new slideshows

due to some uploading issues there are two slideshows below. they are basically the same with the upper one being higher quality. pause the one you are not watching for best viewing.
-the mgmt

leaving the creek

we've left the creek for good. what a place! the bugs have been multiplying at frightening rates and the mercury has sailed past 96. we may climb a bit in CO on our way to milwaukee weather permitting. thats all the updates for now. i can't wait to cook in a kitchen and see the chomp.

two more

same climbs different angles.

angelo

angelo leading 'scarface' with me at the belay. we're

currently still in moab deciding if our next step is to stay put til milwaukee or cool off in CO for a few days.

indian creek pic

me leading 'mexican unicorn' at the creek! lost a whole bunch of arm skin on this one but look at the pic!

indian creek

these pics are of indian creek where we are spending most of our time now. the desert towers and mesas are all stunning but the approaches are a bit long for the current temperatures and indian creek's many crags offer a wide variety of shady places. crack climbing heaven. my hands are soooo messed up. have much better pics than these to post in a few weeks, but this is all thats accessible right now. likely heading to CO for a few days before heading to milwaukee for some much needed hot tub and beer.

still hanging out near moab, computer still broke

the desert is treating us well. i love crack climbing. if it wasn't soo hot here we might just stay forever. laptop is still broken so i had to have images put on a disc, took the disc to library, sat in line for an open 'visitor computer' and am very cranky. needless to say, i will not be uploading anything else until i'm at my folks in milwaukee at the end of the month. we have climbed a gorgeous tower, an isolated mesa, and oh so many cracks!

the first pic is me belaying a friend up castleton tower which can be seen in the background of pic two

second pic is of angelo and i atop the mesa seen in the third pic.

third pic is of the side of the mesa we climbed. it was kind of stout, but the view was well worth it.

we actually have a plan!

yes, its true, for once we have a bonified plan. we are hanging out here around moab for a few more weeks, heading to milwaukee to see family and Chomper, flying to Italia for more climbing and angelo's family a few months (we have tickets... its official!), and then finally returning to santa cruz to manage a property in bonny boon for a year starting in september. while based out of CA again we'll see about getting up some big walls in yosemite.
in the mean time, the moab area is fantastic. we have been climbing some more cracks at indian creek and just finished climbing two desert towers. still can't post pics with the laptop out of order, but google 'castleton tower, moab' and you'll see what we were on top of. hope to post buckets of pictures in a few weeks from my parents house. stay tuned fans.