Last Summer Weekend

It certainly doesn't feel like summer is on its way out right now. But last weekend was my last before I started teaching full-time this week. I'm enjoying teaching a lot, and hopefully it wont stop me from getting out climbing a lot. If you want to follow what I'm doing in class check out my teaching blog. It was a great weekend in Mazama with Steve and Austin. We climbed at Gate Creek, chilled by the river and did the classic 11-pitch 5.9 up Goat Wall called Prime Rib. Here are some photos.

Austin gives Steve a good belay on the bouldery start to a new route at Gate Creek, (11dish?)

Typical Steve pose 3 pitches up Prime Rib

Austin gets good practice managing ropes, while Steve follows up pitch 5?

The Awesome long 6th? pitch 5.8

Austin seconding, Steve thirding

Me leading up Pitch 11, the hardest at 5.9 (but still pretty easy)

We did it in almost exactly 10 hours car to car. And when we got back a friendly local rewarded us with a cold can of Rainier, it never tasted so good. Perhaps I should have worn more sunscreen, oops!