Sucking in Utah: Everyone's Favorite Series Goes State-Wide

Well, it turns out that we're not the only ones sucking in Joe's. The weather also sucks in Joe's sometimes -and recently it's been either so rainy or so hot that we've been unable to climb at all or unable to climb to the top of anything.

And really the weather hasn't even been that bad. But it's definitely starting to seem like bouldering season is over in this part of the world.

Anyway- we didn't feel like driving all the way to Joe's again today -so we kept it local and ran immediately into friends Myranda "I'm Watching You" Bair, Arthur Debowski, and Jason Danforth all trying to drag their bodies up the boulders of Little Cottonwood Canyon.

The conditions in Little were certainly far from "sending temps", but we climbed the hell out of that place. And when we ran out of fingertip skin, we played fun and invasive games with soothing banana peels.

Untitled from David Sjoquist on Vimeo.

Comp/ Bouldering in Little Cottonwood

This weekend, we had to stay in town, as Lakebranch had to build problems for a competition at The Front. Having not done competitions in many years, I decided to sign up and do it!

Plastic Passion Comp at The Front/ Saturday


The next day, the weather was VERY nice, so we decided to head up to Little Cottonwood Canyon to boulder. My guidebook was up in Montana - D's skin was split and unclimbable - and I was tired from the comp, so we mostly went up to explore and get some fun slab climbing in.

Driving into Little Cottonwood Canyon.

Me on an unknown, dry slab by the Beer Can Cave.


Eating lunch and taking a coffee in the warm sun.


David doing some blank, blank, wet slabs in on the Offwidth Slab boulder (not sure of exact name).



David on the Shingles Boulder