MOOSE!

Well, maybe that isn't an appropriate title. I mean, it wasn't the focus of our adventures this weekend, but simply a wonderful moment on Saturday morning.


Friday night saw Liz and I bundle up and strike north to meet up with Dylan & Ann for some Vedauwoo camping and climbing on Saturday. Fast forward to saturday morning, as we're sitting around the campfire enjoying coffee and the nice sunrise, some large shadowy figure comes down the hill next to our site. Dylan and Liz look up, shrug off the tall shadows for someone on horseback, and do the civil thing and return to conversation. I, on the otherhand, like a racoon with tinfoil, continue to stare at our new neighbor as he comes closer, and then properly exclaim (with probably too much enthusiasm) - MOOSE!!

I immediately get up to run to the car to get the camera, and then realize that by running to the car i was within 20 or 30 foot of this giant bull moose and should probably not be moving so quickly. But, the moose seemed not to care for us, as he came down the hill into the clearning, and kept on moving with giving us a second thought. It was a wonderful way to start out a day.

A day that only got better, as we drove over to the Beehive Buttress, an unknown treasure trove of moderate sport climbs!! We split up, boy-boy and girl-girl, and Dylan and i proceeded to run up 5 or so routes, trading red points for pink points. I even managed to get a flash lead of a route that was supposedly a 5.10a, but then did it again on toprope to see if i could make it prettier.

Liz and Ann had a great day too, with Ann leading a handful of routes and liz dutifully following and perfecting her cleaning skillz. Upon returning to camp that evening, and after dinner was made and eaten, we decided to head home and sleep in bed instead of faring the cold weather we figured imminent. We may seem hardcore through these blog-colored glasses, but i promise, we're weenies.

For the weekends pictures, go here.