Hound Ears and Gmamma

Ah. . . where to start. First off it was an amazing weekend of climbing for me. Thursday I get a call from Chad who asked me if I wanted to go into Hound Ears with him and Jim. Of course I couldn't say no to that. I ended up skipping class at 2 and climbing all day with Chad, Jim, Andrew Grahm, Haily and Crazy Dave. This was my first time ever being there so it was quite an experience for me. I could not believe the quality that I saw in that place. Unfreakinbelievable!!! So much stuff for any style of climber. I almost cried in excitement. We ended up headin down past the water tower to warm up and check out some new potential. There was a lot of fun lines including milky way, mars arete, janitor, and bleed it out. We tried some new lines and got on some old classics. I jumped on Heratic for the first time and was amazed when I topped it out. That shit was so good. Felt so good to off the deck with nothin but jugs! I would love to do the double dyno version with more pads. After we screwed around down there for a while we headed up to the main area. "I need a towel. . . . bad." I couldn't shut my mouth walkin around up there. The rock just over flowed the area. Features everywhere!!. . . . I ended up joined the group after my walk and got on Albert Hitchcock and flashed. So much fun. I top out Hitchcock and I get up there with Jim climbin down this slope. He convinced me to get on this problem he just topped out that started down in this hole and comes out this cravasse. I think it was called "Ted Striker" from the movie airplane where hes sweating like Ted Striker because thats what you feel like when your climbing it if you look down. Crazy Dave gave it a go and couldn't find this hold and jumped off after pumping out. It was kinda scary at first cause your starting low and you look down and you see a 20 foot drop into this hole. So if you fell you could possibly slide down into this crevasse and fall 20 feet. So that was in my mind. I started climbing. It felt so good to flow on good crimps up this verticle face to top it out on jugs in nothin but wetness!! Amazing line. Just when it got dark I walked off. That shit was sweet! So, this was my first day of what Chad likes to call a mileage day. Where you basically climb everything and not sit at a problem for hours trying to do it before the day ends. I had a great time seein Grahm again and climbing with Chad, Dave, and Jim.

Saturday was a rest day. Nothing but nothing. . . .

Today Chad and I headed out to Grandmother and heard it was dry. We got out there and that was relatively true. We started on the long wall and warmed up. We tried just about everything on the wall that was dry. We worked up the hill and did some other good climbs. Throttle, a different way to do Dynobot that I've never seen (so much better), this traverse thingy, and i jumped on Hot Rod for a couple goes and stopped due to green wet slime on the crux . . . . good talk. We met up with Grahm and headed up to Ebonics. This thing was awesome. I'm pissed i didnt film it but Grahm, Chad, Haily and I all sent this thing and I was really happy. Great movement with great holds. The rock was surprisingly very sticky and it felt amazing. I use that word alot. Amazing. Hmm. . . . anyway. We climbed till dark and I'm tired as shit. I have to wake up at 530 to go to a staff training tomorrow for water based for app state outdoor programs. I'm draggin. . . Missin John McCauley!!! Come back to Boone!!! Hopefully climbin tuesday if its dry. . . .
-Dino