Update....

My first day back on the rock in over a month since the dislocation....yay...took it pretty easy and only climbed routes that wouldn't aggravate the injury....like witches cauldron, a cruisy multi cracked dual corner with a hugely overhanging roof with perfect hand cracks and jugs to finish...maybe 5.7 and BOMBER GEAR!!! Nice and safe!!!

Kristy wondering how to negotiate the massive roof.....hmmmm



Kristy given 'r on the overhang section!!!



I'm a grown-up now.....!



Don't feed the kangaroos....but its ok to shoot them! Everythings a little different 'down under'... instead 'Feed the Rat'



Its days like this, perfect weather and fun climbing that make life so incredibly simple...so satisfying and just so undescribably sublime...i think the smile on my face right now says it all...

danger boy out.

just realized something...

This pretty much sums up this whole Masters Degree thing in a foreign counrty...


"I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart."
- e e cummings (1894-1962)

My income from working at Cardno Consultants will not help me break even the frontier of my debts...

eeek. Like those little Pika creatures in the mountains...

eeek.

The Wonder Drug!!!!

Here it is...the key to my fast recovery!!!

GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE!!! On a bed of Cams.....

best 23$ ever! This pseudo-nutrient /amino sugar found from ground up shells makes my knee feel real nice and aids the recovery and re-development of cartilage...which is what I toasted real fast on that climb!!!

Oh and no one can forget the wonders of Aspirin!!!

So yeah, should be up and at-em by about Christmas!!! Ahhhhh not so bad...

Talk Soon kids!

New Goals....

For mid-late Summer 2007....Both long faces involve significant routefinding, crack climbing, teamwork and hairy descents...definetely both are a multi-day affair. Success on either of these routes would be an incredible achievement.

The left skyline of South Howser Tower in the Bugaboos



or the SE face of Lotus Flower Tower in the Cirque of Unclimbables, Yukon