Red Rocks

I fled the snow in Yosemite last week for the sunny skies of Las Vegas.

It’s been a wonderful thanksgiving with many old friends coming over from SoCal. I’ve been staying with my good friend Adam who has been kind enough to let me crash at his house in Las Vegas! I’ve done a little sport climbing in Vegas before but this is my first bouldering trip here. On day one I went straight to Wet Dream which is a classic V12 that Ethan Pringle established in 2004. It’s an amazing overhanging wall that leads to an exciting finish on slopers and pinches. It is very steep and very sustained. There is also a right variation that is equally cool and clocks in around V11. I’ve done all but one move on the 12 and I nearly sent the 11 a few days ago falling off the slopers up high. Unfortunately, the first time I fell off the top I swung out, missed the pads, and landed on the rocks below. I bashed my left heel pretty good so I haven’t been able to climb since Friday. It’s feeling better now so maybe after another day of rest I’ll get back out to the boulders. You need a lot of pads for Wet Dream and I’m scared to take another fall on my heel so I’m not sure when I’ll have the chance to get back on it.

Before I hurt my heel I had a day at the Kraft Boulders which is the main bouldering area of Red Rocks. I had a good first day there with flashes of Angel’s Dyno V7, Monkey Bar Direct V8, and Stake Your Claim, a new V10 that was just put up a couple weeks ago. Since I couldn’t climb this weekend it gave me the chance to do a lot of filming which was fun.

Go to StunnerBox.com for some Savage Shades.

I’m planning to hang out here for another week, then head down to Hueco for two weeks before I go home for the holidays. My Rocklands film is almost finished. I’m hoping to wrap it up in the next 2-3 weeks.