Jen and I went to Cooper’s Rock yesterday. I’m fairly sure it was my first time on rock since our trip to Bishop last year. That has to be a record. It was fantastic day….warm sun, cool breeze. Oddly, there’s not a leaf to be found on the trees in the forest.

It was so good to be on rock again…to feel the crystals of gritstone under my fingers…to work hard to move over stone smoothly. After so much time on plastic, I forgot what a joy it is to really rock climb. I’ve been much more motivated to climb lately (after several months of little climbing and lots of bike riding), and yesterday just stoked the fire a bit more. I’m not sure I’m going to start “training” again, but I certainly want to climb a lot again. I was pleasantly surprised that I could do most of the circuit of moderate to hard problems that I did last year. Of course, it didn’t include anything all that hard, and I certainly didn’t project anything, but it was reassuring nonetheless.

In other news…there are some other updates on the site, especially with the anklebiter section. We’ve been busy getting things ready for the “Big Day”.

Posted on 14 April 2003