In Search of Time Lost

So we've clearly fallen behind here, we went to Alamosa and sorta got out of the habit of updating every night. Anyways, we'll try and fix that. We're going to be kinda succinct here, sorry.

Wednesday July 15: Montana and Mt Evans

We picked up Montana at the airport and took here immediately from sea side San Diego to an hour long hike at 10,000 feet. No big D. Weston worked

on The Dali Sit (V9), with slightly better weather conditions and actual calluse I took vengence on Clear Blue Skies (V12) and worked out the moves on No More Greener Grasses (V12) but didn't have enough skin for one of the linking moves. Tim and I then went and tried Gorillas in the Mist (V11) but we were both tired and ended up falling off the final move. We will return here soon to finish up a few things, but then we plan on spending most of the rest of our trip at RMNP.

Untitled from Tim Wilkens on Vimeo.

Thursday July 16: Lower Chaos

We spent a mellow day at lower chaos enjoying the sun and trundling around on the rocks a little. Weston was tired and Tim had a split, so we just took things easy. We started off the day by knocking off some easy moderates, Tim and I did Mikala (V6) and I did Revenge (V6). We then went over and I gave the Automator (V13) a co

uple redpoint burns but bad skin and poor weather left me with no send but high hopes. Before we moved on I decided to actually climb Tommy's arete (V7) from the real start, having done it from about halfway up several times before. On the way out we headed to the centaur boulder where Weston and I finally did this aggravating climb called Gang Bang Arete (V8). I tried Nothing But Sunshine (V13) briefly but it felt wierd and

hard. The last thing we tried before we left was Handicapps (V9), a cool but strange line climbing a series of underclings. Tim and I both got to the last move but found ourselves to tired to stick the finishing jug. Yet another climb to try and polish of next time.

Gang Bang Arete (V8) from Tim Wilkens on Vimeo.

Friday July 17: Exploring Upper Chaos

We started the day off late, sleeping in because we anticipated clear skies, but the forecast had changed overnight to isolated thunderstorms and so we decided against climbing but rather spent the afternoon searching around the tallus field to find the problems we hoped to climb on Sunday. When we got home we ate at a reasonable Thai place and then watched the new Harry Potter move. Shibidang.

Saturday July 18: Rest Day and Inner Tubing

Okay, whoo, last one. We stayed up late doing nothing meaningful then slept in to 11ish. We then promptly, around 2, went and got innertubes and rafted down Boulder Creek. The sun was hot, the water was cold, we had a blast and no pictures... whatevs, my Dad once taught me that water and camera's don't play nice, or something like that...

So, now we're caught up, we'll try to update every day now, but who knows.