Red River Gorge

A few pictures from the...

photo - Jeff Sillcox

This is our little hobo village in the corner of Miguel's.

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The rest of Miguel's. The pizza lives in the yellow building. Click it for a larger version.

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My tent doesn't have a floor and Kentucky has a lot of animals living in the woods. I had lots of insect visitors, including a crazy looking green bug that looked like a leaf. A couple spiders stopped by... lots of daddy long legs and a scary looking furry one. A toad hopped across my sleeping bag in the middle of the night and several inchworms tried to make the long journey through the tent, but they're too slow so they only made it about halfway across during my 10 day trip.

This was my favorite creature.

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Kentucky

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It's kind of like a rain forest down there... fortunately, we got away with very little precipitation.

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Carl on some 5.10 at the Roadside Crag.

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Andy on To Defy the Laws of Tradition (5.10a).

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Carl sending Wild, Yet Tasty (5.12a).

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Me sending Stunning the Hog (5.12d). It was hot... I don't normally climb in shorts.

photo - Carl Hertzog

Andy warming up on Buff the Wood (5.12b).

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The gold streak on the right is Golden Touch (5.13b). I fell off pretty close to the end a couple times on the last day of the trip... I will be back.

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Utah

After squeezing in the FA of Paralyzed (V9) at Way Lake in the morning a few weeks ago (check out the video here), I hit the road for Utah. First up: Joe's Valley. Jamie sent her first V3, the beautiful Buoux Problem and came pretty close to doing another, Bad Genes pictured here:

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Chris sticking a really fun eliminate dyno in The Closet area.


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Next up was the HERA Climb4Life in Salt Lake City. This was a pretty cool event that raised over $100,000 this year to help fight ovarian cancer; thanks to everyone who donated! I accidentally spent both climbing days in American Fork, but got rained out the second day...

Clouds building over the Wasatch range and the HERA tent in the morning.

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American Fork

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Toproping in the rain

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Also got to check out Little Cottonwood Canyon for the first time. After a quick warmup on the first day, Isaac sprayed me down with the beta for Copperhead (V9 or 10) and I almost pulled off the flash. I got on for a second try and quickly realized that I didn't have enough skin to pull on the nasty crimp again in those temps so it will have to wait until next time. That's okay though since there are lots of amazing looking problems to go back for.

Jamie trying The Ramp (V2) in LCC.

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Stay tuned for the Red River Gorge report soon.