So we just cruised out to Joshua Tree for a final few days of climbing before the trip to New Zealand, and it was COLD. Like, so cold that our mugs froze to the picnic tables in the campground. So cold that we took a bottle of water out of the car and actually WATCHED the crystals forming, which didn’t make any sense but nevertheless happened. Maybe it was some pressure-related thing or something. We were all pretty unmotivated to do much other than stand around in the sun telling bad jokes.
As the weekend wore on, it warmed up a tad and we got some climbing in. Right as we were leaving, my friend Yishai decided to try a new climb called Iron Resolution, which is supposedly the hardest boulder problem in the park. It’s a Chris Sharma line that’s seen only one repeat, and Yishai, a V9 climber, managed to get to only the second move. Hmmm. I got a rad picture, though!
Then we bailed and drove back to Santa Barbara to go bouldering on Monday in the sun. As we left, I grabbed a few lifestyle shots for Spire USA, a company that makes the best computer bags on earth (I shoot some of their advertising and catalog images). Turns out it was one of the coldest weekends EVER! Yikes!
