In celebration of completing my first semester of grad school and, due to some slight weather constraints here in sunny Edmonton, because I can't actually go climbing (sad, I know), I thought I'd do the next best thing and write about one of the most epic climbing trips I've had to date with my good buddy Jake Sahl.
Since it would potentially be our last big trip together for a while, we decided to go big and try to tick two of the most awesome multi-pitch routes in the country: The Original Route on the Rainbow Wall in Red Rocks, Nevada; and the famed Moonlight Buttress out in Zion National Park, Utah. What ensued was an epic saga of climbing adventure in which Part 1 will cover the climbing of the Rainbow Wall, Part 2 will cover Moonlight Buttress, and Part 3 an awesome cycling adventure through Utah that capped the trip. Will our two heroes make it back alive? We'll see...
