Since Saturday was a rest day on the bike, I figured it would be good to get the mutts out and do a little outside bouldering up at Homestake Pass. There are a handful of fun problems up there and it is always good to pull on stone as opposed to plastic. In some ways, the fingers definitely felt stronger relative to the last years of very sporadic climbing. It is always such a humbling sport - especially when you have been away from it for a while!
The dogs found a couple of bunny rabbits to chase and they seemed to have a grand time. Moby was his usual adventurous self and scaled to the top of boulders while Otis has not yet grown as bold or confident as Moby yet...
Moby on top of my project - wondering why I could not get to the top as easily as he did:
Moby with a look of confusion as to why I can't send...
Otis looking up at the pedestal that Moby is on and thinking....one day....
We did some exploring to see if we could find any other over-hanging rock that was featured enough to climb....we came across lots of cool formations and got me to thinking we should build a bike trail that goes through the portal:
We managed to finish up before the rains rolled in so all in all, it was a worthwhile excursion with unfinished business to come back to...
The dogs found a couple of bunny rabbits to chase and they seemed to have a grand time. Moby was his usual adventurous self and scaled to the top of boulders while Otis has not yet grown as bold or confident as Moby yet...
Moby on top of my project - wondering why I could not get to the top as easily as he did:
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