so, my hosting provider has been having problems all morning, so i can't post updates, but i can still put them into blogger for now. last weekend was a trip to hawk's nest. i finished a V6 that i've been working on since last year. it starts on two sidepulls, and a *big* move to a right-hand slot, then you have to sort of scramble your way up a slabby finish, which involves hiking your foot up really high with not very good handholds. anyway, it felt super good to get it. that's my 2nd "hard" boulder problem that i've done, so i guess that means i'm getting stronger. i sort of drifted away from bouldering at the start of the year; it was all sport climbing. i'm enjoying getting back into the bouldering... it feels a lot purer to be able to just walk up to a rock, with only a pad and shoes, and kronk. besides, i can do things that are a lot harder when i'm bouldering, since the problems are usually so short.

we ran into jason and rachel while we were at hawk's nest. they just had a baby about two weeks ago.

hound ears this weekend.... woooo!