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Castle Rock Trail Day

We met at TBA at 9:10 am
headed to Castle Rock!

There was a handful of us there, maybe 12 or so...

Right in the parking lot...
Someone had gutted out a deer...

We were all handed garbage bags, and headed down the trail to pick up all the trash that we could find. Ther wasn't that much really, but we still made a difference!

On our way down the trail two hunters on an ATV were pulling a gutted deer...

When we were done picking up trash, a bunch of us started breaking up a dead tree...

When we were done we headed to the cliff line to get some climbing done... Warmed up on some easier climbs, and then jimmy and i tried this fun 12... jimmy flashed it and i got to the top of it... it was a good head game for me!! i was psyched!

Last few weeks

We climbed at Horse Shoe Canyon Ranch last weekend for fall break!

Here are two pictures of Jimmy on Wood Grain Gripping...

We went to HP40 this past weekend!

for more footage and information visit Jimmy's Blog and Voges' Blog.

RAIN

it's been raining a lot lately

yesterday we made it out to a climbing competition at adrenaline...

it was a pretty fun comp, jimmy climbed really well dispite his back pains...

i didn't warm up well enough and everything started hurting...

need to work on that...

the start of the triple crown is this coming up weekend...

the weather is looking pretty good as well...

tomorrow heading to LRC!

can't wait!

New things!

GOLF!

a few days ago jimmy and i went to Mont Lake, not to climb but to play golf! it was awesome! first time ever playing golf... and guess what!?! I SUCKED!

it was a fun time though! we will be back, but first we are going to a driving range to practice!

PIZZA!

I made a home made pizza last night! From scratch! It was a thin crush, pepperoni and cheese!

So psyched that it tasted good!

Nickajack!

Jimmy and i finally made it out to Nickajack to do some deep water soloing!!
It was everything that i expected it to be.
i was psyched that it wasn't too tall, but at the same time it was too high for me
i jumped off some climbs cause i was too scared to go higher!
next time, i'll try to do better!
here are some pictures taken by people that were there with us!
thanks again!

Jimmy jumping off the top

Jimmy on the far left and me on the far right (can't really see me)

Jimmy hanging out

Back in Chatty!

We finally made if back home!

It's so nice to be home!

Riddles in the Dark

It's the one climb i really want to do at the park...
yesterday i tried it many many times
the right hand crimp felt greasy every time (bringing up some rubbing alcohol tomorrow)
i ripped open a hole on my right pinkie that made it harder to send
i figured out beta for the big reach but wasn't able to execute
i'm going to rest it up today
and fire up my project along with jimmy and jon who have business of their own to take care of!
looking forward to a great day!

Little Cottonwood Canyon

Leaving Joe's

last two nights we've been climbing at little cottonwood
first night we were at the bully area...

with a big crew of ppl, but most of them didn't even climb...

yesterday: jimmy had a great night...

started off with doing the bully (v11), then we went back down to the first boulder by the road and he completed copperhead (v10)...

then we proceeded up one boulder where he did all thumbs (v10)...
isabelle, jon and i climbed around on some crazy hard v4s, which eventually isabelle unlocked the beta on twisted dihedral (v4)...

today: we climbed at the gate area...

Jon warming up on the arete

jimmy had his eye on pro series (v11), he made the first few moves really easy...

the last move stopped him, but after a few burns he did the last move...

it was awesome! isabelle, jon and i tried the stand to what jimmy was working (super fly v8) but we failed because the right crimp was tiny and really sharp...

instead we started working on bar fly (v9 more like soft v8)...

after several minutes of figuring out the beta we had a send train going on it...

Bar fly

we then continued on over to the mr. smiley boulder...

jimmy sent two giant steps (v9), isabelle sent mr. smiley left (v8), and i did mr. smiley center (v7)...

Two Giant Steps

Isabelle doing Mr. Smiley left

Jon figuring out the foot beta

Jimmy figuring out beta

Trade Show Comp

The big comp just ended...

Citizens comp to come...

Qualifiers was awesome! I climbed really strong and the problems were really awesome...

Favorite problem: #5 even though i didn't complete it, it was really awesome, i enjoyed all the big moves to good holds... the double heel hooks made it a great problem!

Least Favorite problem: #4 maybe if i would have figured out the campus beta i would have liked it more... instead i kept trying to swing my foot to the shitty jib out right...

Finals... there were a few issues... but still a lot of fun! first off, jimmy and i didn't know that we had to be in iso at 5pm, instead we showed up at 6:20pm, an hour before i climb... that's when they told me the limo i was going to be taking left at 6:45pm... i didn't end up having enough time to warm up and that hurt me on the 4 finals problems!

Favorite problem: #2 i didn't sent it either, which was definitely frustrating but it was really fun... every move was the same difficulty and overall it was a very southern type of problem...

Least Favorite problem: #3 the first move was really hard, the second move was really hard... the third was impossible... if there were more feet i think that it would have been a lot better problem...

When i finished climbing my fourth problem i pretty much had a heat stroke...

it was awful...

i couldn't breath normally...

i started crying out of no where because i couldn't take a regular breath...

i got taken to the first aid tent where they cooled my body temperature off...

i asked the doctors what my regular heart rate should be and they said 60...

mine was 150 when they checked it...

