Couple of weeks ago Rob D’Anastasio and I made a trip to Joe’s Valley in Utah. We could only spend about 11 days there. The climbing during the first week was amazing, sunny days with mid 40’s and cold nights. We managed to climb and try bunch of good boulders. The weather got a bit worse after it snowed one night. There was barely any snow, maybe half of an inch, but the temps got to below 30 so the snow did not melt on the shady sides at all. The motivation to stay warm and climb hard was not as easy anymore so some of .

Another weekend at Joe’s Valley. I really like this problem so I went back to climb it. I was hoping for a colder weekend but waking up and climbing at 8am was good enough to get some friction. Lactation Station V10 is located in Dairy Canyon on right fork. The rock is a bit different from the rest and these top-outs reminded me a bit of climbing down south. Can’t wait to go back there when its snowing and cold again.

Fall season for Joe’s is finally here and this past weekend my wife Sara, Mercedes Pollmeier and I decided to go and check out some areas we have not climbed at in the past.  I have been following Scott Hall on his Vimeo account crushing sandstone boulders all summer. That got me very motivated to try some new problems. We arrived at Joe’s around 11:00pm on Friday and the plan for the next day was to go to Dairy Canyon for a whole day.  The area was snowed in when we went to check it out, mostly wet. We decided to head towards the.

It has been awhile since I’ve updated the blog.  This weekend John Gass and I headed out to Mount Evans for some climbing.  We hiked down toward the “Powder Keg” boulder and spotted what turned to be a new climbing wall.  We put up some really easy warm-ups on it, which I find to be amazing.  No pads needed for them as well v0-V1.  Just 10 feet left on the same wall John G. cleaned this really perfect climb called “The West Side” V9.  It starts on a cracked jug and moves to small crimps and a sloper pinch, to.

The past month has been quite warm for climbing here in Colorado’s alpine areas.  We still manage to keep the motivation going by switching the bouldering areas.  Projects are coming back as well as the good weather is almost here.   I have been able to tick off some of my climbing projects this year like;  “Honey Badger V11″,  “Phobos V11″,  “Fire Ball V10 at RMNP”,  “The Guillutine V10″,  “Riddles in the Dark V10 at RMNP”,  “Triple Threat Arete V10 at RMNP”.

Lincoln lake has seen a lot of new boulders development during this season.  I have been hiking around trying to find some new lines.  On Saturday John Gass, Jimmy Webb and I did some new additions to the area.  Jimmy put up a new V7/8 called K.O. (photo below) as well as another difficult compression boulder called “Now nudda” V11 located right of the “Jamie Emerson” boulder problem.  I was able to add a new line called “Group Therapy” V7 on Saturday, and also grabbed the “Group Therapy Sit” .

Couple of weeks have passed since my last blog.  Some friends from the east are visiting me as well so it has been a busy month climbing outside.  Rest was needed and as bad as it sounds, luckily it rained the past two days.  Below are some photos I have taken over the past month, enjoy! photo above:  Thomas Betterton on “Mind Matters” V12 at Guanella Pass, CO photo above:  John Gass on “Child Star” V12/13 at Mt Evans, CO photo above: Stephen Meinhold on Phobos V10/11 at Mt Evans, CO photo above:  John Gass on .

It has been awhile since I have blogged.  Climbing has been going well overall and some boulders are being ticked off.   Mt Evans has been my gym for the past month.  John Gass and I have been bouldering there 4-5 days a week with a crew from the south.  Motivation is high and people are enjoying the alpine season at Evans.  I have been able to climb few boulders in the past month that have been projects of mine.  Below are some photos for inspiration