good morning from zion

Andrew, a hole for a hold

Adrienne the new lay-back queen

Andrew doing a little gear cleaning

here we finally are

I've been waiting for this vacation for weeks, and there is definitely something to be said for delayed gratification. This place is simply beautiful, the way the green hills and the red cliffs converge.

as usual Kaleb and I flew by the seat of our pants, which ends up being a problem for my friends, who may be just a touch controlling. So as we were driving toward st. george and trying to figure out where to stay, we ran into a baseball tournament, a softball tournament, and a marathon, add that all up, and subtract any hotel room. after a bit of a panic we stayed in cedar city.

Sometimes we get caught climbing in the same spots because we love them. so we hit bluff street. Kristen, Adrienne, Andrew, Gricelda, and a girl kristen works with braved the hike, to sit at the bottom of the crag.

This climbing day on splitter cracks was much more successful then the last. As, I was actually able to ascend and get into a motion. K, was rope gun, and we did a little climb class for those who have never climbed. Probably not a good place as every climb started at 10 and went up from there.

Then, because we wanted to get high, we went to the prophecy wall outside of st. george. and climbed a wall that felt like the holds were going to pull out in your face. So we climbed delicately on solid holds.

The climb itself was like wind and water collided making these really interesting horizontal waves in the rock. they were fairly sharp, and intricate. But every hold, pinch, hook, and jug was solid, and the feet were perfect. This is a wall that needs to be climbed again and again.