Thursday, June 25, 2009
5:40 am – Eyes still shut, my body aches. I have been running a lot this week, and my workouts are catching up with my body. Every muscle in my body is sore and tight. Maybe I can put on the charm and seduce my wife into giving me a massage tonight. More likely, I will complain way too much, look really pathetic, and maybe if I offer her a massage first she will return the favor. Going climbing at 6:30 in the morning always sounds like a great idea the night before when I am wide awake. Usually, it is a friend or myself who instigates the conversation, “Hey, let’s wake up before the sun rises and go climbing while it is still cool.”
“Yeah, that sounds like an awesome idea!” is the response. I have such short term memory. It is amazing how quickly I forget that I love sleep.
Marty and Steven are meeting ShaLee and I at Chuckwalla at 6:30 for several laps and a work-out before Marty must go to work at 10:00. I have the luxury of a day off. After
climbing, JJ is supposed to call and coordinate going down Behunin (a technical slot canyon in Zion).
12:00 pm – The weather is changing rapidly. Dark clouds are forming to the South-West and are bringing along strong winds, and curtains of rain. There will be no slot canyon adventures today. How do we salvage the day…more climbing.
1:00 pm – The South Fork of Taylor Creek (SFTC) in the Kolob Fingers section of Zion is the destination. Six of us pile into my truck, myself, JJ, Supe, Leo, and two new friends, Brady and Heather, young kids who are learning to climb. The SFTC is home to some of the best single pitch climbing in Zion, as well as some really great wall routes. Today I climbed the routes, Last Rites, a 5.10+ slab to left leaning finger crack, Huecos Rancheros, a 5.12c pump-fest, a 5.10c slab route, not sure of the name…maybe Pulp Friction, and ½ Route, a 5.10d overhanging sport
climb. http://www.mountainproject.com/v/utah/zion_national_park/kolob_canyon/105796256
5:40 am – Eyes still shut, my body aches. I have been running a lot this week, and my workouts are catching up with my body. Every muscle in my body is sore and tight. Maybe I can put on the charm and seduce my wife into giving me a massage tonight. More likely, I will complain way too much, look really pathetic, and maybe if I offer her a massage first she will return the favor. Going climbing at 6:30 in the morning always sounds like a great idea the night before when I am wide awake. Usually, it is a friend or myself who instigates the conversation, “Hey, let’s wake up before the sun rises and go climbing while it is still cool.”
“Yeah, that sounds like an awesome idea!” is the response. I have such short term memory. It is amazing how quickly I forget that I love sleep.
Marty and Steven are meeting ShaLee and I at Chuckwalla at 6:30 for several laps and a work-out before Marty must go to work at 10:00. I have the luxury of a day off. After
climbing, JJ is supposed to call and coordinate going down Behunin (a technical slot canyon in Zion).12:00 pm – The weather is changing rapidly. Dark clouds are forming to the South-West and are bringing along strong winds, and curtains of rain. There will be no slot canyon adventures today. How do we salvage the day…more climbing.
1:00 pm – The South Fork of Taylor Creek (SFTC) in the Kolob Fingers section of Zion is the destination. Six of us pile into my truck, myself, JJ, Supe, Leo, and two new friends, Brady and Heather, young kids who are learning to climb. The SFTC is home to some of the best single pitch climbing in Zion, as well as some really great wall routes. Today I climbed the routes, Last Rites, a 5.10+ slab to left leaning finger crack, Huecos Rancheros, a 5.12c pump-fest, a 5.10c slab route, not sure of the name…maybe Pulp Friction, and ½ Route, a 5.10d overhanging sport
climb. http://www.mountainproject.com/v/utah/zion_national_park/kolob_canyon/105796256
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