we've enjoyed climbing in boulder canyon a little bit this winter. this is the bihedral. both times we've visited, our rope stuck in the rappel gully, forcing me to climb the gully in the dark to retrieve it. bleh.
we went to the bihedral with dave, who's interning with my team at MHP, and later returned to the riviera with dave and his girlfriend danni. dave led his first outdoor climb!
speaking of MHP, i had my first snow day. too bad i was too sick to enjoy the fresh powder :( that's ok i guess, because it was this sunny in a couple of days.
although it did take me weeks to recover. erica's friend mari has been encouraging her brother, justin, and me to go climbing together. we were planning to do quandary (a 14er), but his illness prevented it last week and then winds & weather prevented it this week, so we opted to try a series of scrambles. we returned to the regency and this time made it to the true summit.
top o the first and most challenging pitch. when erica and i were here before, it was the most challenging due to this headwall - i didn't think we'd be able to make it around it!
top o the second pitch, one piece of gear only. i was pretty happy to have lots of good ledges to sit on.
one piece on the third pitch (where erica and i stopped) and then we progressed to the very windy, poop-covered summit.
we opted for a downclimb to explore a cave...not much of a cave, but then found a couple of caves/crevices once we headed toward the royal arch, which we soloed for a bit and then hopped off. it's possible to do a simulrappel from the arch, which would have been cheesy fun.
speaking of cheesy...goopy burgers at reuben's were in order after justin and i hobbled down from royal arch with one microspike each. i was full of giggles at the sight of us.
