So, I’m back from my flyout week trip (no classes for 2Ls or 3Ls at the law school – or, presumably, 3.5Ls like me). I was climbing at Red Rocks, right outside of Las Vegas, NV, with Nick.
We didn’t do anything super exciting, but we sport climbed a handful of easy 5.11s and a ton of 5.10s. The weather was unseasonably hot – most days in Las Vegas it got above 100F, but up around Red Rocks it was probably only above 90 in the sun, and really quite pleasant in the shade. We spent a disproportionate amount of time in the Black Corridor (a.k.a. Gong Show Ground Zero – I don’t know where those people come from) because it was really the only area with consistent shade and lots of sport routes in a good range for us. Unfortunately, we never made it to the Gallery when it was shaded, so my big project of Yak Crack didn’t happen. We also did a “trad day,” climbing the first four pitches of Dark Shadows, a 5.8 (Nick did all the hard leading, but I led a 5.6 pitch that Nick thought was tricky when he seconded it – and I felt like I did a really good job with the protection on it, which made me happy).
In Las Vegas, we stayed at the Stratosphere on the weekends and at the Luxor on the weekdays. We didn’t actually spend that much time at the hotels (although we did manage to acquire free tickets to the Criss Angel show at the Luxor), but we did pop our heads into a bunch of the other casinos to see all their big features at night, which was fun.
Photos will be forthcoming on FB – but not until I catch up on email and manage to get groceries!
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