One week until the whole "Janaszek/Hemphill clan":http://ankle-biter.net/ and I leave this cursed place for sunny "Bishop, CA":http://www.fishproducts.com/powerandrubber/areas.html. We're going for a week this time, as opposed to the piddly 3 days on "the last trip":http://feralboy.com/matt/climb/bishop/. I think being there for a week will give me a lot more time to settle in, feel comfortable with the rock, and climb some good hard stuff. I'm probably bouldering about as hard as I ever have, although my experience at the comp in the "new bouldering area(Ankle-biter.net: This and That)":http://www.ankle-biter.net/log/archives/2003_10.html#000271 over the weekend tells me my endurance is not all it could be. I've "got(Atari Arete)":http://www.patitucciphoto.com/bouldering/02CL-bd99.jpg "a(Ruckus)":http://www.0friction.com/image.php?image_id=2138 "few(Saigon)":http://www.rockfax.com/bishop/butter_photos/photo_12.html "things(Gleaner)":http://ankle-biter.net/images/bishop/j_gleaner.jpg "picked(The Cave Problem)":http://ankle-biter.net/images/bishop/mb_cave.jpg "out(High Plains Drifter)":http://ankle-biter.net/images/bishop/b_drifter.jpg that I would really like to do while I'm out there, but I'm going to soak up the whole experience. The desert was so beautiful last time... just on the drive from Vegas I remember being struck at how gorgeous the desert was; how huge the sky looked. I'll have "my good digital camera":http://feralboy.com/log/archives/000192/ with me, so expect lots of photos when I get back (although I don't think I'll be able to upload any from out there, my camera can't quite function as a USB device, which, as far as I can tell, is its only downfall).