Rain Rain Go Away- Joes 09-06-13

A group of us went back to Joes the first weekend of September in hopes of better weather than last week. It still rained but not as much. We were able to catch breaks in the rain to climb.  The group consist of Amber, Tyler, Bryce, Jessi, Dane, Farmer, Joey, Diana, Emily, Trent, and Crystal.

 

I feel very grateful to have friends that live healthy lifestyles and have extremely positive influences on my life. The excitement was contagious and everyone was happy to be outside spending time together. Regardless of the sporadic showers, we had a great time!

 

 

Something about old buildings really intrigues me. They seem to be full of character. As if they have a secret story to them. Every time I drive by this old abandoned structure I want to stop by and explore it. Since we were bouldering near by, I finally got to step inside.  When I walked in there was broken glass, old decaying wood, and lots of cow poops. To most people this may sound unappealing however I found it beautiful.  An old wooden home in the middle of my favorite area of the desert providing shelter for the local animals. I find peace in that.

Amber, Emily, Joey's pup Kaya and I had had fun exploring in the sun.

I am always sad when the dogs are not with us. Whenever we come without them, it feels like we left a part of our hearts at home. They love Joe's as much as we do. We brought them with us regardless of the weather forecast and they had a blast! Joey has a pup named Kaya too! So we had 2 Kaya's, Sophie and Cosmo. Our Kaya and Cosmo left with some hurt paws. They wouldn't stop exploring and playing around. They had too much fun!

Beautiful boulders with great people! I tried to get pictures of everyone. Unfortunately I didn't get any of Tyler, Amber or Jessi but they all did great! It was Ambers first time bouldering and she got a V2 on her second try! It was great to have everyone there.

 Emily & Joey crushing together!

 

 

 Trent brought his friend Crystal. She is so beautiful and caught on so quickly!

We drove up to Riverside and saw Diana by the road. She had driven down by herself and was working on "Big Joe". Talk about dedication!! We decided to join her. Diana is by far one of the strongest girl climbers I know. She has only been climbing two years and just sent a V9 not too long ago. Something that really stands out to me about Diana is how humble she is. Even though she was obviously meant to climb and is extremely good at it, she does not boast or brag. She takes time to help give me beta and encourage me. Diana is very inspiring and I love meeting strong women to help motivate me to push myself.

 Joey is a beast, no surprise here! So glad he was able to join us.

 Trent on Big Joe

 Danestafari

 I felt very intimidated by this problem and was just going to watch the others try it. Of course my friends don't just let you sit there so they told me to just try it and I am very glad I did. I often surprise myself thanks to the encouragement of those around me. Especially, my husband who believes in me more than anyone I know. He gives me confidence when I feel like I have no drive left in me. There are no words to express how much of an impact his presence makes in my life.

 The rain came pouring in after that! Diana had to go home but before she left she told me to go try "Kill by Numbers". I wanted to try it but the rain kept coming. Finally we saw a blue spot in the clouds. The guys were all so optimistic and were convinced the rain would stop so we could climb. They were right! The sun came out and dried everything up! We went to a warm up boulder and they guys were being slow. When I went to check on them I found them dancing in the puddles blasting "Last Night a DJ saved my Life". They said they were warming and limbering up. They were giving the send God's a thank you dance for the sun! By far the most hilarious thing I have ever seen! I managed to capture a short video of the last part. Below are a few pictures I got from the video. We were all blown away by Farmers dance moves! Who would have known we had Michael Jackson with us all along! GO FARMER! GO FARMER!

So Emily and I got to meet our new project. "Kill by Numbers" V5. It was love at first site! We tried it as long as we could until it looked like it would start raining again and we still wanted to go see "Black Dalia". We are so close to sending! Can't wait to go back!

 Dave sending

 

 

 

 We ended the day by hiking up to "Black Dalia" V10. They boys had a great time working on that together until the rain started up again and ended the trip. What a great weekend!