"An Unforgettable Day: Climbing and Camaraderie in Joshua Tree"
Feb 24, 2024 - 8:37pmSummary: The user had a great day climbing in Joshua Tree with friends, climbing multiple pitches and enjoying the experience. They appreciated getting to know their friends better and felt rewarded when their friends recognized their tech background in addition to their climbing skills. They had a rewarding conversation over Thai food for dinner and snacked on cliff bars throughout the day. Overall, it was a good day out climbing with friends in Joshua Tree.Comment: Jtreeee
Transcript: Wow, what a day. Getting up at 5.30 this morning to get out and go climb in Joshua Tree. So I drove out to Joshua Tree, leaving my house at 6.30, getting out, meeting everyone at 9.30, and then actually going climbing shortly after that. And having, like, a solid day of climbing, doing, what, I think probably six pitches, seven pitches today? I'm not sure. But we climbed everything on Elf's Hat, and we also climbed the climb called Elf's Ass. And it was a bunch of, there was a 5.6 that we started off on. Then a 5.9 that we did next. And then we dropped a line on the 5.11. And then we did the 5.8, and then the Elf's Ass 5.9. So a bunch of climbs. Yeah, overall solid. Did the 5.11 with two different variations. One off to the right. One side on the arret and the other more up the face. And up the face was definitely a better line, I think, more aesthetic line. And more or less got to the same point each time before falling. Felt solid up to that point. So that was cool. And... Yeah. Just a nice day. It was Kendall, her partner Andrew. Claire was there in the morning. Catherine was there in the morning. And Brendan. And Sarah. And that's who I climbed with today. And then in the afternoon, after we got done climbing, Colin and Chelsea were there too. And it was really good getting to talk to them and get to know them a bit better. Which was really cool. And I really appreciate them for asking me questions. And also I feel like I got one of the biggest compliments of my life from them in some way. Which is, they see me doing all these things. At least Chelsea does. But... They didn't know I'm a tech person. And to me, that's great. Like... I don't know. I'm just stoked that, like, in some way, that's how I see it. I'm also stoked to be... Seen more fully that they see this one side of me, which is... Oh yeah, I climb and do these things. And also... Yeah, I have this other big passion. And I think they got to experience a bit of that. It's not... And that was so rewarding for me. Really, really happy about that. You know, getting to be seen in both capacities is one of the things that I really, really love. So, I'm really happy about that. And we basically had that conversation at Thai food today. And that was what we had for dinner. We went out, all got Thai food. And that was really nice to just talk to everyone. And, yeah, it was a good time. And... For breakfast, I just had some eggs and sweet potato hash again. For lunch, no food. And then dinner was this Thai food. Basically, I just snacked throughout the day with cliff bars to keep me satiated. But, yeah, this is a, you know, quick little voice journal of today. And pretty good day out in Joshua Tree, climbing with the friends.
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