing. He didn’t have the gas to get back on and do it again. We came back on our last day to try again and he couldn’t do it. I was more crushed than he was but it’s definitely going down next year!!!!This is a cool picAfter 4 years of trying this stupid thing, I finally got it! Solarium V4 – It’s all about the beta babyGrabbing the lipOne of our buddies came in late Tuesday and we met him and started working on this problem…Rave V hardTravers making his way on Every Color You Are V6Great job!A painful, pockety problem…Mr. Happy V5This thing ripped the crap outta my handsGetting on the amazing Atari V6 on Thanksgiving night. So fun…Jason almost making it to the top!A send in the dark…Wilson making it look easy…
