Dear Casey,

hello! here is what I have done of the video so far. if you think it's lame that's ok we can start from scratch when i come up. :) make sure you listen to our voices at the end haha it's funny!

love you!

Sheralee

Moes Valley Projects

Casey and I had a great day at Moes Valley on Saturday. Both of us stuck the moves we were working on our projects! Casey spent most of his time working on Gription. It will definitely go down soon! He also has been working on Show of Hands (pictured below).I spent a little time on a v4 roof problem I started last year. I got all the way to the dyno last year but wasn't able to stick it in the couple of sessions I spent on it. Saturday I finally stuck the dyno! It's a fun problem and hopefully I'll be able to send it soon too! Preferrably on the same day Casey sends Gription. :)Thanks to Zach and Rachel, we found a delicious Thai & Sushi restaurant called Benjas. I would definitely recommend it if you are a Thai food fan!

Ibex

Friday we decided to brave the cold weather for a trip to one of our favorite climbing spots, Ibex! The weather reports didn't look very promising but we had been planning it for weeks so we decided to give it a shot anyway. The guidebook describes it as one of the "dryest spots in the country" and said it only gets a few inches of precipitation every year. As you can see in the pictures below, we just so happened to be there during a few of those inches! When we got there, the lake bed that we usually drive on was in no condition for our Neons to cross. After getting Tommy's car out of the mud we strapped on our crashpads and headed for the boulders. It was a very muddy, slippery and quite entertaining journey. :)

Ibex is already such a uniquely beautiful place, but the reflections made it even more breathtaking.

Casey had a very successful trip and sent The Bomb V9 after only a few tries!! Video footage will be coming at a later date.

Friday the weather was perfect and Saturday morning seemed to be for the first hour. Suddenly a freezing cold wind came blowing tents and crash pads everywhere and brought in the snow. We waited to see if it would calm down for a little while but the snow just kept on coming.

Casey tried climbing again but it was just too cold so we ended up cutting the day short and heading for home. It wasn't a very long trip, but it was a fun one nonetheless!

Exploring

Today Casey and I got done with our homework early so we hit the road for some bouldering exploration! One of his geology professors said he found some good quality boulders near Paragonah so we went to check them out. Turns out there are some pretty good ones! We figured we found about 18 potential bouldering problems and there are probably more. Some of the rock was really chossy but there was also some of decent quality. It's a pretty cool place if you want to go check it out and climb some stuff! We haven't climbed anything yet but it looks like it would be a lot of fun. We're hoping we'll have a free Saturday before it gets too cold when we can spend some time cleaning and climbing.

The setting is really pretty! There is a stream that flows near the road that some of the boulders are right next to and the rock is beautiful with lots of colors.

Stay tuned for pictures from our trip to Joe's Valley!

the Wash part II

Zach showed amazing strength and climbing intution by onsighting Neanderhole V6!

He also sent another classic problem, Brentovator V6.
Casey sent Rotokarl V9 on the Ragnarok boulder.
He has now completed all four Roto variations.

Sheralee sent her first V5 Craig's Traverse.

And now, for our feature presentation...a video!
Starring Sheralee sending Craig's Traverse (sorry the first move is missing. It actually starts matched on the sloper pinch) and Casey sending Tool Monkey.

The Wash

We love having the Wash nearby! There are a lot of fun problems of all grades there and it's close! What more could we possibly hope for? We've been going there quite a bit lately so this is a collection of pictures from several different trips to the Wash. Bridget working a cool new V4. It's not in any guides but I think some of us have started referring to it as Tree Hugger due to the branches you encounter as you're topping out.

p.s. She got engaged on the morning of these pictures!!!! Congrats to Tommy and Bridget! :)

Casey coming up on Neanderhole V6. This problem is cool because you climb up out of some boulders that are propped together. I love his big smile on those tiny crimps! :)

Bridget and I (Sheralee) on Bre's Up. A fun V2!

Casey on Tool Monkey V8. Casey is making a little video of his send on this problem and my send of Craig's Traverse that I'll post when it's finished!

Seth starting Mega Marvels V6.

Casey on one of the Roto problems on the Ragnarok. I can't keep track of which one is which! Several of them start on the same holds so I'm not sure which one he was doing this time...

