12,000+ Miles in less than Five Months

Since Jan 9, we've taken dozens of trips to climb from Salt Lake City, including several to Moe's Valley (St. George, Utah), two to Bishop, California, one to Moab and Kane Springs Canyon, three to Bozeman, Montana, and a *buttload* to Joe's Valley.

I'm about to leave Salt Lake City for the summer. I'll spend the first month in Ten Sleep, Wyoming trying to remind my forearms how to climb more than ten moves at a time. After that, I'll head to Sweden where I'll hopefully get to boulder, trad climb, and sport climb.

JOE'S VALLEY, UTAH

David sending Beyond Live (Gustavo Moser photo).

Sucking in Joe's 3 from David Sjoquist on Vimeo.

BISHOP, CALIFORNIA

Bishop from David Sjoquist on Vimeo.

MOAB: KANE SPRINGS CANYON, UTAH

MOE'S VALLEY, UTAH

Moe's Valley, Part Deux

Another long weekend meant it was time to head south again to Moe's Valley for three days of climbing and one rest day of hiking around.

Me climbing Is Rail (V6).

Is Rail from Christine Balaz on Vimeo.

Video of me not sending Is Rail. (I did send it later.)

Coffee and food in the morning.

Walking my way to Health.

Rest day exploration up by the Power Lines. (More walking to health.)

Warming up at the Device Igniter Boulder.

...leaving just in time.

American binge.

Me trying unnamed "h" (v8) on the TeePee Boulder.

Doing the left variation of this roof problem, TeePee Boulder.

Traversing around the Monkey Boy Boulder on the last day

Untitled from Christine Balaz on Vimeo.

Steve doing her job.

Do Your Job, Steve

Untitled from Christine Balaz on Vimeo.

SLC -> Moe's Valley

After a few years of "vagabond" living, I've decided to move back to Salt Lake-- to be able to earn money, sleep in a bed, subscribe to NetFlix, take showers without sandals, go to yoga, train in a gym, etc... etc... I'm also living in a house of climbers, all of whom are very motivated to take multiple trips every month to nearby deserts... about a week ago, we all went to Moe's Valley, down by St. George, Utah. Even though it was snowing in Salt Lake when we left, we had highs near 60 F with lots of sun.

Hippie carpool: four humans, two dogs, four crashpads, two tents, etc... etc... strapped to and crammed in one '95 Subaru Legacy.

Bread, Nutella, avacado, egg.

Highballing up at the Dragonfly Boulder.

View from the high plateau.

Thawing in the morning sun.

The Kung-Pao Boulder.

Yours truly on Sichuan Peppercorn, Kung-Pao Boulder

BZN>SLC>Moe's Valley>Zion>Red Rocks>Phoenix

These photos are quite out of order... but it is a good montage of the last month.

BZN>SLC>Moe's Valley>Zion>Red Rocks>Phoenix