Carmel
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So, i'm still in California for work and decided that i'd meet up with the people I met in Yosemite last week in Joshua Tree. One of the girls I met actually lives around 20 minutes from where my hotel is (that is with NO traffic), so I picked her up at 6AM this morning and we headed on our way. We had to make a few stops for things such as gas, breaky, and my favorite stop....was to the grocery store. I was really excited to be buying booze before 8AM on a Saturday morning..and at a GROCERY STORE (not done in MA)!!!!
We arrived at the park before all the other people we were to meet, so we went for a short 3 miles hike, and then met up with them for a climb. So, I set out on my 3 and 1/2 climb. I dunno, i climbed a few days in canada in high school, then darren and i did a little via ferrata in the dolomites (that is my 1/2, because it was via ferrata) and then last week at Yosemite. I guess I don't mess around with my very few climbing locations...I hope I don't become too spoiled..i mean you can't go wrong with The Dolomites, Yosemite, and Joshua Tree !
The climb (I think) was "sail away" (5.8) and I thought it was perfect for a beginner. The weather was gorgeous: chilly and sunny, yet we weren't so cold we were uncomfortable, well, besides our fingers on the freezing cold rock, but after awhile, i couldn't feel them anyways!!!!
Has anyone ever felt like this: Toward the end of the climb, I felt like I was going to laugh, cry, and vomit all at the same time. Talk about one heck of an adrenaline rush, and WHAT FUN!!! Then when I came back down to the ground in one piece, all I could do was laugh and laugh and laugh (I still wanted to puke tho), I think my nerves must have been shot, but i'm not afraid of heights!!! Has anyone else ever felt like that?
I posted some more pics on my webshots account...
http://community.webshots.com/user/carm11w
Enjoy!
We arrived at the park before all the other people we were to meet, so we went for a short 3 miles hike, and then met up with them for a climb. So, I set out on my 3 and 1/2 climb. I dunno, i climbed a few days in canada in high school, then darren and i did a little via ferrata in the dolomites (that is my 1/2, because it was via ferrata) and then last week at Yosemite. I guess I don't mess around with my very few climbing locations...I hope I don't become too spoiled..i mean you can't go wrong with The Dolomites, Yosemite, and Joshua Tree !
The climb (I think) was "sail away" (5.8) and I thought it was perfect for a beginner. The weather was gorgeous: chilly and sunny, yet we weren't so cold we were uncomfortable, well, besides our fingers on the freezing cold rock, but after awhile, i couldn't feel them anyways!!!!
Has anyone ever felt like this: Toward the end of the climb, I felt like I was going to laugh, cry, and vomit all at the same time. Talk about one heck of an adrenaline rush, and WHAT FUN!!! Then when I came back down to the ground in one piece, all I could do was laugh and laugh and laugh (I still wanted to puke tho), I think my nerves must have been shot, but i'm not afraid of heights!!! Has anyone else ever felt like that?
I posted some more pics on my webshots account...
http://community.webshots.com/user/carm11w
Enjoy!