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Trip ending...
Oct. 6th, 2015 06:58 pmI finished climbing at Joshua Tree with an excellent day on Saturday, including a multi-pitch climb where I achieved something like a 30m run-out.
Sunday I drove to Vegas, through rain across the Mojave desert. I did a quick drive up to Red Rock canyon, but it was raining there. As the climbing is on sandstone, this meant no climbing in the canyon until after I had left. Found our airbnb, and eventually found Bruce, too.
Monday we went to the local climbing shop for beta on non-sandstone places to climb and a bit of retail therapy. The guy there suggested a place in southern Utah, near Saint George, which was basalt. I grabbed the guide book, and we climbed at the local gym on Monday, since it was pouring rain with thunder and lightning all day.
Tuesday we headed out to the area, and found it despite poor directions for the parking in the book. I lead a bunch of climbs, including a 10b that I thought was 10a, then a 10b I knew was 10b. I ended up onsighting two 10bs, a 9, 9+, 8, and 8+. The last climb I went after was a 5.10a, but ended up hang-dogging it, probably because I was getting a bit tired. Good climbing -- but not great, pretty short, but on interesting rock. It was better to drive (2 hours each way) and climb than not climb, but would have been better to climb in Red Rock Canyon. Oh well. Have to come back again.
Sunday I drove to Vegas, through rain across the Mojave desert. I did a quick drive up to Red Rock canyon, but it was raining there. As the climbing is on sandstone, this meant no climbing in the canyon until after I had left. Found our airbnb, and eventually found Bruce, too.
Monday we went to the local climbing shop for beta on non-sandstone places to climb and a bit of retail therapy. The guy there suggested a place in southern Utah, near Saint George, which was basalt. I grabbed the guide book, and we climbed at the local gym on Monday, since it was pouring rain with thunder and lightning all day.
Tuesday we headed out to the area, and found it despite poor directions for the parking in the book. I lead a bunch of climbs, including a 10b that I thought was 10a, then a 10b I knew was 10b. I ended up onsighting two 10bs, a 9, 9+, 8, and 8+. The last climb I went after was a 5.10a, but ended up hang-dogging it, probably because I was getting a bit tired. Good climbing -- but not great, pretty short, but on interesting rock. It was better to drive (2 hours each way) and climb than not climb, but would have been better to climb in Red Rock Canyon. Oh well. Have to come back again.
