REDD Blood and Guts

This last weekend was an amazing one. I enjoyed it to the fullest. I had the most amazing 'end' to my climbing season.
On saturday I took my family to Dicks sporting goods at the gateway and got them in on some free climbing. The wall there is run by a couple of friends, so it was a sweet deal. It is three stories high, roughly 70 ft is what we decided.
Syd rocked it up half way her first time, and then made it to the top on her next try! I was so stoked, and she really enjoyed being lowered afterwards...I hope Ive started her on an addiction.
Justin also climbed the smiley face holds at the wall as well, he did superb...couldnt let all of his younger sisters show him up! :)
I am super stoked that my family is down to try climbing, makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside! Thanks you guys! Jeremy...its your turn!!

The next day, chris, sean and I headed up the thumb in Little Cottonwood Canyon.
It was about a 45 min approach, that nearly killed me. Then, we started up an eight pitch climb to the thumb. The weather was beautiful...like 60 degrees, i am sunburnt :)
The first pitch and second pitch were pie, we did them rather fast. Then, on to the hardest part... the 5.11c finger crack...granite finger crack. I screamed in pain up this climb and left a fair amount of blood in its awkward crevice. The belay station was packed with 6 other climbers.. Twas intense. I got a bloody nose from a dood throwing rope for his climber, we laughed, but i was severely pissed. ha.
Next, was an off width of death, I LOVED IT! But we didnt have time to finish to the thumb so we headed down around 4 o clock, rappelling from hanging belay to hanging belay. Tooooo exciting. A good 8 hours of climbing, I was SPENT!

On monday, I did a 5.8 er .9 and dinked around on a 5.11
Than ended up leading a 5.11 climb called black monday. . . I missed the crux clip three times, falling to the next bolt. haha. Gave Chris and Josie a couple of heart attacks. Buuuut felt so good to finish a hard climb...I gave off a good victory grunt at the top "yippee Kiyay!"

Gnarly climbers hands-you know you want some
beautiful, they are, beautiful, hope they never heal...to get me through the winter
:)

Any who, Got home around 5 that day, and had to be ready to go to the GWAR concert at 6:30. I showered and passed out til 6:45 ... lucky my friend agreed to pick me up at 7 instead.
The opening band was pretty stellar, the next band sucked...and then GWAR...Well, GWAR was nuts.

They are elaborately dressed and very opinionated. They killed McCain, Obama, and Hilary on stage...spraying their blood all over the crowd. I was drenched. We were packed in, shoving people, dancing, and shivering from the colorful liquids all over, SOOOO much fun! Loved it. I scared T when I got home, looking like I had been to hell and back...take a gawk...I am not sure why there is green and blue in there? Ewww

Gettin scratched in cracks, and getting baked with frank

'The epitomy of cool'

I have alot to talk about, and so little interspace to put it on.

Well, lets start at the beginning. or as early back as I can recall at the time bein...

So two weekends ago, Myself, Duece, Jesus, Ben, Chris, & Chris all took a nice trip to Indian Creek.
I successfully addicted my two new friends to crack, and came out of there with surprisingly very few track marks.

The best part of the trip however, was my Sister...Roxy Noodle Brain. She took the challenge of climbing...I am not going to lie I thought she was going to bail...But she did it! A Stinkin 5.9 Crack climb called Twin cracks....for her first time!! Can I get a shocking 'huh' sound from our readers? Let me explain a lil something. Crack climbing...hated by most, thought crazy by most, and rarely done by americans. 5.9 rating...most people never get past 5.9-5.10 rating in climbing. And my sister, did this, her first time. so proud, so proud(wheres the pics rox)

Ben and Duece

Chris on a nasty offwidth, which was kinda fun...of course ben loved it.
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Last night My crazy fun new roommate Theresa(Theresa Corrao, from cello, HS friend...memeber?) and myself, and Amanda of course....Made Halloween cookies.

The plan was to make them for the neighbors, b/c I dont really like cookies, and we dont need that kind of sugar in our lives.

The night was an amazing adventure...
From the Sticky, sticky, very sticky dough...

to the very runny, but soon altered and turned out amazing frosting....

To the very interestingly decorated cookies, that are very burnt, and covered in tears of laughter, and the three of us' spit.

This is frank, the pumpkin disguised as a bunny, the last cookie made (inspired by donnie darko)

Special thanks to Tammy Dusoe, for last minute providing us with the following:
cookie cutters, food coloring, flour, vanilla, sprinkles, pretty much everything we needed, that we forgot.

Dirt Me

So on Saturday afternoon Myself, Chris, and Tony went climbing in BCC.
We wanted go do something new...so we got ourselves a book, and picked a "trail".
About an hour later we arrived at the base of the climb. (the hike was no picnic, we went through thickets, up talice(er whatever all those big rocks are) and i was exhausted)
Well, the first climbs sketched me out because the belay stations were totally slanted and just standing you had to really work to keep your balance.
But we went around the corner and woolah!!!
The most amazing climb I have done in a long time.
and of course it wasn't in the book, so I am still trying to figure out the name of my new found route. And once I find out, if its any less than an 5.11b I will be severely disappointed.
T'was hard friends. Hard.
But it gave me the _J^ITTE_R^s and I absolutely can not sit here at work knowing there arerocks to be climbed, challenges to be triumphed.

A Life of Variety!

Queso.

I am moving to Cottonwood Heights again. My new address is 7159 S 3080 E Cottonwood Heights, UT 84047. I will not be moving in until July 5th, So please hold all money you plan to send me until than ;) The house has four dogs living there already... an Alaskan Malumute, A Lab/something fuzzy mix, and two min-pins. It has a great back yard, front yard needs work. I rent the entire basement with my own bath. Its actually not a room, its more like a living room...so I have no closet. If anyone has any thing I could use as one, or any ideas that'd be great!

I also start a new job on July 7th. I will be the Admin Assist for a company called Westates. (West States) It is in South Jordan so its not too far from where I will be living. I will still be working Saturdays at BlueStar, well technically at Farmers market. But I am finally moving on from coffee...surprised?

I plan to Climb constantly for the next week or so before my new job. So if anyone would like to join me, I'd be much obliged. I just climbed a 5.10d with an .11 finish the other day. Totally slick face, the finish had no hand holds, it was very intense. I LOVED it!

By the end of July I plan to be out of debt. Therefore, I will be able to come visit the family! ha. Gas is too expensive and I cant afford time off right now. Buuuut Soon. No worries.