Top 5 Climbs Across the USA!

We thought this might be an interesting experiment:
We asked ourselves, “What have been our favorite climbs of the trip?”

It was difficult to narrow it down, but here are our five favorite climbs in each area (with heights and ape indexes shown to potentially explain preferences). Top five are listed in order of increasing grade, not order of favoritism. If someone of a more “normal” height would like to submit their favorites, please do so. Or just add your own can’t-miss climbs in the comments below! What are your favorite climbs in these – or other – bouldering areas?

The Southeast (Rocktown, Little Rock City, Middle Creek, Zahnd)
1.Full Circle V5 (Rocktown) 2. Harvest Moon V8 (Zahnd) 3. Deliverance V10 (Middle Creek) 4. Golden Harvest V10 (Rocktown) 5. Iron Claw Sit V10 (Rocktown)	1. Asphalt V4/5 (Rocktown) 2. Little Bad V5 (Rocktown) 3. Nose Candy V6 (Rocktown) 4. Standard Deviation V6 (Rocktown) 5. Jerry’s Kids V7 (LRC)
Arkansas (Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, Cowell)
1.Le Beak V4 (Cowell) 2. Kung Fu V8 (HCR) 3. Jeff’s Prow V9 (HCR) 4. Ab Lounge V10 (Cowell) 5. Off the Rails V10 (Cowell)	1. Dirty Bitch V3 (HCR) 2. Le Beak V4 (Cowell) 3. Campus Card II V7 (Cowell) 4. Electrolica V7 (Cowell) 5. Orb Weaver V8 (HCR)
Joe’s Valley
1.The Angler V2 2. Notting Hill V8 3. Playmate of the Year V9 4. Eden V10 5. Ghost King V11	1. Stumble Bum Traverse V5 2. Low Tide V6 3. Planet of the Apes V7 4. Spam V7 5. Tug Boat Complex V9

Lowdown on Climbing and Camping in the USA

We have created a Lowdown on Climbing and Camping page which will be continuously updated as we travel, and should be a valuable resource for anyone else who plans to camp out near climbing crags. Or rest. Or just climb in a new place.

As of Feb 20, 2014, this page covers Horseshoe Canyon Ranch and Cowell in Arkansas, Rocktown and Little Rock City (aka Stonefort) in the Southeast, and Joe’s Valley, Utah.

By the end of our road trip, this page will also have info about various places between here and there that tickle our fancy (e.g. Colorado, Squamish, maybe Leavenworth).

So check it out!

And feel free to contact us if you have information to share about these – or other – climbing locations!

I think I can! (But I can’t.)

Today was coooold to start. The thermometer in the van said 7 degrees F as we drove to LRC. It was almost painful to warm up at first, but the sun felt great and the entire boulder area was basically ours, so we were psyched to get on some friction-dependent problems (that weren’t covered in snow).

I bless the rains down in AAAAAAAFRICA

While you’re reading this post, why not listen to some quality music in the background? When is the last time you grooved to Toto?

Yesterday was wonderful, stupendous, terrific, absolutely FANTASTIC! After two rest days, our skin and spirits were renewed. The sun was out, I had a bag of chocolate covered espresso beans, and ♥Olivia♥ drove down with Ryan and some other friends to spend the day climbing at LRC.