Life On The Move

So Smith Rock is pretty sweet!!! Star and I arrived to Terrebonne on Monday afternoon. We arrived to shade on the east walls with a substantial amount of wind. The weather now is perfect. Of course that’s in the shade. In the sun you are miserable. Anyway, we hiked down to the Christian Brothers area and realised right away that we would be buying a stick clip that night. Many of the older routes’ starting bolts are 12 to 18ft off of the ground!!!!! Stick it or die that’s been my motto. We climbed some very cool lines on day one trying to get used to the rock. All of the 10s that we have climbed have been very polished. The 11s so far are polished a bit less and the 12s have chalked hands and some polished feet. All in all the routes here are stiff. After climbing here two days I have figured this place out a bit. Onsighting here is tough but red pointing is easier. The rock appears crumbly but is actually very nice. For me it has been tough adapting to the foot holds here. I seem to look for the chalked hold when I should be looking for a hold in the area of need. Smith is heady and super fun.

We actually were able to meet up with some friends that we met in Thailand. Totally random. Jen and Andy are super cool and we are going to climb with them tomorrow.

On the second day, we climbed at the Dihedrals area then moved farther down the Christian Bros. wall. We climbed Wedding Day 10a, Hersey 11c, Earth Boy 10b, and Overnight Sensation 11b that was as hard as any 12a that I have climbed. Great days so far.

So we are heading out now will post more photos soon.

Go Climb Something!!!!1