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Bishop, CA has amazing bouldering. The scenery is awesome. During
the day it is about 65 and at night it is 30 degrees - cold and windy. Topaz has become the Lizard huntress. She is occupied all
day long with this activity. The coffee shops are full of climbers that you see in magazines
and on climbing videos. There is a place where you can do laundry and take
a shower. It is appropriately named The Wash Tub. We are camped next
to gypsies who juggle fire and hoola hoop. It is like watching TV.
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| This was our first day here. We are awestruck! |
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| Here is our friend Jessica. We met her in Hueco and now our paths have
crossed again. The boulders are huge and plentiful. Some are kind of
slopey,
scary
top outs and some of the down climbs will make you think. I am
learning the area and trying to trust my feet - they will stick, they have to! |
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| Here is Rachel in front of the Iron Man Traverse. The snow looks so
close, but thankfully the days are warm enough to wear t-shirts. |
| So there are good days and bad days. Rachel and I had what we are now
referring to as Spooky Tuesday. It started with us dreaming about the same
person. Topaz killed a mouse by throwing it around like a rag doll.
We went to the Pollen Grain Boulders to meet up with some other climbers.
Maybe they didn't show because it was snowing? Maybe they realized that
these boulders are too tall to climb without a rope. Really people, I know
that they are "boulders", but at 40 feet shouldn't it have a
rope?? I guess I am a wimp or I really like my ankles. We started to
rename the boulders things like - ankle braker boulder, suicide boulder, the I
hate myself boulder, g-had boulder, one foot in the ground boulder. It was
amusing to us anyway. |
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Gene on the downclimb of
the Pollen Grain Boulder
Holy Crap that is tall - 40
feet to the top! |
Rachel sunning (what bouldering should be like) |
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| Sweet Raphael reading The Giving Tree to Leim |
Ever changing weather |
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| Topaz learned how to hunt lizards
in Bishop and that is all she did. |
Topaz after the hunt |
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| The awesome views of Bishop |
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| Rachel, Jessica, and Laura on the
way to the Sad Boulders |
Hard core Jessica and with Damian
spotting |
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| Rachel doing what she does best - big moves |
Knee bars hurt, but it was so
worth it for Mothership Connection. |
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| Josh spotting me. If you
didn't know he has a black belt in Spaten. |
Sorry Rach, they might be the
best boots in the world, but they are never going to match the pants. |
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| Yikes! Nature and stuff. I
guess it was time for the rattlesnakes to come out and time for us to go. |
Topaz doesn't do very well in the
cold. She had to wear the sweater grandma made for her and wrap up
in a down blanket. |
The rest of our pictures are on snapfish. Check them out if you wish.