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It’s good to be home after yet another journey. Â This time we went to Maine and New Hampshire to visit family and teach climbing clinics at Sterling Rope’s Goddess on the Rocks Event. Â Having grown up somewhere certainly puts a different spin on traveling there. Â That and having your whole family live there too. Â Most of the trip was spent visiting family, eating and drinking. Â We kept up with our Cross Fit workouts for most of the trip which kept us from feeling too fat. Â Â Â
Prior to the Sterling Event, Lisa and I went out with Photographer Andrew Burr for a photo shoot. Â I look forward to seeing the shots as there should be some good ones. We did some really aesthetic routes for the photo shoot like the Prow and the Airation crack.
The Sterling Event was plagued with off and on rain, but we were able to get enough climbing in with the clients. Â It just left us a bit disorganized. Â Lisa and I joined our group with Alli Rainey’s group so the clients would have an all-star cast of instructors:-) Â That and I like staring at her muscles. Â Wait, did I say that out loud? Â I mean we enjoy her company. Â
I recently purchased on of Olympus’ new camera’s that go underwater. Â That was fun to have on the trip. Â The water’s too cold in Colorado for underwater photography. Â It was getting a little chilly in Maine too, but I was pretty psyched to try the camera so I toughed it out. Â I got some shots of a sting ray, a big eel, and of course, Lisa.
I’m now looking forward to working on some of my projects (house and climbing) back here in Ouray. Â I’ve got routes that need to be climbed, wood to gather, cut and split for the winter, and likely more things to do than I have time for. The mountains are getting covered in snow and I’m looking forward to ice climbing this winter. Â Getting dressed up in all that fancy gear makes you feel like a knight going into battle, but in more of a fashion sense. Â Big ambitions, limited time, over abundance of talent 
