Horse Pens 40

Once again its been a while since I blogged, though not really all that much has happened – I climbed at the Red…and I climbed at the Red…and I climbed at the Red =). Life is really peaceful – I’m really starting to embrace my life climbing full time – for one, things go a lot slower – for another – when someone asks me what time it is, my general response is “Who Cares!” - Because I sure don’t.

I spend the 4 day weekend at HP-40 (or Horse Pens – 40 ), a bouldering area in Alabama. Ashley and I ran into a crew from Chattanooga – and we spend some of the time hanging out with them.

I’m pretty tore up – from climbing for so long, bouldering hit me particularly hard – though I feel like this weekend will definitely get me strong. What I’m going to do next season is still up in the air – Definitely the Obed through Feb and March into RRG season – then Spring at the Red, (with a Spring break trip to Hueco), then Summer – I’d like to try and work temporary in Charleston.

And then the Fall? Who knows – maybe the Red, maybe Chattanooga if I can afford it…maybe the Obed again? Maybe the New? Who knows….life is up in the air and I like that =).

I’m thinking about doing a bouldering comp at Coopers Rock next spring – I could definitely use some feedback on that – I’m thinking either the first or second weekend in September as to not interfere with Triple Crown.

A side note – I’m thinking about maybe spending a month here at HP-40 maybe next October/November – its nice here…though a bit expensive….

Oh – and I think that I’m going to get a video camera soon – so I can start doing videos – I’ll need to somehow talk Bill into letting me borrow my computer back though – because I’ll definitely need it (or it would help a lot) – I have some video software on my laptop, but you really need a REAL computer to do video stuff….and that’s what I bought my Mac for anyways….but then where can I keep my Mac? All these questions…sigh…maybe I can get a house for the winter in Chatty? But then how would I pay for that? I have a lot of things to work out….

Photos by Ashley Hamilton