This past July, we left our home in Bozeman, Montana to move to Reno, Nevada. Christine will start medical school in August and we chose this location because it has ~10,000 boulder problems within a ~two hour radius, great sport and traditional climbing, and potential for year-round outdoor climbing! Not to mention it's less than four hours to Bishop and five hours to Yosemite. Oh yeah, and it has a medical school. That, too.
Before we moved, we took a quick trip to Sweden to visit David's family.
Below are some pictures from the summer.
SWEDEN
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| An unbelievable sunset over a stormy Minneapolis on the ride home |
MONTANA
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| A photograph commemorating first ascent of Big Dipper (v12) at Mile 18 in the Beartooths by the legendary Sander Pick |
(Nevada is really close to)
CALIFORNIA
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| I don't know if we'll ever get tired of the picturesque views at Donner Pass |
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| On our first day out bouldering, we tried our luck on the Donner Pass
classic, White Lines (v8). Here Christine learns that "PM sun" in the
guidebook actually means PM sun. |
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| Ah, shade! Christine tries not to have a hernia on The Gerbiler (v8), Lost in Space, West Tahoe. |
Back at Donner Summit, the Star Wall is a beautiful addition to this panorama. An old-school, steep sport crag that should keep us busy for a long time. The style of climbing here is quite different than anything else we've done before, and will we hope to learn a lot here.
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| Christine does Ghost Dreamer (v5), on the Ghost Dreamer Boulder just
right of the beautiful Crown Jewel (below), Highway 50, Southwest Tahoe
Region. |
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| David samples the underbelly of Crown Jewel (v10). Next time, we'll bring more pads. And friends if we have some by then. |
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| David climbs MoonDog (v8), Lost in Space, West Tahoe. |
RENO
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| Making our new home even better, David designed and built this frame for
training. It's amazingly useful, and the frame materials alone cost
only about $100. Luckily for Christine, this is within 3' of her study
desk. |
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| David testing it out before the addition of the hangboard. |
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| Christine enjoying the final addition (final for now, anyway) to the structure. |
