Bishop- Dale's Camp

Bennett Dahl- 'Zen Flute' (v10)

Though my finger injury has temporarily put my climbing on hold, I have still been out supporting friends on their various projects. I met Bennett Dahl shortly after injuring my finger and have been lending him moral support and, as he would say, 'technique advice'. Bennett has only been climbing for a little over a year but is crushing it, having already sent a couple v10's. Yesterday, we hiked around checking out future projects, and then spent some time working 'Zen Flute', a Chris Sharma line with an outrageous finishing dyno.

Bumping to the crimp

End Of The Road

Storm clouds loom over the Prozac Nation Bluffs at the Sad Boulders.

Today was a bad day for me. Fell off the last move of my project 'Water Colors' (v7). Got rained on. And worst of all, I ruptured/tore my A2 tendon pulley on my right ring finger. Which pretty much means that my climbing trip is over. I'm going to give it a couple of days and see how it feels, but I've done this before and I know the drill. No climbing for at least two weeks, and possibly a month or more, depending on how it heals. I'm super disappointed, to say the least.

Bishop- The Sad Boulders

Jessi DeLong styling the beta-intensive problem
'The Mothership Connection' (v4).

Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to meet up with some friends for a morning of bouldering at the Sads. This afforded me the opportunity to get a few pictures, which has otherwise been difficult since I've mostly been climbing alone. It was a very fun day.

Notable ascents included:
-'The Black Stuff', a v1 with a terrifying landing
-another repeat of 'Molly' (v5)
-a relatively quick send of 'French Press' (v6), an incredibly thin and technical line
-'The Mothership Connection' (v4/5), a super fun, athletic climb with some crazy beta

'The Mothership Connection' (v4)

Brandon- 'French Press' (v6)

'French Press' (v6)

Death Valley National Park

Zion National Park

Bryce Canyon National Park

Capitol Reef National Park

Chasing The Sun

Christian Prellwitz- 'Blankety Blank (sit)' (v6/7)

'Black Box Arete Right' (v3)

Lucy Hidden sending an unnamed v1

Castleton Tower

'Split Boulder Left' (v2)

'La Derecha (sit)' v3

Below The Sky

Christian Prellwitz 'Desperate' (v4)

We managed to find some dry rock yesterday out at the Atomic Energy Boulders. The drive in was quite muddy and the approach involved wallowing through shin deep snow but the climbing was still fun.

All Fires- AEC Bouldering

The sun sets over the La Sal Mountains

Christian Prellwitz- 'Smile Left' (v3/3+)

It's been a very cold and snowy December so far, which has made climbing outside quite difficult. I've had several planned road trips get shut down by big snowstorms. With the busy Christmas period just around the corner, I was desperate to get on some real rock. Luckily, the weather was quite beautiful yesterday and I was able to make it out to the Atomic Energy Boulders with a couple of friends.

'Dare To Compare' (v2/3)

Simon Hutton- 'Breaking The Waves' (v0+/1, from the stand)

Hannah Gordon- 'Sunshine Arete' (v0)

'Broken Feet' (v1/1+)

'Red Baron' (v0)

'All fires have to burn alive to live...'