Rich and Miranda's Life: June 2008

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Liberty Bell's Liberty Crack with Adam

It was a 100 degree day in the valley below, but we still pushed on starting at 5:30. We were a bit surprised that no other climbers were on this East facing route. Fortunately, only five pitches were in the sun and the climb was spectacular. 1,200 ft, mostly free climbing an incredibly sustained. It was nice to have Adam do the aid sections, especially the Lithuanian Lip.

East Face of Lexington Tower

Sunday, June 01, 2008

Trip back to Utah

Stacey and Ryan's wedding was tons of fun. We enjoyed seeing everyone, the great food, gorgeous setting and of course witnessing the joyous event of Stacey and Ryan exchanging vows and becoming Mr and Dr Bank VanVoast.

Here's a pic of a bunch of us from residency days: Mike Adams, Jen Adams, Jason Boynton, Diane Chandler, Ryan Van Voast, Stacey Bank, Rich and me, Kara and Matt Agresta behind us, Nell Hodo, Dina and Pete Deweerd, Rina Hooper and Rob Corson

While in Salt Lake I bought a new duel suspension mountain bike. During the trip Rich and I biked every chance we got. This is near Park City with Amy Tanner, Matt and Kara Agresta and Rob Corson. It was gorgeous riding!

Mid week Rich and I headed to Moab and Indian Creek for some climbing and more biking. Our first objective was to find camping, since we arrived at night. Not a bad view, hugh? That's Castelton in the background.

Next morning we were up super early to get the approach over with before it got too hot. We climbed Fine Jade, and amazing line on the Rectory. In this picture, it is on the rock facing us, almost in the sun. We managed to finish it before the sun hit, which was good, since it was about 100F that day! The hike down was scorching. Maggie was trying to find shade the whole time.

We camped near Slickrock trail that night, with gorgeous views. We were able to watch a storm roll in, all fun and games until the wind hit in the middle of the night. We slept without our tent and the fine sand got in everywhere- even my mouth.

We did actually have a little down time on this trip, as evidenced by this picture.

While in Moab we biked Slickrock trail and Soviergn trail (below). It was amazing, better than we even remembered! Check out my new bike, nice shiny silver, like a lightning bolt.

Indian Creek. We got on some great climbs. Next time you talk to Rich ask him about Jane Fonda's Total Body Workout. Since it was stormy all week, few people were there and we basically had the place to ourselves! That's rare in the Creek.