Mfuge

Sorry for not posting since I got back but not much went on for a couple of days. It is always fun to adjust back to real life after living on the road for an extended period of time but life is great! Saturday and Sunday were both spent at the lake with my oh so amazing lovely kelsey and her family where I made up for lost meals and water time. It was nice to take a couple of days off and just enjoy the comforts and spoils that we have in an everyday, "normal" life. I was itching to get out climbing sunday but everyone was busy or away so I settled for more relaxation and weight gain. Happy Birthday 'Merica!!! Anyways, this past week I have been at a camp called Mfuge doing some mission work and re-evaluating my relationship with Jesus. The week was great and I met so many great new people and also did lots and lots and lots of work. Our band, Sycamore, also got together and played one night there and brought back the crazy good times. I was also super nervous for some reason, I don't know, all this climbing I thought I would have forgotten how to play the drums. Motivated, I jammed my heart out and it actually went over surprisingly well. Overall the week was great for me and my group, relationships both physical and spiritual were mended and yes, I had the greatest track group ever!! Anyways as we are currently driving back I can't help to be super psyched about getting some climbing in! Saturday and Sunday will be most likely spent at Sandrock, having a great time and get on a couple of soon to be projects, Crucified by Love (13a), and Rant (13a). Monday me Mark and Cal will hopefully be able to head out to Fosters and I can get on Gas Chamber (12d). Ready for the weekend to come. Check back for updates.

Last Days at The New

So this last week at The New has been simply amazing. The temps were crisp in the 70's and the sun was shining. After a much needed rest day on sunday and a chance to get re-focused, we hit it hard for the next 3 days with much sending going down. Highlights included wensday doing 6 pitches of trad at Junkyard and a tuesday afternoon trip to The Cirque where brent worked proper soul (14a) and I got on Finder's Keeper's (12c). Second go on Finder's Keeper's I sent but could not clip the anchors! They stared at me, like an omen, for the next two days where I fell again trying to clip the anchors. Basically you are on a jug but slightly vertically and literally hanging one armed to clip. Our plan was to roll out thursday afternoon but I had some unfinished business in the morning. I went back to The Cirque and without warming up, got straight on Finder's Keeper's and clipped my final set of anchors of the trip! I'm SUPER psyched to come back to the south now with more strength and learning and also to be climbing again with Mark and Cal. Over all it has been truly a blessing to have been able to come up here for a month and much thanks goes out to every belay and motivation that the group at Roger's gave me. More updates to come! Here is my final ticklist of The New:

New River Gorge:

 

Finder's Keeper's - 12c

Creature - 12c

Missisippi Burning - 12b

Hourglass - 12b

Starry - 12b

The Prow - 12b

Tobacco Road - 12b

Tarbaby - 12b

Schneezal - 12a

Push - 12a (flash)

Skull in the Hole - 12a

Sausage - 11c (onsight)

Mo' Betta' Holds' - 11c

Bimbo Shrine - 11b

Oh, It's You Bob - 11b

Instant Gratification - 11b (flash)

Legacy - 11a (onsight)

Cross-Eyed and Blind - 11a (onsight)

Mr. Cute - 11a (onsight)

Barfing Butterflies - 11a (onsight)

Do It - 11a (onsight)

The Warm-up - 11a (onsight)

Realignment -10d (trad, flash)

How bout' em Apples - 10d (onsight)

The Deficit - 10d (onsight)

Boing - 10d (onsight)

Floaters - 10d (onsight)

Madmen Rule the World - 10d (onsight)

Tsunami Bob - 10d (onsight)

Kinesthetica - 10c (onsight)

Lady Punk - 10c (onsight)

First Steps - 10c (onsight)

Baby Has a Bolt Gun - 10c (onsight)

Moon Pie Deluxe - 10c (onsight)

Gun Lust - 10c (onsight)

Rapscallion's Blues - 10c (trad follow)

Timber - 10c (trad follow)

All Ears - 10b (onsight)

Talk about it - 10b (onsight)

Strong Arming the Little Guy - 10b (onsight)

Voodoo Surfing - 10b (onsight)

Springer - 10b (onsight)

Broken Vowels - 10a (trad)

The Entertainer - 10a (trad, flash)

Orange Oswald - 10a (onsight)

Trigger Happy - 10a (onsight)

She got the Bosch, I Got Drilled - 10a (onsight)

The Wanderer - 10a (onsight)

The Rico Suave Arete - 10a (onsight)

Bullocks - 5.9 (onsight)

Four Sheets to the Wind - 5.9 (trad, onsight)

New Yosemite - 5.9 (trad)

Fabulous Groupies - 5.9 (onsight)

Hippie Dreams - 5.9 (onsight)

Souled Out - 5.9 (onsight)

Chunko Goes Bowling - 5.9 (onsight)

Flight of the Gumbie - 5.9 (onsight)

Celtic Sun - 5.9 (onsight)

Geisha Girl - 5.8 (trad, onsight)

Mrs. Fields Follies - 5.8 (trad, onsight)