Hold onto your hats because we’re going to get this blog thing going again. As I write this we are in Colorado. The weather has been incredible for climbing though we are expecting to get nailed by a nasty winter storm right about now. It has been so long since our last post so I figure some recapping is in order. We will pick up where we left off, last fall.
Erin and I found ourselves in Wisconsin, and while hanging out with our families we were spending a ton of time at Devil’s Lake. I was mainly focused on finding new boulders, and Erin on taking down the old school classics along with putting up a few climbs of her own. Erin did great on the notoriously tricky quartzite, climbing plenty of excellent things. She was also heartbreakingly close to several difficult and proud ones.
I had a lot of success. I established many new lines of all sorts, some of them being very good and quite hard. A couple highballs really stood out in terms of quality and intimidation factor as well.
So that’s about that for words here. Enjoy the photos and videos!
Note: WordPress has changed their blog format and I am unable to directly upload photos so I have to link to our instagram accounts.. Bear with me here while I get this new format dialed in!
Another note: The Devil’s Lake Guidebook is actually going to get done. The finishing touches are being put on it and advertisers are getting wrangled up, so get psyched.
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Nice post, and congrats on the new lines and repeats! I believe I stumbled on “The Commander” a few weeks back when trying to scout some problems and looking for the Massive Vertigo area. We were lost, but had a nice hike in the snowy talus.
Great news on the Devil’s Lake Bouldering Guidebook! I’m extremely excited (as well as a lot of midwest climbers I know) at the opportunity to get the guidebook for aid in locating a ton of the problems we’d like to find. Do you know when it will be available and who is publishing it?
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Shooting for a September release for the book! In the process of editing it. It is being published by kdaniels and associates out of California.
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