I flew to Bend for 4th of July to see sis and the little rugrat Kohen.  Of course she's conveniently located near Smith Rock so I got to get in some climbing with Mariah.  Unfortunately 100 degree weather meant 5am starts and quiting about 11am.  Got up a few 5.11s and hangdogged my way up a 5.13a but didn't get to my goal - Chain Reaction 5.12c - on of the most famous climbs in Smith, nor did we get up Monkey face since I flew without my trad rack.  Balls. 

I then flew from Bend to CO for work for the week, came back for the night then left for Jack's canyon for the weekend.  Returned to ABQ for a few hours of sleep and caught an early flight to VA for work, returning Friday and immediately leaving for Enchanted Tower for the weekend.  I then left for CA for work mid week only to return and go back to Enchanted Tower on the weekend.  I finally got to regroup this week and only climbed one day (yesterday) this weekend.  Somehow in that span I've also made plans for climbing trips in 2 different countries and 3 different states.

Noteable climbs:
Unpopular Mechanics (Jack's Canyon):  5.12d Steep and commiting you have to dyno (jump) all points off (no hands, no feet on the rock) to a ledge and hang on for dear life (I took a couple good whippers on this one) and thats not even the crux.  Freakin hard - not even close to sending
Techno Witch (Tower): 5.12a
Tecate Two Step (El Rito): 5.12a onsight
BYOB (El Rito): 5.12 (book say 5.12d/13a, people say 5.12c, I say 5.12).

Clearly I've found a group of friends willing to climb almost every weekend - harder that you would think.  These people also ski/board so I'm excited about the winter season and a new set of skis to replace the junkers...

A few new pictures up.