The Simple Life and Climbing

                                  At Chuckawalla wall in St. George

This picture of me is from last year, but this is an 11a that I sent on lead this year at the Panty wall

After another wonderful week of hard and fun climbing in Red Rocks, Jeff and I are now in sunny St. George for 5 days staying with the over welcoming and exciting Rea family! The past week we have met a group of people who have become climbing friends and we have enjoyed playing hard in the day and sitting around the fire in the night.  Jeff has sent a few 12 a's now and he is really excited that he is becoming more consistent in the higher grades, and me..well I am still on a high that I am leading every climb right now.  The last week we have climbed at several different craggs but our favorite ones have been the gallery, sweet pain wall, wall of confusion, wake up wall, and tsumani wall.  On friday we climbed at "Sunny and Steep" and Jeff sent a climb called "steep thrills" a 12a in two trys and I have decided that my new project will be an 11d which would be a huge step for me.  That day we climbed with 15 guys in a bachelor party, so the day was extremely entertaining- to say the least.  Friday night we drove to St. George and watched the Reel Rock Film Tour (rock climbing and mountaineering movie) and somehow we got in free which has seemed to be the theme of this past week.  We have been staying/bummin off a group site and we haven't had to pay for camping the last week, we sit at starbucks everynight drinking hot chocolate and tea (that we bring and just use their hot water) and watch online TV.  Life has been pretty simple and I have absolutely loved living out of a car/tent, but when we arrived at the Rea's and were immediately greeted with a hearty homecooked meal, a bed, and some family laughter, we really appreciated the lifestyle  and families we have back home.  The Rea's have been our adopted family for a bit and it has been quite the amusing experience.  We have LOVED hanging out here and the climbing has been awesome too.  Yesterday Jeff sent a 12a in 2 attempts at Chuckawalla wall and I onsighted a 10 d and almost onsighted an 11b..which again is big for me!  We are excited to spend a few days here and then we will go back to Vegas for another week of go time.  Hope everyone is well! We miss you all.