Starting Out Right In Sinks
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2020 proved a much more auspicious start to Sinks Canyon season than did 2019's February trip. Temps were just warm enough and the sun was blazing through clear skies.
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My strength carried over well from Greece and Spain. I had my strongest weekend in the canyon ever, finally putting away two 12a's I'd been staring down over the last decade: Blue Moon and canyon classic Purple Galaxy. With Road to Dushanbe (which I give 12b dammit) and Drug Enemy already on my CV, that meant I doubled the number of 12s I'd sent in my "childhood" climbing area. Yay!
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As is the way of Lander, I managed to see just about everyone I knew up at the wall over the week. Vedder was up there whipping his dad bod into shape on Brown Trout, which I was shocked to realize was an 11c I'd never even been on. I was psyched to get on a new 11 in the canyon!
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Of course, there was also the non-climbing parts of Lander that I love so much. Time with my humans, especially if it's time naked and sweaty with my humans:
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Or if it's time nourishing my humans:
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And of course, time being nerds with my humans!
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Finally, there was time blowing shit up with my humans, in the truest of Lander traditions - but I don't feel quite up to uploading videos of fireworks, so just picture it the best you can :)