I think that there should be one modification to the competition...

the girls should climb when its cooler...

maybe start the comp at 7:30pm or 8:00pm...

maybe the comp would last longer, but i think it would be great! Overall the route setters did a good job...

there was a lot of energy...

good mix of music...

great holds...

can't wait for next year!!

i'll be training to be stronger!

and hopefully i'll be able to do an awkward dyno next time...

Salt Lake City

Left Denver about a week ago
we (Jimmy, Jon and I) left to rifle...
we climbed one route when we got there!
the next day we climbed one route as well... another warm up...
we decided to head to joe's valley instead of staying in rifle...

Rocky Mountain National Park

Rifle

Rifle

we got to joe's and had three days of great climbing...
we got two lanterns and one big flash light...
so psyched for night climbing...
second day we ran into two friends from Kentucky/Ohio...
mark and taylor...
had a good night session with them...
many things went down! that night they left and three friends from chicago can into town...
isabelle, michaela and greg...

Riverside boulder

Boulder in the river

we had one good night at the resident evil area...

everyday we went swimming at the lake...

we are now in salt lake city, getting ready for the trade show competition and trade show event...

Colorado... once again!

Finally made it to the CO!
first day hiked up to the park... it was a tiring day!! had no sleep really... i tried out the moves on the marble to get a feel for the problem... worked all of them out again... jimmy almost did nothing but sunshine but unfortunetly split open his tip (it has healed alot over the last two days), jon had a good day and sent gangbang and handicaps... it was a long and tiring day!

rest day on the second day but we went to the local theme park and hung out there... also we wasted some more money and time at sam's club... we will have food for the next two years!!

today went to the park, but jimmy forgot his inhaler so we called it a rest day and played mini-golf twice, one in boulder and one in estes park... and in the evening we hiked up to stink bug... jimmy flashed!! i tried out all the moves.
The first move is really reachy and i wasn't able to do it, but i worked out beta for the other moves... maybe eventually i'll grow some and just do the move!!
tomorrow we will be heading up to the park as well... don't exactly know what we are going to be trying...

next time i'll add some pictures... or actually take some tomorrow and over the next few days!! besides that check out jimmy's blog and vimeo account for videos!

Random pics I found...

bumblebee

Duck in Canada

Path to mountains...

water over rocks...

grasshopper

Around Chicago...

I found some old pictures that i took

And i found them really cool

Here they are...

Big theater...

Fire works

Found a flower...

Random buildings....

Da Red

just got back from the red
it was a fun three day trip with Paul and Jacob

Down from the Bull Dog

day 1 - Roadside

i haven't been back to roadside in a very long time

being back there reminded me how many great climbs there are

i realized that i've forgotten to just have fun on easy climbs

to stop concentrating only on hard ones

everything was a repeat for me...

but it was still awesome!!

we warmed up on dragon slayer

got paul and jacob on wild gift!

they both enjoyed it

put up the draws on return of chris snyder

paul was the only one i convinced to go up it

walked back to ro shampo...

- jacob got it second go

Working on the best climb at the red - Cut Throat

day 2 - motherlode

warmed up on the classic Trad Sucker

- jacob flashed it

- paul got it second go

then we walked over to Chainsaw

- paul took a 30 to 40 foot fall

i tried the best climb at the red Cut Throat

- tried it twice

- felt strong on the bouldery part...

even though i didn't link it from the ground...

but did it crux second go...

- second try i got stung by a wasp at the top,

my finger swelled up...

it looked weird...

it went away after about 2 hours

walked back over to stain and buff the wood

- paul and jacob tried buff the wood...

they'll get it next time just got to work on endurance

The Motherlode

day 3 - drive-by

pretty tired

jacob was psyched but paul and i were just tired

paul and jacob warmed up on whip stocking

then they tried Maizy Mae

- they did really well on it

jacob them continued to get on Primus Noctum

- he tried it twice...

fell once on his second attempt

i climbed up Whip Stocking and down climbed it to clean it...

over all it was a good trip

on our way to drive by we stopped at bulldog...

- paul tried it the most...

did pretty well on it!

Jacob on Ro Shampo

Paul looking at the camera...

Getting ready...

Animals...

took some pictures of the ferrets and jon's cat!!
check it out

The old guy...

Tater and Gravy eating and drinking from the cat's bowls

Diego inside the ferrets cage

Getting out of there, after eating their food

Tater and Biscuit sleeping/waking up

Tater sticking his tongue out while sleeping

Diego chilling out on the couch!

Foster's (no pics)

headed out to foster's today
driving up there was a fog above the whole area
guess what?!?
it was humid
every route we got on, started sweating like crazy!!
it was epic
did not really send anything
ran into a bunch of ppl
chaz sent one of his long standing projects...
overall it was a good day!

ALSO tonight the lakers won in Game 5 by 13 points!! DAMN!
nice job lakers!! they are an overall great team... kobe knows how to use every player...
phil jackson is an awesome coach and lets them play the game... doesn't push them, lets them have fun!!

Climbing the other day...

went climbing with Jimmy and Lu to a new area (when i say new its new to jimmy and i)

amazing quality

amazing routes

sometime that is actually LONG!

here are some picture from the other day!

Lu climbing an unknown 12d

Jimmy belaying

An overview of the area

Tree truck

A doggy