Fianlly we can use the shower again!

 After a few months of having the tiles sink into the wall and a leaky shower, we were able to fix/re tile our shower. Top Jimmy from Golden came out to help us take care of it. I don't know why the photos are getting tilted because they are upright when I upload them.

 After the demo work, we needed to raise the shower head, since is was shorter than me.

 The new and improved shower head height.

 The tools of the trade

 The first row of tile is drying .

 The finished product.

We also put on a higher shower head in the bath tub too. Now we can wash the boy with ease!
piz : )

Another Day at the Crag

 Jesse demonstrating good balance and foot work

 My new shoes for the project, Vapor Laces. SCARPA to the the rescue for my desert project!

 The gang on superbowl sunday. So much love : )

 The rope in the forefront is hanging on my current project and Jesse is replacing crap anchors to the right.

 Jen sniping away.

 Jen and Grace showing some teeth!

Get outside and have some fun.
Stay tuned, I will be building some top ten lists for crack, sport, slab and offwidth in and around the grand junction area. If you are looking to balance your skills out on the rocks in the western slope area, this will be the place to find them. They will be on all varieties of rock, sandstone, granite and metamorphic! Spring time will be a perfect time to get outside and hone your skills.
piz : )

6 months

 Eating solids

 Hanging with uncle matt

 Getting up on his knees

 Eating out of a bowl (not really, just messing around and he loves to try to eat from out plates)

 Growing hands

 My little boy

 Such a happy baby

piz : )

Sunshine and Cold

 Had to wear a lot of clothes this weekend even though it was sunny and clear all day.

 Jesse taking on another beast of a crack. Purple cams through the roof are just nasty enough to make you fall!

 JEsse fixing some anchors all in the name of the ASCA. (american safe climbing association) Yeah we step up and do our part to fix the garbage that others leave behind.

 After climbing cracks all day we stopped in for a quick roof crack bouldering session in Unaweep. Jesse crushed and my core was weakend from the bashing that I took on the rope. I will have to come back for this one. We did establish a new problem or two in the area and those barely went down due to our fatigue.

Why would I live anywhere but here?
Get outside and have an adventure.
piz : )

Another thing to occupy my time

My latest project, three runs on it today and I still didn't do all the moves.
I am in for the long haul. It's very bouldery and not my style, so I am totally into it.
First crux .2/.3 undercling jams with no feet. I can almost do this section.
Next crux overhanging undercling campus moves through a roof.
Last crux pulling the roof on terrible jams and no feet.
Ah yeah, get outside and challenge yourself and enjoy the journey.
piz : )

Winter OR

 We arrived in Salt Lake and it took Chris a little while to find his pass, oh wait, he was going to be me on this trip!

 Hanging at the CAMP booth, so many awesome toys!

 The coolest bouldering pads and gear.

 Jesse and Andy getting down to business.

 I made sure that this tri cam was the correct size, HUGE! It doubles as a weapon on the rough streets of SLC.

 Dinner with the Burr's.

 The newest Burr, So cute and cuddly. I got my time in cuddling and it was nice : )

 We got to see a real fireman.... NOT just a tool box.

 Keith, Dave and Chris at the pose down.

 Chris sniffing out the good give-aways at all the booths. He left no booth unchecked!

 Phil Powers of the American Alpine Club introducing the mountain man of the century.

 I was psyched to help out during the filming of this small get together and Q and A session with R. Messner.

Parting shot of another legend, Fred Becky. Yes, he is still hitting on the ladies!

The OR is about reconnecting with your friends and sponsors. I would like to thanks all mine in no particular order for another great year of working together. Thanks so much, John at Sterling, Laura at Arcteryx, Jesse at CAMP, Colleen at SCARPA, Keith at Wind-Xtreme and the Eric at the American Alpine Club!

Now I hope the weather stays good for next weekend and some climbing of the cracks. In the meantime its back to taking care of my boy, working with the high school kids and cleaning the house because Jane is hosting the girls and book club this week! Time to make sure that the toilets are clean.
Get outside and have an adventure.
piz : )

Snowy Rifle Day

 Heading into the canyon a couple weekends ago. If I didn't drive the truck I would not have made it with my wifes car.

 The calm before the storm.

 Mike B getting it on. Notice the nice frozen waterfall in the background. It was a balmy 22 degrees all day. My hands only got cold on the first route cause I had to knock and blow some snow off a few holds.

 The snow began to blow into the cave that we were climbing in and cover up the rope bag and rope!

 I wore an Arcteryx top and thermal to climb in alond with my windx-treme and arcteryx hat. No socks and no thermals on the legs.

Mike is always ready for a day of climbing no matter what the temps!
Get outside and have an adventure!
piz : )