Wham Bam: where is the SUN?!?

Well, we've been back for a few days and had not seen a single cloud until we landed here in Boise...I'm feeling the gloom of this inversion but trying to not let it affect me too much. It's hard to get motivated to workout and climb in the evenings, sometimes i'd much rather just eat and drink; hahaha; That's where the handy dandy HUSBAND comes in to get me off my butt! What would I do without him?

Hueco was a blast..this was my 3rd trip down there so the immediate psych of visiting a new area was lacking but the fact that this would be Kaiya and Mike's first time there made the trip exciting in a new light. I sent a few problems that I had tried before with no success in the past - Girls of Texas V5 and Daily Dick Dose V7 fairly quickly and focused my attention on a problem called Beer Can Traverse V9. I felt this problem suited me because a: it's a dirt-burglin' lowball b: you're upside down the whole way c: for footwork, you use a left heel hook on every move d: there are NO crimps
I couldn't imagine too many big boys doing this problem as there is heinous dab potential. I was psyched to find beta where my feet don't cut and I didn't dab. For anyone who likes steep problems in dark holes with great names, I recommend Beer Can Traverse. After sending Kaiyaka and Bockino off, we drove the 8 hr drive to flagstaff and climbed at priest draw for 2 days. Postholing is a new activity that I enjoy, nothing better than the exhilirating rush of not knowing when your lightly treading feet will punch thru knee-high snow and falling on your face a few times. The sprained cankle couldn't have asked for more fun.
But really, Priest's Draw was beautiful and completely unique. I've never climbed on such steep pockety roofs and my fingers sure felt it after a few days. I was close to sending anorexic and felt like it might have gone down if we went back to it the 3rd day but I opted for non-pulled tendons in lieu of possibly pulling a few tendons and not sending. I am psyched to revisit that place again. Mike and I were shown all the hot spots for dinner in Flagstaff by Jeff "Hameltoe" or "hamlincheese" and enjoyed chillaxin' and catching up with him.

It's been slow and quiet here at the winery, another reason why I'm not a huge fan of this depressing inversion & winter in general. Thankfully, the custom labelling program has been steadily taking off and a few freelance projects, bottling lots of wine and whatnot. I'm getting motivated to revamp the #1 winery building. Here are a few photos from our winter trip.