Archive for the 'Climbing' Category
Joe’s Valley
This Memorial Day weekend, Judy and I flew to Utah and met up with Ryan for a fun four days of bouldering at Joe’s Valley. We were bracing ourselves for big crowds and hot temperatures, but neither was the case - the weather was pleasant and we ran into very few other climbers. We got [...]
Christmas Valley & Echo View
We just purchased the newly published Lake Tahoe Bouldering, Lake Tahoe’s first bouldering guide. Although not widely known for its bouldering (at least not yet), there are a huge number of problems in the Tahoe area. With Tahoe only a few hours drive from where we live, we intend to make good use of this [...]
Joe’s Valley and Moab
The last time Judy and went to Joe’s Valley, we weren’t able to spend enough time there. There’s so much good bouldering at Joe’s that several more trips there were easily justified. And the last two times we were in Moab, we didn’t get to ride the famous Porcupine Rim trail. A return trip to [...]
Grouse Slabs & Emigrant Trail
Judy and I headed up to Tahoe this weekend for some bouldering and mountain biking. Our plan was to boulder at the Grouse Slabs on Saturday and then ride the Emigrant Trail on Sunday. Unfortunately, we got kind of a late start to Tahoe on Saturday and then spent a bit too much time trying [...]
Humboldt
Humboldt has been on our list of places to visit for some time, but for some reason we just never got around to going. From what we had read about Moonstone Beach (which is in Humboldt County), it just seemed like a really awesome place to boulder. After all, how many places can you boulder [...]
Santa Barbara
Ruben, Judy’s friend from college, and Kim tied the knot this weekend so we headed down to Santa Barbara for the wedding. The Ocean’s 11 guidebook, which Judy had bought for our previous trips to Pine Mountain, describes lots of good bouldering in the near vicinity so we decided to try to squeeze some climbing [...]
New Planet Granite
Today was a highly anticipated day for Judy and I as it marked the grand opening of the new Planet Granite climbing gym in Sunnyvale. Rumors were that the new gym would be huge, with a bouldering area nearly twice the size of the Santa Clara gym. For the last month or so, the problems [...]
Piano and Castle Rock
The weather was nice this weekend and we had no other obligations so we decided that it would be a great day to finally check out the bouldering at Castle Rock. During the morning, Judy came across an ad in the paper for a piano warehouse sale. There were some pretty compelling prices listed so [...]
Top-Roping at Planet Granite
We decided to try some top-rope climbing at Planet Granite today. Roped climbs seem to be more popular than bouldering at this gym, and on a typical weeknight, the top-rope/lead climb walls are usually teeming with people. On the weekends, the gym is overall less crowded, making top roping a more pleasant experience.
The top-rope setup [...]
Planet Granite
Today, Judy and I enrolled for an annual membership at Planet Granite, the local climbing gym. The nice thing is that the gym is extremely close to where we live. It’s less than a mile away from our house which almost makes us feel bad for getting into a car and driving there, but hey, [...]
Hueco
Another bouldering trip to Hueco and a few pics.
Whistler
Whistler’s Mountain Bike is considered by many to be THE preeminent mountain bike park, and the famous North Shore of Vancouver is only a short drive away. Add to that the fact that Squamish, well-known for its quality bouldering, is right next to Whistler and you’ve got the recipe for a mandatory road-trip. We drove [...]
Pine Mountain
Another bouldering trip to Pine Mountain, but this time, we decided to take the dogs. Here’s the pics.
Salt Lake City
Ryan, Judy, and I took a little trip to Salt Lake City for some rock climbing at Little Cottonwood and American Fork. Here’s the pics.
Palumbo-Head Bachelor Party
Check out the pics from Aaron’s bachelor party to Mammoth and Bishop. It’s definitely worth a perusal - there’s some classic shots and some good captions, achem, if I do say so myself.
