Its been a busy couple of weeks both in the my world of climbing, as well as in my world of Mathematics. I have not been so psyched on the mathematics recently, in fact you could say it has taken a bit of a backseat to my climbing, which raises my level of concern exponentially! The battles we suffer through to follow our dreams, I suppose its hard to always be inspired.
My friend Cat came out from Colorado to visit me, and also to visit Red River Gorge. It was my first trip out there, and the first time I truly felt comfortable on a rope. I may very well become a rope wrangler before the year is over. The Red is an amazing place, its a band of cliff lines that stretch for over 100 miles, but only the portion outside of Lexington, KY has really been developed. The climbs are characterized by steep pocket filled faces from what appears to be wind erosion. The falls tend to be mentally mesmerizing because you constantly question why you have fallen from such big holds. It is the definition of Pumpy. The aspect of the Red I enjoyed most, besides the company of course, is the setting of the entire place. Cliffs are hidden from view until you are practically on top of them. As my friend Alex says: "You can get lost in the vastness of the Rockies, but you can also get lost in the complexity of the Appalachian forests." The South has shown me something new everyday, and I have explored it via the climbing community. And now some pics:
Robert Keeble on Overlord
I give the soft catch.
Cat Carroll on Pogue Ethics
Cat and Yuri preparing to Crush.
This is my favorite picture of the moment. It is taken at the Obed near Wartburg, TN.
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