More from Joe's

Here are a couple more pictures from Joe's Valley.  

 Mike sending Arbor-day

 Kate on the beautiful Beyond Life

An overview of one of Joe's best walls.  It contains the classics Wills a Fire, They Call Him Jordan, Arbor-day, and Beyond Life.  I wish there where move faces like this one

Wills a Fire

My computer has officially died, taking with it quite a bit of work on video projects and a small amount of pictures/videos from the end of the USA trip.  So it goes.  At least I managed to backup most of the footage from the trip.  Here's a couple pictures from Joe's Valley that survived the fire.

If you take a trip to Joe's Valley chances are at some point you will find yourself beneath the main wall at the "right sign area".  There is good reason too as this single wall holds several amazing problems of various difficulties.  Perhaps the walls main attraction is the popular Wills a Fire that climbs the striking line on the far right. While in Joe's I went there a couple days to support Dan on this gem.  It was looking to be a fruitless epic but in the end Dan pulled a send out of his nether regions and was grinning ear to ear.  Good times.

Dan finding the fingerlock before the big move to the lip

 

Dan grabs the jug for the send.  

Fiery Furnace

One of the problems I'll have to return to at some point is Fiery Furnace in Joe's.  After 3 tries I became fairly certain I'd sent "next try" but after almost sticking the slopey jug for 20 attempts the frustration and fatigue made me walk away.  I'm sure I'll send it in a few tries when I return......right?

 Ryan on Fiery Furnace

Setting up for the "easy" dyno I never managed to stick

Joe's Valley

Joe's Valley is awesome!  The weather has been great and the multitude of good friends make climbing with a two year old easy.  Everyday I've somehow managed to scrape up several classics and there are so many more I've never seen.  It's nice being in an area I'm unfamiliar with as the psyche remains high and the hardest thing is choosing which amazing boulder problems to climb on.  I've only got one day left and since I don't think I'll send everything I'm already scheming a return.

Dave on Frosted Flakes.  A moderate classic.

Ryan approaching the crux of Anti-Future Plan.  A great high-ball

Cletus on the fun and slopey Ghost King.  Best to climb on this one on a colder day and not so bad when you figure out the subtlety 

Mike on the difficult Mask of God

Utah Bouldering Video

Here's a little video of five classic Utah boulder problems. The first four problems are in Joe's Valley and the last is located in Little Cottonwood Canyon.

Hope you enjoy.

More Joe's

Here are a few more pics from Joe's

Lina tries some crack

David on Team Effort

Prairie battles with Moby Dick

Lina on a cool slab

The Worm Turns

Feels Like Grit

Joe's Valley

It is safe to say that four days is not enough time in Joe's Valley. Regardless, we made the most of our limited time by climbing everyday and dreaming of the next time we find ourselves in Utah. There are so many good lines in Joe's that my head was spinning and I was excited about a return trip before the first day even wrapped up.

Here are a few pics.

David warms up on the Rail

The incredible Poseiden exploits my dynoing weakness and shuts me down. Oh so close.

David on No Substance

Tomasina on Wills of Fire. One of the best moderates in Joe's

Jitterbug Perfume is added to the list of problems that spit me off after the crux. So much skin was sacriifced with nothing to show for it.