From Yosemite we drove to the East hoping to find better temperatures. The first stop was in Red Rock Canyon, Las Vegas, where in addition to sport climb we accomplished two classic routes: Eagle Dance and Sour Mash.
CLIMBING IN THE STATES
After an intense summer guiding in the Alps, last October I decided to run away for more than 20 days to climb in the United States.
Our trip began in California with a brief visit to Yosemite. The bad weather and the short period of time that we had, made us leave this valley for future visits.
Our next destination was Moab, Utah, where after waiting one day for the wall to dry, we perform climbing in Moab itself and in Indian Creek, where crack climb is a real challenge. We realized we still have plenty of room for improvement in this discipline.
After a frustrated attempt to climb a few well-known towers in the desert due to the rain we decided to move to Zion, Utah’s National Park, located an hour from Las Vegas. There, we climbed two more routes: Headache and Iron Messiah
Even if we got off half way because there were too many people it was a great day of climbing! In the afternoon after checking the weather forecast (it did not look good at all) we decided to leave and drive to the Fisher Towers, near Moab, also in Utah to climb some of the famous desert towers. We finally achieved our goal and climb the Ancient Art Tower via Stolen Chimney.
The next day the rain showed up again so we started our way back to San Francisco but we stopped at Red Rock Canyon to take profit of the last two days of climbing we had left. We made the most of them climbing the Triassic Sands and Epinephrine tracks.
In the end, despite not having much luck with the weather, it is normally really good in these latitudes at that time of the year, the trip was an unforgettable experience, mainly because of the company. The good thing is that we have eager to return. I WILL TELL YOU MORE IN THE NEXT ADVENTURE.
