Smith Rock was a lengedary cliff for sport climbing in the late eigthies. What cimber hasn't dreamt of the line "Just do it" ? (5.14c) The First Ascent was made by JB Tribout in 1992....
"To bolt or not to be" is another really technical famous route where more than one climber has been shut down. JB did also the First Ascent in 1986... it was the first 5.14 in US...


                                            On the trail on our way to climb.


So here we are, in this amazing place... The climbing is very technical, small holds on vertical walls, just how I like it. The routes are usually a little (and sometimes a lot) run out (hehehe) but this makes the challenge even nicer... Back to the source... ;-)


                                Warming up on "Vomit Launch" at the Cocaine Gully wall

Since we've been here, the weather has been a little unpredictable... Cold for a while, warm just after... and we also had a few days of snow... I usually love the snow but waking up with the white powder on your balcony is not that exciting when you are on a climbing trip... Despite the weather, we are all having fun and psyched to climb even under the snow...

                                                   The snow... Nice but crazy ! 

Anyway, so far I've climbed a few nice routes to get back in shape after 3 weeks "up and down" due to something I brought back from India and that made me quite tired and weak. I've started to work "White Wedding" a few times and all the moves are going well. The next step is now to link them and go to the anchor... Easy to say, challenging to do...

                                        Working on White Wedding under the snow...


More news soon....

Cheers

                                                                                                                Photos : Andrew, Mattt