Last week was the best week of skiing we have had all season, with tons of fresh snow, but the brutally cold temperatures and lack of sunshine also worked to burn me out a little bit. I notched my 70th day of the season on Saturday skiing with the Snow Lions for the last time, which was actually great fun. And now the weather has taken a 180 degree turn, the resort is dead until spring break, and spring fever is beginning to set in. The wonderful sunshine inspired me to do a little bit of rock climbing in Rifle canyon, home to the best limestone sport climbing in the country. This canyon is one of the main reasons we decided to move to Rifle in the first place, and I had a terrific season climbing here last fall. After three months of non-stop skiing, though, I am hopelessly out of shape. But, there is no time like sunny time to get back on the wagon, so I headed out with my friend Josh Wharton, who lives here in town, to get in as many pitches as possible on Sunday. As was expected, after only a couple pitches my forearms felt more like they were filled with pudding than with muscle, but it was nice to just be doing something different.
Yesterday was again beautiful and we headed up to the canyon again, with Josh's friend Kevin Cochrane, to work ourselves some more. Lots of other people seemed to have the same Rifle fever that we did, as there were some 15 people climbing in the canyon on a Monday. The pleasant temps are forecast to continue, so I am getting psyched to head to the desert with my friend Danny Uhlmann who will be visiting from Jackson on Thursday.
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