halloween and climbing yosemite
October was roller coaster ride of really high highs and really low lows. But let’s focus on what was freakin’ awesome about the past couple weeks and leave the sobering stories for another time. Halloween certainly lived up to the hype this year with Alex and I suiting up for 3 nights in the city and handing out mounds of dum dums =). I would compare the festivities to how Barney describes his “Get Psyched Mix” as “all rise baby.” It all culminated to a middle of the week MV reunion in the Marina that we all had to pay for on Thursday morning. Haha… worth it.
But like all good things, the Halloween festivities are over. Although after all that, I had the next weekend to look forward to: Yosemite. I think that was my 6th time to Yosemite overall but my first for many other things. My first time rock climbing in Yosemite, my first time lead climbing, my first time taking a lead fall and my first time checking out the Ahwahnee Hotel. Yeah that place is crazy but I know one thing for sure and it’s that they really know how big fireplaces should be - 15 feet across. =) We climbed all day Saturday at Swan’s Slab from practically sun up till sun down - sometimes in the way of the film crew shooting for the travel channel. Seriously… who climbs in Seven jeans? But my favorite moment of all was on Sunday at the top of Nob Hill. 2 short crack climbs to the top (or a scramble around the side) and a sunset view of the Merced winding out of the park that can’t be described. Think… Anton Ego eating his first bite of Remy’s ratatouille… absolutely delicious.
Self portrait on the first morning in the Valley
Jeremy gearing up
Joel, defeated
Couple enjoying the sunset
love the pictures man
nice post!! enjoyed reading it! yes, focus on the highlights 
its been a month of them, with many more to come!
annie said this on November 13th, 2007 at 1:49 pm