Trailers, spring, injury and new authors

A beautiful Saturday out in the Trailer Boulders...t-shirt weather for the majority. Kalah and I headed out with a late day start and still managed a good session, a testament to the longer days.

Much of the day was spent exploring new boulders and problems...and coming to terms that I need to chill out if I'm ever going to heal. For the last 3 months both of my middle fingers have been pretty trashed...stubbornness, the Lazy V Bar and continual weekend sessions has left little time for me to heal. I am currently popping MSM and glucosamine in hopes of speeding up the process, and trying to take it easy on the fingers...hopefully I can shift focus to mapping and cross-training(exploring) long enough to heal...but spring is a tough time to try and chill...any other supplements I should be taking?!

I'm also very happy to announce we're adding 2 new authors to the blog. Patrick Odenbeck has been exploring, climbing and developing in the Boulder Batholith for the past 6 years or so. It's great to find another individual out there exploring the vastness of the Boulder Batholith and very cool to find that we have been exploring some of the same areas...psyched to have Patrick on the blog and to combine forces for greater knowledge of the area.

Clay Adams is also joining the blog once we work out a couple hitches. Clay has been joining us on Batholith missions for the last couple years, as well heading out on his own. Clay has been particularly active in the Isolated Boulders and the Northern Bourbons, pushing development along the northeast ridge. Both will be great additions to the blog, and should be great voices for the area.

Here are a couple pics from the weekend and another short video from the trailers...All new problems, Palm Pilot was put up by Patrick Odenbeck 2 weeks ago, the other 2 are from Saturday...Dagmar's sds will go, I just didn't want to stress the fingers...




New moderate...2 other new problems on this boulder, and one 'project' that was too much for my injured fingers.



featured lowball overhang(hidden in the shade) and a lowball a-frame(in the sun) that's about 15 feet long...looked alot like Hotdog in the hallway...



Also, Lynn Hill (along with Whit Magro) will be speaking at the Emerson here in Bozeman this Wednesday to benefit the Bozeman Boulders Initiative. Please come down for what should be a great event!

details here:
http://bozemanboulders.blogspot.com/2011/03/nltc-presents-lynn-hill-and-evolution.html

Cheers!

Hanging out in Pocatello

Sunday I headed out for a session at the Trailer Boulders. I meet up with Emily, Josh, P-Wolf, and Patrick O...It was a good day and fun to show off some new stuff, and also linking together what Patrick has done in the area....The Trailer Boulders are filling out nicely!

I then went down to Pocatello for a GIS conference...A very useful trip and fun to meet & reconnect with folks in the field. I also picked up some techniques that should hopefully improve the bouldering guide maps. As well as learning about some upcoming/existing technologies that is going to make exploring/finding boulders(along with everything else) much easier...

I headed out to check out the bouldering in town in Pocatello...unfortunately it had snowed the day prior, so I made due and got a couple problems in. I must say though, it's a very cool bouldering resource they have right in town and pretty damn cool just to pull over at a city park and be able to boulder. If you are in the area, check it out. Here's a link to the free guidebook:

http://www.isu.edu/outdoor/climbing/bouldering.htm





Cheers!

Trailer Vid

It was a good Saturday a few days back...nice and sunny, a good crew and lots of fun. Some new problems, some repeats, and some projects...word.


A short video from the Trailer Boulders.



Cheers!