ancient history...sockhands Ben from New York says HELLO and he sent Midnight Lightning and is a great spotter

Southern Illinois March, 2005

Chris Craft we love you

oh Minnesota crew

Camp! The original Patagonia jeans about 4 pairs ago. Nothing has changed.

Here is a short little video of Brian trying moves on Death Touch

when you mix a 1 and a half year old and a sleepy puppy

wisconsin

cheese curds...beer...humidity...green grass...oh good old wisconsin. i have been doing absolutely nothing related to climbing besides the occasional push up and pull up. I attempted to set up a slackline today but I did not have the required strength to make it tight enough. My brother comes tomorrow from Florida and hopefully his stay at home Dad strength can help me make it tighter. My mom has put me to work cleaning gutters and doing other random things around the house that require lifting and moving of heavy objects. I can't complain.
At some point I am going to climb the sweet sandstone that Necedah, WI has to offer. I start a summer school class on Monday. Wooo Hooo. Kona and I have been chillin' and breathing in the oxygen filled air. That's really all I have. Climbing photos will be posted soon. word.

back in colorado for a day or two

Kris has been watching me climb for two weeks now and I am pretty sure she can give you beta for all of my projects for tall and short people. We went to Vedauwoo yesterday and I of course fell off of the very last move of the Tempest again and again. Damn that problem. I have put so much work into that small piece of rock only to leave skinless and somehow still psyched to go back again and try to send. Today we went up to Emerald Lake and I did all of the moves on the Kind Traverse again, and can do the first half with ease. Putting it together will be very nice! If anyone needs beta I have Kris' phone number for you.
Kris and I have been dubbed heterosexual life partners. We like to touch each other in friendly ways and it's very nice! (insert Borat accent)Tomorrow morning Kris and I are going to do the fabulous drive to Illinois. We will be getting the Nebraska crazies around noon. Woo hooo! Oh man I apologize in advance for the lack of climbing in my future blogs as I will be in Wisconsin for the next three weeks. word.