The first few days have been great, as they always are in this place. No matter what I'm doing here, I'm always happy and grateful.
Today and yesterday I took as rest days. The weather isn't great for this weekend, but that just gives me time to catch up on photo editing and organizing my new "home".
Since the weather may not be great for a couple of days, myself and Dan are going to hang out in town and then try to hit some boulders tomorrow or Tuesday.
There's an 80' horizontal hand-sized roof crack that one can boulder--I'd really like to try it. If we don't go there (it's called The Crack House) then we may do some bouldering just outside of town.
So, I'll skip the minutiae and just say that after getting myself setup and into the routine of life here, I'm very happy. I will give an overview of what that routine consists of, however.
A typical day would be: waking up after the sun rises, usually earlier in the morning if it's a warm day, later in the morning if it's cold. Everyone basically lets their body be the guide and alarm clock. We're all usually up by 10AM.
Everyone cooks breakfast, arranges gear and makes last minute decisions on where to climb within about an hour after everyone's awake.
We're usually loaded into vehicles and on our way to the crag for the day by 11 or 11:30AM.
Every crag at the Creek has an approach hike that's about 10 or 15 minutes of steep uphill walking. I enjoy those hikes as a part of the ritual. They're really not the bad, but with a heavy pack (I'm guessing mine is 30-40lbs) they'll get the blood flowing.
Everyone climbs until they've had their share. Some climb more than others, some climb harder than others, but everyone usually (not always) reaches the end of their day within 5 hours.
After packing up, heading back down the trail and driving back to camp, we seem to be getting back between 5 and 6PM.
I took a nice half hour jog on a back trail the first day. And I intend to do some exercise besides climbing on a frequent basis to stay in shape.
Supper is a nice time of the evening, everyone is in high spirits and it's nice to sit down and recount the day's activities and plan tomorrow's.
The temperatures have been very pleasant and with a campfire, it's enjoyable to stay up until about 10 or 11PM, but we're usually too tired to stay up much later, in any case.
That's more or less the gig. Every day brings something different mixed with the familiar. People come and people go, and there's always new faces around the fire and at the cliffs.
It's cool to see strong climbers working the same routine, if not the same routes.
Apparently, there's a group of climbers including Hayden Kennedy and Matt Segal that are working some 5.14 project. They're camped right next to us.
To me, it's illustrative of an observation; that we're all similar in our endeavors, if not our abilities.
Lastly, for now, I have been asked for pictures, and I'm excited for pictures as well, but I'm behind in editing pictures from a prior adventure, so it will be a little while before I can catch up, although I hope to make a noticeable dent in the backlog today.
I also want to work on customizing this blog, so It may be a while before you see any photos.
