Mexico yah?

21 December

Today, I was waiting in line at Wal-Mart and it was a long line, so I started reading Cosmo – intrigued by the cover story – I flipped to see how to tell if “your man is ready for the long term commitment.” I checked – there were like five requirements – all of which I fit – like I’m financially responsible, I’m positive, I have my own “plan”, I’m willing to change for a woman (you know – become a boulderer or trad climber instead of a sport climber) – and one other one that I can’t remember. Women can apply in writing.

But seriously – today was a nice day – a rest day – and I didn’t have a park pass – at Hueco – you can only reserve 3 days in a row – then you need to take a day off – I spent the day wandering around in El Paso – I went to the dollar theatre – which is now the “two” dollar theatre. Then totally went to a duty free store – bought two bottles of tequila – walked into Mexico – and then immediately made a loop and walked back into the states – paid my 2 dollar duty – and voila.

I picked up John-Michael at the airport, we went into the park – wandered around a bit.
Showed him some of the classics – I think he’s SUPER psyched =) – I am too – I’ve been feeling really weak – my triceps are still soar from the first day on King Cobra (a particular boulder problem) – but then I guess I’m just getting stronger at Compression problems – a drastic contrast from climbing at the Red River Gorge.

22 December

Its 6am – and I couldn’t sleep any longer – I went into the ranch and unfortunately, there was someone sleeping in there…unfortunately for them – cause I didn’t realize until I was half way through breakfast – well – I have the lights back off now and am typing in the dark – and working on photos.

The desert has banging sunsets – here’s one that I caught while driving back from town – Totally jumped out of my car – ran into the sand some to get most of the power lines out of the shot and voila.




I’m hoping to notice a jump in my bouldering strength here soon – I’ve been getting my butt kicked – though I’ve also been picking problems which aren’t my style at all – I went running yesterday morning as well – only 15 minutes which is a bit pathetic for me – but I tend to have a lot of down time in the morning waiting for the sun to come up and the park to open – so I think that I’m really going to try and run at least 20 minutes every morning – that’ll help with my weight – I’m maybe 5 lbs heavier than I was a month ago – and I was pretty darned skinny then….