class•ic bloc

Quick update. First. Let me start with: Joes --> AMAZING. I find Bishop to have the best aesthetics (landscape, pure lines, huge independent blocs). I find Hueco to have the best movement (gymnastic/steep). But Joe’s takes the cake on the rock, for sure. The stone is perfect for climbing. For having fun, all day long. “The Black Rock” here, is stellar. Very positive. The rock here is conducive to a lot of variety in holds too. The majority of the blocs here are tallish walls, slightly overhung, with edges spread far apart. I am extremiely excited about this place. Definitely on par with Bishop and Hueco. The next opportunity I have for a longish road trip – I will definitely be in Joe’s. I can’t wait. So…Joe’s is spread out into more than three different zones, and each mini sector within the zones has it’s own parking or approach. On top of this, A LOT of new stuff has been put up in the past couple years (undocumented officially) And it just so happens that the majority of the really good classic stuff is the newer stuff. All this to say, Joe’s is a tricky place to get ‘dialed’, its difficult to get your bearings straight out here. That has been my goal in the past couple days. It feels like I climbed on absolutely everything, from morning until dusk, each day driving to several sectors and trying every problem at least once. Today we are taking a much needed and deserved rest day, and Wednesday begins the countdown to “close” on some boulders. Joes is AMAZING,
heres a couple photos.. nothing special. its been really tough to discipline myself enough to stay off the rock and rest let alone to take out the camera.
Bridget on the beautiful riverbed classic "Angler"

Ian locking it off on the phenomenal "Eden"

Arthur Van Siclen executing perfectly on the classic "Scary Monsters" to seal his employee of the day award


hmmm..
its kind of raining right now, and the next few days look possibly grim.. bummer. we will probably drive down to Triassic tomorrow if the weather indeed does shit on us.. hopefully not though, there is sooo much to do here.