The playground

Me and Jo went climbing near blackfoot at a place called the Playground. it's got some pretty fun climbs. me and jo both led our first 5.11's!! Hoot Yah! it was almost dark when we pulled out and we heard something kinda thump, but we didn't think anything of it and drove home. when we got home, we discovered that my tail gate had fallen down. Luckily the dogs were o.k. the gate on their kennel was off, so you can imagine their horror going home, watching things fly out of the truck and pushing their paws down against the bed to keep the kennel from sliding out. to my gut wrenching horror my climbing bag had fallen out! we figured, including my backpack, my gear, and my rope inside, it totalled out to around $400. We quickly jumped back in and drove the same route back. Amazingly enough, my backpack was sitting in the dirt where we had parked, SOOOO Happy! so from now on i will check my tail gate. it was an awesome little climbing trip, good times.

Three days ago i started working for the Fish and Game. I'll be working for fisheries doing creel surverys and will work as a habitat/wildlife technician also. It should be a fun summer.

End of semester vacation

The day after my finals i headed down to salt lake with tiffany and granite (on my lap the whole way). we went running the next morning and met up with jo (who had been visiting family in utah) to go climbing at american fork canyon. later that day me and marcus left early for Moab to go raft/kayak Westwater. Granite played with another dog at the neighbors house, i think she would have been miserable in the rain and careening raft. The rapids were pretty awesome, the other girl in my boat hid easter eggs in the raft for us, mmm chocalate! We met up with tiffany, jeremy, bruce, stevo, jake, and dorry to bike porcupine rim. it was so fun! granite kept up the whole way like a champ, and i hit some good jumps. later that day mary and sven met us. We went climbing at wall street the next day. We also slacklined at the park, napped at the park, and biked Soveirgn Trail. Riding back on this trail, i took one hard crash (which is pretty good for me). i was climbing up some rocks and i started to tip but i couldn't get out my clip pedals because they had too much sand in them, so i slammed down on my left elbow and forearm, which swelled up later, it felt great, but the biggest bummer was that i had broken half of my brake handle off. Despite that it was a really good trip.

The two bike racks were not quite big enough, but we managed with a couple bungy cords and sneaker slippers
Jeremy, bruce, ? (whats his face??), jake, dorry, stevo, granite, and me at the top of Soveirgn (sp?) Trail
Soveirgn Trail

Me, granite, mary, tiffany, marcus, and sven went climbing at Wall Street
My first 5.12! Wahoo fish tacos!




happy little climbers
granite taking her well deserved nap after running porcupine rim (one of her interesting sleeping positions).
Marcus leading up a 5.11
Sven cleaning the climb
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Mary "laid back workin' that crack"
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Granite ran all of porcupine rim, my little champ!
A little jump i went off, the shutter wasn't open all the way, but it's still a cool pic
Porcupine Rim. marcus, me, tiffany