It’s been a fun week so far since arriving in Bishop. Farrah and I met up with our friends Cat  and Josh. They’re on similar trip, in a similar van, in similar geographical areas.  Cat and Josh are more focused on climbing big objectives and they’ve made  ascents of many super classic Sierra mountains over the past several months.  We got together for a day of multipitch climbing in Pine Creek Canyon as well as some bouldering at the Buttermilks and the Happy Boulders. It was good to connect with some friendly faces and hear some great stories of their

What an enjoyable week!  Tuolumne Meadows and Yosemite Valley are beautiful and chock full of things to do.  Farrah and I hiked, climbed, swam and watched sunsets together all week.  Tuolumne and Yosemite were fairly quiet and we found it easy to find a little solitude here and there.  It appears that the Hantavirus scare has kept the amount of visitors down over the past few weeks.  A fortunate consequence to a very unfortunate occurrence.  Our campsite was set back from the other sites which made for a nice private setting and a great place for meals and hanging out in

Some phone companies have really digressed in their service levels since the invention of the cell phone… I’m a lucky guy A few photos from Desolation Wilderness area in Tahoe

Farrah and I are going to be leaving the Tahoe area today. It will be difficult to leave the perfect weather and beautiful vistas but I’m ready to move on.  We’ll be driving south down highway 395 and we’ll stay at Mono Lake in California for a day or so before heading up Tioga Pass to Tuolumne Meadows and Yosemite.   I’m excited to experience the beauty and grandeur that I’ve only gazed upon in photographs and films.  We’re planning on a few days of backpacking and some climbing.  I’ll be turning 33 years old while we’re there and I can’t think of a better place

I’ve been out and about a bit searching for good boulders to climb and I’ve found some fairly large and daunting lines to climb.  Here’s a few pictures that I’ve taken.  Usually when I’m bouldering I’m by myself and the size of some of these stones leaves me wishing for a spotter and a few extra pads. “Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.” ―    Jim Morrison

Wow.  That’s the best I can say to describe the previous week.  Farrah and I loaded up the van for a week in the barren wasteland outside of Gerlach, Nevada.  They call it the Playa because it is flat, dry desert for miles and miles.  Most of the year there is absolutely nothing there.  Just sun, wind and dust.  Of course we were going there to visit a city that springs up for  a week once a year and then disappears again shortly after.  Black Rock City is the home to the Burning Man festival.  I’m sure most of you have heard about