Spring comes way too early in California!

It's been a minute since I've posted on here, and I've been a bit busy since last time! So what's been going on? First of all, ice season is winding down. It's only the first week of March, and it seems like spring in SoCal. Hard to believe that not long ago we were finally getting in our first swing of the tools on ice, and now the ice is disappearing fast! A busted trip to Sequoia last week signaled what is probably the end of my season. Moonage Daydream, a goal for the past two years, was not looking great with temps hovering in the 50s during the day, and ice fall while we roped up for the climb made us reconsider our willingness to get on it this year. It'll be there next year...we hope! Global warming sucks.

But it's not all bad! Overall it has been a pretty great winter! I've been snowboarding and ice climbing all over the place. Snowboarding at Mammoth, June, Heavenly, and then some local backcountry stuff on Mt Baldy and Mt Baden Powell. Good stuff! But ice has been the focus. Two trips to Ouray for about 9 days of climbing, a trip to Lundy Falls, and a few trips to Lee Vining. About 14 days on the ice. Not too bad when I look at how busy my schedule has been! And I finally got on the Main Wall at Lee Vining! After thinking about it for two weeks between trips to Lee Vining, I decided to lead the Main Line. It was awesome!



Main Wall with the line Carlos and I climbed.


Climbing in Ouray, CO.

Add to that a trip to the East Coast for a long weekend, and it has been a pretty exciting winter.


Bluff Point, near Groton, CT

So what's next? Well, its off to Vegas this weekend for some climbing in Red Rocks! I'm looking forward to it. It's been several months since my last trip to Red Rocks, so I'm anxious to get back on the rock there. I've finally started getting back to the gym on a more routine basis. My rock/gym climbing has definitely suffered with all of the focus on ice climbing, but that's alright. That's what spring is for! Hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things this weekend.

I'm still hoping to get into the mountains for more splitboarding action this spring. Snow continues to fall, although the warm weather has made for an interesting winter. We'll see what the next month brings us!