i woke up this morning to my passenger side window of my car smashed in. my car was parked at the inn parking lot. i think my old i pod was the bait. unfortunately for them it was worth no more than $50. luckily for me, the alarm went off so they did not have time to find my wallet, passport and check book also within the car. lame way to start the day but i have had so many fortunate things happen to me lately that i am not too upset by the break in.
i am currently working/ living at "the inn on the water". i check in guests and perform house keeping duties part time. 20 hours of my work week goes to pay for me to stay here. i would prefer to work for compensation but stay at the campground but it has been raining a lot and i am happy to have a cozy place to call home, plus all of the workers here are very nice.
this weekend rich and i climbed a mega scary, 30' highball, v5 roof to a slab with a v2 move at 25'. i will not do this climb again, once was enough.
-rich the beginning of the slab.
my finger healed and the last week i have had much better luck. a mountain guide and new friend of mine, eric hughes and i climbed to the top of the chief via "angels crest" and "high plains drifter". eric let me on-site the hard top two pitches, a 40 meter 5.11 hand crack and a 5.11c technical crack. we passed two parties and climbed the 16 pitch route in under 5 hours this way. rich and i climbed a nice 6 pitch 5.8 up the "apron" called "calculus crack" the picture is rich on lead. the bouldering pictures are of our crazy quebecois friend, jacob the last one is rich on "lucky sharms". rich hooked me up, volunteering with arc'teryx last thursday. i helped with a sale and they gave me a jacket, sushi and beer, sweet! 
