The OR Show

I typed this - but forgot to pose it - 8 August 2008

Today was pretty rad – it was the first day of the Outdoor Retail (OR) show. I started the morning early “again” at 5:30 – I drove over and took another dip in the pool/cleaning courtesy of Comfort Inn. It felt good to clean the body some – I still had salt in my hair from my “dip” a few days ago.

I ran around the OR show and met several photo editors – which was cool. That was pretty much my day – running around – talking to people – hanging out and so forth.

Toward the end of the day – I ran into an old friend Jamie Fields – from Morgantown – I was like WOAH! Coool…..so after chatting with her for a bit – she offered me a place to stay – which was great. We’re planning on climbing tomorrow morning – then I need to head off to the OR show to shoot the bouldering comp finals.

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11 August 2008

Its been a few days since I've posted...maybe more - its been pretty busy here - running around at the OR show - trying to sell myself as a photographer. All the photo editors seemed to be pretty nice.

Saturday morning I climbed on granite - for what felt like the first time (it was my excuse) it really took a lot of getting used to....it seems though, that the Pontas were made for granite - they worked GREAT.

I shot photos at the OR bouldering comp finals Sat night - and managed to score myself a VIP pass to the after party - not that I drank anyway - but I went for a while to be social...

Here are some pics from the Comp:

http://www.brayackmedia.com/or_finals/

Sunday was a lazy day - I was BEAT from climbing (the hike into Little Cotton Wood was aweful), and being on my feet in the hot sun for 6 hours shooting the bouldering comp sucked too....so I pretty much slept and hung out all day.

This morning, I slept in - then went to the OR show to pick up my free rope, chalk, chalk bag and Mad Rock shoes (well, I didn't get them, I still need to find a dealer and try them on) - not bad...

Then I went bouldering - man I sucked big time - the altitude and the well...blah blah blah, I just sucked. It was a really nice area though - best I've ever been to - and I'll definitely come back for it - maybe next summer for the OR show....

Tomorrow, I'm hoping to meet Malcolm Daily for a day trip to the place called the Unintas or something like that....

Oh and I paid over $4.00 for gas #$#%! Darnit!

Anyways - life is good...picking up Deniz at the AP tomorrow - and then off to Maple Canyon and then Christina's Wedding - and then who knows!

-Danno