Bicycling 14 miles in Mul holloand drive

Got dehydrated .... It is a good work out though

Last Day of Summer - Bouldering up Little Cottonwood Canyon

Question: What does one do on the last day of Summer? Answer: Go climb a rock!

Tom makes his moves – this was a warmup for him.

Brendan and Tom in tandem.

Brendan makes his moves on a Gate Boulder.

Nicole's love rocks. Um... no, she loves rock. (Get the pun?)

Nicole makes her moves.

Blow!
There was a bug on her hand and she blew him a kiss.

The gang rushes the rock! Sravanthi, Amit and Brendan.

Sravanthi makes her moves.

Summitting Everybody's Boulder.

Tom and Marty attentively coaching the kids.

Marty on one of the Gate Boulders.

Bicycling 9 miles in Agoura & Oak park in hot sun

Ran 5 miles

Ran down to the Jordan River, ran along the river, then back up to the canal and home. High humidity - dehydrated a bit, but it was great.

Bicycling 17 miles in mulholland drive.

It was fun and exhaustive.

Bouldering in the Wasatch

Went bouldering after work today – traversing the rock face close to the ground. Great workout.

 The Wasatch Mountains seen from Big Cottonwood Canyon – just love those beautiful ragged crags.

 One day I shall scale faces such as this, perhaps.

 Note the variations in types of rock.

 Flowers growing in the rock wall – gotta love it! I got a bit carried away with getting this shot and went about 25 feet up before I knew it – oops! No worries.

Rock Climbing - 3 x climbs

 
Went rock climbing with Tom again. (He loves teaching.) He brought Laura along as an assistant coach.

What I appreciate about these guys is a fanaticsm for safety. Like, they check everything every time and follow the climbing protocols all the time. Pros!

So, I can tell you that at the top of every climb I was bathed in sweat – definitely counts as exercise!

This time I learned something about how to lead climb (first one up the rock), clipping into anchors in the rock as you go. Tom hooked up a "top rope" so us novices could always have a rope securing us all the way in case we fell. No falls this time. Then we learned about how you take down the top tope when you are done.

The mountains are incredibly beautiful! If my camera battery hadn't died I would have had more pics to share here. Next time.

I seem to be getting a better sense of things, seeing the rock better, where my foot will slip and where it will stick. I might have been bitten, I think.