Indian Creek

17 August 2008

I kept waking up every 20 minutes or so – because the alarm in the hotel didn’t work and we were meeting Amanda in Moab at 7am – which meant we had to get up at 6 – which we did – Deniz and I were definitely a big groggy…

We met Amanda in a gas station parking lot (a little sketch huh?) and car pooled with her to Indian Creek – WOAH! That place is amazing – She said that it has been rather cool for this time of the year, but we still stuck to the shade – We warmed up and then did a couple 5.10s – which were SUPER amazing…the rock there is definitely soft – like if you wedge a cam – you can just “tractor” it out like wiggle it back and forth until you wear the rock out…

But the nice part about it being soft is that its really smooth – I have a few scars on my hands, but its from sliding while in a crack…

We only did 4 routes – but man – after 3 days on….Mill Creek ruined my crimpers, bouldering on sharp desert sandstone ruined my skin – and Indian Creek just worked everything else..the last route, I fell on once because I missed a key foot (it was this 5.10 off-width – with a twin right facing flake) – the second fall was just a total body failure…I just crapped out…I managed to grovel my way to the anchors…and grovel it was – I feel like I could get it next go – with like a week to recover….

We're spending the night with Amanda tonight - taking a rest day tomorrow and driving back to Maple Canyon. (with a stop at Joe's Valley to be tourists...)