I found myself back in Las Vegas last week in a very different
mindset from when I was there a couple of months ago. I had got time off work and booked this
trip a few weeks ago, but as the date approached I was regretting my decision to book it for that long. In the end though I had an amazing time!
I flew down with Austin, and met up with Kevin who was staying there
with his Aunt. We had the perfect balance of a taste of Vegas living in
the hostel on the strip, and delicious homecooked meals every day after
climbing courtesy of Kevin's awesome Aunt. We climbed 3 days on, had one wild night out on the strip, took one
rest day, then climbed another two days, it worked pretty well.
I could go into details
about what routes we got on each day, but its so hard to capture the
feeling, so I'll let the photos do the talking. In summary, I climbed a
LOT, mostly steep juggy sport routes which I love. I sent a handful of
easy 12's quickly, and worked a few 12c's and d's but with no send.
Austin climbed out of his skin, he managed a 12a flash, and gave double digit attempts on a hard 12a and 12b, but didn't manage to get the send. Kevin was climbing strong, and managed to climb his first
ever 12a, then his second, then his third! If both these guys build
up their endurance they could be sport climbing machines! I'm already looking forward to get back out on a rope with these guys, it was so much fun!
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| Flashing the Red Rock classic 12a, Fear and Loathing. |
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| Improvising a stick-clip. |
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| Drinking a beer trading beta on a hard project. |
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| Working an amazing 12c roof climb. |
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| Another 12 that got away. |
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| A familiar feeling for Austin, hanging on his project. |
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| A really fun 12b that eluded Austin. |
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| Cool Shadow. |
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| Trying a steep 12b on the last day. |
