Rocklands

The season is off to a great start here in Rocklands. I've been ramping up my bouldering and would like to try to tick off some hard problems this season. Jamie sent Shosaloza today which is great for him to be able to send such a world class problem. I'm struggling to get coverage of all the climbing going on down here but it's really fun to be surrounded by energy and talent.

There's some rain in the forecast which brings the streak of good weather to a close, should it hit tomorrow as predicted.

Nalle did a great FA at a new area we're developing called the Beverage Sector. Hard V12 I'd say for this one. The crux move is like a mirror image of Slashface. There are some more good problems to be done and I look forward to some more filming. The photo here is a frame from the video.

Happy sending!

back in Cape Town

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A big Vedauwoo Spread

Cloudveil ran one of my photos as a 2-page spread in their workbook! Very psyched to see my work in print.

Nalle ate a whole bag of chips.

And I've got the video to prove it.

Frames from Evans

Went up to Evans yesterday and caught Paul Robinson on an early repeat of a new problem called Big Worm. Very cool movement considering it's basically just down in a hole.

I've put a couple frames from the video up on my site. A cool shot down by the creek and a shot of Paul right in the thick of the problem. Click on over to my web site, scroll down, grab a frame and check it out:

Grab a frame from the video

Clean Water

It is now the middle of the rainy season in Ethiopia and I understand from speaking with Ryan at Wine For Water that the villages we visited are now up and running with clean water infrastructure. One of the villages had to completely re-dig a well that we had seen them starting to work on during our visit, but by conservative estimates there are now about 2000 people who have access to clean water that did not have this basic need met as recently as March.

Wine For Water is doing some great work and I'm very proud to be involved with such a well-organized charity. I'm working on cutting a shortened version of the original video as a way to get more people involved and raise awareness.

Wine For Water Website

anxious

I have nine days before leaving for Africa and a lot to take care of before heading out. Nervous!