Summer Vacation

Special thanks to Will Roth for some great shots of me on Hand Jib (above) and Mexican Crack (below) 

Jordan (above) and Josh Boyd (below) put up a heinous 5.12 roof crack that looked punishing.

Widerman (above) really wanted to knock out a 5.12 at rifle so he picked a nasty 5.11d line to warm up.  I seconded and got my ass kicked.  Props to John for the big whip though.  Caitlin and Casey hanging out at the lodge (below).  Casey added some Flight of the Conchords to his set list and had everybody mesmerized.   

Wow, my vacation wasn't much of a vacation.  I feel bad that I didn't go out to Oregon for my sister's graduation and I still tried to cram too much into a 10 day trip.  I also missed Jason's bachelor party because it was bumped back one week.  I was still able to swing through Denver and see Andrew, but to stay for one extra day meant staying through the rest of the weekend and missing out on Lochsa time...  And giving  most of my paycheck to strippers.

All the same I saw Drew and drove through the night up to the Lochsa Lodge.  A great weekend and borrowed a kayak to run the river.  We made an attempt at cutting out White Sands however even with a chainsaw, a couple of rigs and chains there was still too much snow.  Instead I got on the upper, which I'd never done before.

Back in Missoula most of the fire crews were hanging around town due to the wet weather so it was a great chance to catch up with some old friends.  Too much drinking though.  The lights came on in Charlie's three times while I was in town and I pulled one all nighter, so when the option came up to make a run for SLC I jumped on it.

I was definitely broken on the drive down and had to pull over after almost falling asleep at the wheel.  When I rolled into the bright Morman capitol there was already a wine party going on and I continued the bender.  Jordan called in sick the next day and we hit up Lil' Cottonwood.

Another night in SLC and I was off to Rifle.  Met up with John after another long drive and jumped into some hard sport, some say it's the hardest in the country. 

Ok, I'm done writing, look at the pictures.