And arrived...

At hotel in San Diego, only a few hours later than planned. Yeeha.

Unexpected bouldering day

The training I was supposed to deliver today got cancelled -- lack of people, so today's was combined with tomorrow's. So, I had a free day in San Diego, and despite the really gray start to the morning, it cleared off nicely and was a lovely day. So, I looked around for some local climbing/bouldering, and I found a lovely boulder field in town. Ok, in a suburb called Santee -- but it was about a 20 minute drive from my hotel, then 5-15 minutes of walking depending on whether you went to the closest or farthest boulder.

I wandered around, generally climbing easy stuff. I have no idea what I climbed, since I was doing it almost completely based on what looked easy, and not-too-comitting. I was climbing alone, with pad or spotters, I didn't want anything too hard. And, I was always making sure to check out the down-climbs before getting into anything, too. I still managed to scare myself a bit a couple times, where something got tougher than I expected near the top of a problem. I also backed off on two or three problems, rather than finishing them -- though I'm sure I could have, and would have with a spotter & crash pad.

And, while bouldering isn't really my thing, it was still really nice to get out on some real rock on a sunny day.

Unfortunately, much farther south than I had realized, so I also have a noticeable sunburn. Oops.