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Jessica Evans

Posted on April 18, 2006

*watch out… longest post ev-er* so monday was the day to talk to people. i’m in a climber town, so there are people to talk to. i exchanged a few words with people i saw in zion, but normally they appeared frightened when i told them i was on a solo rock climbing road trip. she’s crazy. i can understand that, to a family out hiking, living on the road and climbing rocks may seem crazy. i go on a will-work-for-food quest and all i manage to do is sell a book. I’m happy with my new five dollar bill. on the way back to the car, i see a guy sitting on a bench and say hi. are you a climber? i ask.…

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dancing with tears in my eyes

Jessica Evans

Posted on April 17, 2006

Southern Utah is almost Too Pretty. The sights i have seen over the past few days are becoming a sensory overload. The landscape is constantly changing, but changing drastically from one amazing view to another. I have visited three national parks, and driven through a few national monuments and national forests. There’s a reason why these places have been preserved as parks… it’s like this is the only place on earth such formations exist. It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen before, and when I was originally dreaming of this roadtrip, driving my little car through the southwest, i imagined driving by loads of desert towers. Now i’ve gotten the scenery that I wanted and it’s too much to handle. If I had to live…

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what, me worry?

Jessica Evans

Posted on April 16, 2006

I am in the middle of my tour of National Parks in southern Utah. So far I’ve visited Zion and Bryce Canyon. The beauty here is almost ridiculous. I’m sitting in the lobby of an area hotel, so I must hurry up with my wireless usage. Zion was breathtaking. I did the “angel’s landing” hike, which brings you along the top of a ridge. There are chains in place and warnings about falling off. I squeezed past a number of tourists in heavy duty mountaineering boots and technical approach wear as they were frozen in place, with a death grip on the chains. It was pretty crowded on angel’s landing, there wasn’t much room for any angels to land since the landing strip was…

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dust in the wind

Jessica Evans

Posted on April 13, 2006

time flies, time drags, and no matter how it feels, time just keeps going by. it’s my lucky day – number 13 – which marks four months of being on the road. i’m living in the car again, in red rocks for a few days. some kind climbers let me park on their campsite free of charge since I can’t even dream of paying $10/night for camping. the final crunch is on, and it’s time for some Extreme Dirtbagging to save on expenses. today i went to do an easy circuit of problems at the kraft boulders close to red rocks. i’ve been amazed at the quality of the bouldering here… who knew that on top of high class sport and trad, there’s high…

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all you can dirtbag

Jessica Evans

Posted on April 12, 2006

In some respects, it feels like my roadtrip is over. In some respects, it is. Maybe I got a little carried away with drifting. I have a very extreme personality — someone described it as “polar”. I’d like to point out that that’s polar without the bi. Middle ground is unknown and I can be complete opposites of myself sometimes. I’ve been observing myself on this trip, trying to learn a few truths here and there. I’m already reflecting on the trip, sifting through the emotions and experiences that I’ve had along the way; finding inspiration in thinking about the people that I have met. Maybe we don’t realize how much of an impact we have on each other. We owe it to ourselves…

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