Thursday, December 8, 2011

Moe's Valley Day Trip

For all the time I've semi-lived and climbed in Las Vegas I had never been to Moe's until yesterday.

After a quick ride up the 15 and through the VRG we found the boulders just outside of St. George. You literally drive off a dead end street into some dirt, wind around a bit and there they are.

The day played out like a long gym session with rapid fire attempts and a lot of moving around. I racked up a 57 point circuit in the few hours before it was too dark to boulder with highlights including The Swan V7, Lindner's Roof V9, and a flash of the classic IsRail Direct V8. The rock was surprisingly steeper and more bullet than I expected. I also tried, and came pretty close to sending, Show of Hands V11, but the excuses set in and it will have to wait until next time.


Striking a pose on Lindner's Roof V9.

And though another Moe's day trip won't trump our departure for Hueco in a few days I'll be sure to get back once we're back in Vegas.

It looks like there is already a big crew down in Hueco getting things done and I'm psyched to get down there and keep the motivation high!

-BLOCHEAD

2 comments:

  1. I might head to Vegas one more time before the new year, if you want to jump on WD/WDR with me, but I take it you'll be in Hueco before Xmas. Lucky you! Moe's looks sick too! nice job crushing, as usual.

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  2. Yeah, our reservations start on the 13th so we're hoping to get down there for those. Hope to see you down there later in the season. Crush the dreams!

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