Casey working on a V10. I can't remember the name of this one either! I need to work on learning and memorizing these types of things. I'm pretty sure this boulder is called the Bowling Ball... there are just so many!

Shawn sticking a big move on another problem on the Ragnarok.

Me working Craig's Traverse V5. Sorry for the tilt, it was a funny angle. :)

Bryce working Craig's Traverse.

Joes Valley Bouldering

Last weekend we made a trip to Joes Valley for some bouldering! The weather was beautiful and the climbing was great. Casey tried hundreds of hard problems!....ok ok so it wasn't really hundreds but it was a lot. He tried over twenty problems at least and about half of those were V8's and above. He got super close on all of them. A lot of them will go down next time for sure! Casey working Fingerhut V10 via headlamp after a long day of climbing. The night won't stop him!

So close on Team Effort V8/9. This was at the end of the trip after wearing himself out on everything else. He'll get it easy when he's fresh.

Bryce on Pimpin Jeans V4. Joe's Vally is awesome.

Bridget also working Pimpin Jeans V4.

Sweet Footage

Casey put together this cool video that shows off he and Tommy's mad bouldering skills. I don't know about you but I feel inspired!

Moe's, Joe's, The Wash, Ibex,LCC, Utah!!!

It's been an eventful past few weeks! The clan just got through with an awesome spring break trip through Utah. It started with a one trip to the wonderful, amazing, crazy, desolate land of Ibex. At the moment I(Casey) would have to say that Ibex ranks as my number one climbing spot. However it is a shame that the weather is turning, because i don't believe that the weather is compatible with the greasy quartzite that make up the boulders. Ibex was a successful trip Sheralee and Bridget both sent a couple of V2's which was nice. Tommy sent the ultra-classic Ju(V7) on his first try! It took me two. Then after a bit of work I was able to scramble up Big-Gulp(V8). It is an incredible line that climbs up about 16 feet of rock in like 3 moves! We will be back this fall to try Bruce Lee (V10) and the Bomb (V9).

Next we headed out to Joe's. I admit that none of us have very good endurance because we were already wasted when we got there. However we still managed to get a few good sends. Sheralee climbed Bad Jeans (V3) she just walked right up the slightly overhanging crimpy face (We won't get into how she did the top out)! Brigdet and her also sent Warm Me Up Scotty (V1) it's a must do for climbers of every level! Tommy easily threw down a coulpe repeats of Stand Up (V8) so I decided to try it a bit also. But I just couldn't get my dumb foot to stick. I tried another foot beta and it still kept on popping, I must be retarded or something so I just dedided to try and campus it. It worked!

After that we went to LCC and got shut down big time. Maybe we we worn out, but I think we just stink at the lack of foot holds, well I guess I'll speak for myself: I stink at LCC. But watch out Superfly and Copperhead I think they'll go down next time.

Lately we've been climbing at the Wash just west of Cedar City. At first I disliked the chossy, sharp rock, but lately it has started to grow on me. Amongst these chossy, painful boulders there are quite a few awesome problems of all grades. Tommy has been tearing it apart! He sent three V8's there in the last week! But even more exciting was when he sent Bazooka Tooth(V10) today!Good Job Tommy!

Me on Gerbil Jammin' V8 at the Wash

Moe's Valley Part II

Since our last post there have been some significant Moe's valley sends! Raleesha has quickly accomplished awesome sends such as: The Perfect Storm V2 and Word V2. While B-ridge has sent the amazing One-Eyed Willy V3, Perfect Storm V2, The Hardest One V1, and the Moe's Valley Classic: Moe's Nose V1! Tommy and Casey have been wearing themselves out on some of Moe's hardest. In just a just about 30 minutes Tommy scrambled up Loose Cannon (Stand Start) V8/9 , Casey followed after a few more tries. After hours of frustration Casey finally sent Lindner's roof V9/10, barely. Then after trying two completely different methods and sustaining a very bloody knee, Casey sent Bazooka Tooth V9/10. What's up with all the slash grades!

Casey working Loose Cannon.

Hangin out at Moe's.

Tommy sending Linders Roof.

Bridget on Moe's Nose.

The Hardest V1 in the World.

Christy sending Contusion Inducer V1.