Feeling lighter and moving around !!!

Last training session at Movement.

I still remember, when i was little, I would get super attached to things and places.  Any vacation place would become so emotionally attached to my being, that when it was time to depart, I would struggle.

Even the first time I left home for 5 months to work abroad, I almost came back two weeks later, but after some more weeks, everything was fine, and towards the end of the season, I had a hard time leaving my new home !!

With La Peti, last year in Spain.

on the road to Bariloche, Argentina.

Now, ten years later from that first long trip, moving in between time zones has become a routine for me.  I rarely spend more than 6 months in a single place.  After 2 or 3 months, I start to feel a little itching and it´s kind of time to move on.  

In Bariloche with Lunita !!!!

Caro in Bariloche, with Luna !!!

Hut Trip, Aspen, CO.

In all this years, I learned to get less attached to places and things.  I guess, when you are on the road (or a plane) so much, you get used to say good bye and you understand that having less things makes your life easier.  

Training session, Movement, Boulder, CO.

Dave Graham, in Movement, Boulder, CO.

Most international flights only allow a 23kg bag for free, so that has become my standard measure of things I can afford to have, including my climbing gear, which ussually takes up half the weight and size of the backpack.  We have learned to travel light and by traveling light, we have also realized that those things that we travel with, is all we need in our life.

Flying to KOS !!!

The Island of Kos, from the sky.

In the last couple of days, we´ve been moving again.  Flight to NY, then to Frankfurt and finally to Kos.  With a 9 hour difference between our origin and destination, it took us almost two days to start feeling better, rested and jetlag free. Now we are feeling strong again !!!

Grande Grotta from the distance.

We had two good climbing days and a nice rest day on the beach. This helped us get more adjusted with the new time zone and our bodys now feel better.

Today was climbing day again.  Caro sent another nice 7c / 12d, pretty fast (only 3 tries), and I was able to send another 8a / 13b on the 4th an least expected try of the day !!! 

Kalymnos is great. Climb all morning, hang out on the beach every afternoon and a nice swim on the still pretty chilly sea, but helps recovering.
We´ll keep you posted on our climbing and travelling !! Thanks for checking. 

Southwest

After some amazing days on the snow, we decided to drive southwest. The goal was to get some pitches in at the Cathedral, St. George and hopefully do one or two multipitch routes in Red Rocks.

Well, we left Aspen and as soon as we got to St George, it started raining. We camped out and spent the night there, hoping weather would get better, but ... we decided to drive to Red Rocks, in search of sun and warmer temps.  Not lucky either.  Next day, we got to hike up to Potosi, a pretty cool cliff located about 30min drive from Red Rocks and 2hs hike up a steep hill. We got some climbs in, despite the chilly wind. This is a nice area with some nice routes.  

Following day, we got to do a beautifull multipitch route. 7 Pitches at a maximum of 6b.  Pure joy. 

After this, a rest day was in order. After taking a shower and getting some supplies, we drove back to St. George, hoping for better weather.  This time, we had better luck.  Nice temps and great people made the next 4 days amazing.  We got to climb at Cathedral and try some beautiful routes.  Climbed a bunch of 12´s and I was lucky enough to send a 13b/8a on the 3rd go.  Caro, climbed some great routes and got really close to red point her first 13a / 7c+.  We still had 2 more days of climbing left, but the bad weather settle in again and we decided it was time to drive back to Colorado.  Now we are in packing mode. Three more days and we are off to Europe.

Enjoy the pics and we´ll keep you post it about our Eurotour !!!!