Yay Eldo!

Sunshine, smiles and sends perfectly describe this past Saturday which I had the pleasure of spending at Eldorado Canyon with a psyched group of new and old friends.

We all warmed up at the Gill block and had a great time playing on the non-snowy front side. Elizabeth pulled out a "soaked topout" ascent of the back-side V5 which was awesome to watch. NICE!

Ben Elkon played a bit with "606" but found that the holds felt like gummy bears. (except for the part where they are tearing at his fingers) We decided a change of boulder was in order.

My project for the day was "Resonated". Ben and Rich were also psyched, so we rolled down to the stream bed to try this problem while the iced over landing was still solid.

Ben sent this rig in a single session and in COMPLETE control. Very cool and fun to watch.

It was my second day on the problem and though I struggled to remember beta intricacies at first, I was able to ride Ben's send-train and thrutch through all the moves.

I'm REALLY psyched to have finished this problem, and especially with the amped crew that was around.

After the sun was going down, we decided to go support TJ on a rad project in the canyon. Unfortunately, it required an epic Ice-Bridge river crossing, some serious postholing in talus, and a good attitude to stay psyched.

TJ climbed strong, which was awesome (no pictures due to spoting duties... sorry) and then Elizabeth and I tried a V4 / V15 on the same boulder. Her hands were too cold to feel the holds, and my feet too cold to tell if they were solid or not, so we decided it was time to call it a day.

Thanks to everyone who came out and was psyched this weekend! I had a great time!
Also: Moab climbing trip coming soon, and media to follow. EVERYONE IS INVITED, and should come!

First photo and photos of "Resonated" courtesy of Elizabeth.