a post without a good title because I can't think of one

Ok, I'm officially stoked.
First of all, we are going to Joe's TOMORROW MORNING!!!
Today I spent 6 hours teaching twenty-four six-year-olds and 5 1/2 hours doing prep to teach those same kids. Needless to say, I am ready for a bouldering break!
Second of all, I just discovered how to check how many people look at this blog. Little did I know, there are quite a few! Just this month we had hits from Slovakia, the U.K., Finland, Germany, Canada, Latvia, Mexico, Poland, India, the Ukraine, and Denmark. Sweet. Thank you viewers! Even if you just happened to stumble upon us, you made my day! I feel famous.

Dear Joe's Valley,
   I am so excited to see you the day after tomorrow!! Even though the Adair family isn't coming with us. :)   Please inform resident evil, marble cake, pimper's paradise, wills a fire, and many other classic problems that we are on our way and they are going down!

love,
Sheralee and Casey

We are nerds. But nerds that are very excited for a long weekend at Joe's. Wahoo!!!

.....I'm not sure if anyone actually reads this thing anyway......

Recent Discovery

Saturday evening as we sat in our living room looking at climbing videos online, we came across a video of Dave Graham in Southern Utah. What do you know but he drove right by our street on the film! He ended up at some boulders and Hurricane Peak was in the background. So of course Sunday afternoon we hopped in the car and drove down the street past our house. And....boulders!!!! We had hiked to the Hurricave on a previous Sunday afternoon, we just didn't realize that there was more down the road.

Today after we got home from work and school we ate a quick dinner and made our way back to the boulders, this time with crash pads and shoes in tow. A lot of the rock is choss, but there were some fun, quality problems as well. And the great news is that it is really close to home. I'm so excited for bouldering season!! Can hardly wait for Joe's Valley this weekend!

the Wash

As promised, here are some somewhat recent pictures of the crew at the Wash. It's hard to keep up with all of these fun adventures! Next up we will have highlights of our trip to Vegas for the Reel Rock tour and bouldering at the Kraft boulders. Awesome times! Stoked for Joe's this coming weekend!

Attention World!

 About an hour up Cedar Mountain lies a crag we have come to love. It is The Overlook. Here are a few reasons why:
1. It is beautiful.
2. It is close.
3. The temps are great when it is too warm elsewhere.
4. Fun climbs.
5. Did I mention it is beautiful?
6. (and most important!) Ali the machine Adair has been tearing it up!!

Here are a few (or more) pics to document it all. Enjoy.
What did I tell you? Gorgeous!

Ali on her second go of Angst 5.12a.

 Scary feet!! :)

 Redpoint!! Wahoo! Way to go Ali! a.m.a.z.i.n.g.

 Greg redponting Oxygeb Deficit 5.12b second go!  Go Greg!

Ali on Heimi 5.11d. Very cool climb.

And Greg trying to keep up with Al  :)

 

coming soon: more adventures from The Wash!

Good News!!

After quite a long break due to a broken wrist, surgery, marriage, change of job, etc., Tommy Rigby is back at it! To show he's about ready to pick up where he left off, Tomy recently jumped up off the couch, took a trip to Joe's Valley, and in just a few tries sent the ultra-classic highball Nerve Damage V6.  I've never tried it myself (too scared), but they say the crux comes at over 18 feet!  Tommy did it with just two pads and one spotter! Congrats!  We're all excited to see what hard problems you'll throw down in the future!

-Casey

Maple Canyon

Labor Day weekend is very convenient. It gives everybody much needed time off to focus on other important areas of their life. In our case we were able to make a trip to a little place called Maple Canyon. There we "labored" on sending our newest projects.  Needless to say, it was a blast!  I was quite surprised at the small size of the weekend crowd.  I guess everybody went to Rifle?  While it was very exciting to see everybody else climb, especially my wife, the highlight for me was a route called Sluggo in Box Canyon.  I didn't quite send, but that's ok it just gives me a reason to go back.
-Casey

Amen to everything Casey said. Maple was the best! I loved the climbing and loved seeing the people we love! Oh and taking pictures of those people! We love the new camera. Thank you mom and dad for the awesome wedding present! Without any further ado...here come the pictures! There are lots. You may need some refreshments. :)

-Sheralee