American Fork - Limestone

23 August......

Well. I guess its Saturday – at least that’s what my calendar says….we climbed yesterday at an area called American Fork – the Membrane Wall – I guess the Membrane wall is equivalent to Bubba City or Summersville Lake at the New River Gorge – uber popular – which means uber polished, but the climbing was great none the less.

The approach was super short - maybe 100 yards, but we had to cross this icy ragging creek...I did it once with just the climbing stuff - thankfully the rocks were really sticky - and sharp...even though the fast water came up to my thighs - it was high probability, so I went back for the camera. It actually burned it was so cold, but it felt great...especially at the end of the day.

I’m really starting to feel the effects of a long trip without much substantial rest – I picked and chose my pitches yesterday – only doing 4, 3 of which were classic and the 4^th was a meager “OK”

We did meet a group from Park City who’s winter job was to dynamite for avalanches – pretty cool huh? They had an Avalanche puppy with them too!

In-between pitches - Deniz and I took what felt like a two hour power nap....me on the rope - her on our packs...

We’re staying with Tony – who we met at Maple – He lives on mountain and from his back porch – you can see a ?600 foot alpine route.

I think today we’re going to climb with Tony today at American Fork – and then venture north to SLC – Sunday is a planned rest day (hello public library) – and our final day will likely be at Little Cotton Wood – a Multi-Pitch Trad day – before I drop Deniz at the AP and start heading East.

Did I mention how much my body hurts? All is good though – because I feel like I’m really starting to get in shape/skinny – I’ve been eating a good bit of fruit – and hope to eat more once its just me again (Deniz really really like to eat well!)

The photos are – one of the best limestone routes I’ve ever done (not that I’ve done many) – License to Thrill (5.11c)