SMITH ROCK: June 25 (Day 34)

We awoke Thursday morning slightly later than usual to find clouds raining all over our parade. We had planned to go ride again all day but the weather had other ideas. After another awesome breakfast of scrambled eggs, shredded cheese, Season All, and Tapatio Hot Sauce, Nate and I discussed getting our climb on at Smith Rock. It was a short 1 1/2 hour drive from our campsite, so we went for it.


Once again we were followed by cops on the way up. He slammed on the breaks and turned around as he passed us going south and followed us for a few miles. He didn't pull us over but cops seem to love following us. I think it might be the lack of a front license plate that puts up a red flag for out of state cops.


Three Sisters. Volcanic peaks like these dot Oregon's natural skyline all over the state.

Smith Rock, beautiful as always, provided us with some more challenging climbs. We took it easy today, though and stuck to some easy 5.8 and 5.9 climbs.


Alex leading 5 Gallon Buckets, 5.8


Nate showing off his quickdraws, and core


We walked up Asterisk Pass for the first time and were greeted with this view.


Monkey Face. Smith Rock, OR


We got some good climbing in, saw some more nice views and called it a day. Time to get back to boarding tomorrow.