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Jessica Evans

Posted on February 7, 2006

yesterday started off slow. i was so sore from the first day of climbing and was pretty much scared to climb again lest i may injure myself. more importantly, i was feeling kind of lazy. we sat around the campsite in the morning and were both unmotivated. then i talked to someone in passing (note to self, always talk to people in passing) and found that his group was not going to use their reservations for the day. we have to leave. right now!they kindly drove over to the park with us to transfer the reservation to us. we’re going to climb! we proceded to the warm up boulders where i furthered my quest to be lazy and unmotivated. i tried a few of…

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and it was a very good day

Jessica Evans

Posted on February 6, 2006

after completing my post talking about feeling insecure and overwelmed, yesterday turned out to be a very good day. john was able to get us reservations to get into the park, which was a pleasent surprise. i will always be surprised when i get to climb here, due to the limited access. we met a group of people at the warm up boulder, and they were talking about going to go do a problem that i had heard john talking about. i asked if we could join them so we all went to the next area together. after burning out on baby martini, we mentioned going to another area and a few of the guys asked if they could join us. our group of…

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hueco

Jessica Evans

Posted on February 5, 2006

well, it’s my first *real* morning in hueco tanks. yesterday doesn’t count since i was bleary after 4 hours of sleep following twenty some odd hours of driving. a new challenge presents itself since this is my first time on this trip in such a popular climber place. in horsepens i was the only one there for the first bit, and then i had canadian friends visiting so i didn’t need to worry about other people. in tennessee i was the only one on the campground, and occasionally other people showed up. at hueco i have walked into a crowd of climbers. this is a brand new experience – the rock ranch is in the desert so it’s not like there’s privacy between campsites.…

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walking in memphis

Jessica Evans

Posted on February 3, 2006

pencharz and i are 6 hours into the 21 hour drive to hueco tanks. i’m excited to climb in sunny warm weather again. the obed was great at first since i had such great weather, but then it got so cold and i found that i don’t climb so well in the cold. it was a split decision. we went to the wartburg library to check the weather for el paso. after seeing that the forecast was in the mid 20’s (celcius) and sunny sunny sunny, we just looked at each other and said “we’re leaving today”. will all this stuff fit in the car? it’s one more person and their respective belongings for betsy! it’s all in… sacrificing any and all visibility and…

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solar powered

Jessica Evans

Posted on February 2, 2006

the weather in tennessee has turned wintry again and this time i’m not going to stick around to enjoy it. i need sun and warmth to climb, and neither is available here for the next little while. pencharz is here visiting now, and we’ve made the call to push the long, very long drive to hueco tanks in el paso, texas. poor guy – we had some great weather last week and when he gets here it’s cold and i’m sick. i have been here for over three weeks now and it’s certainly time to move on. yesterday felt like my body had an allergic reaction to the obed as i spent the day doubled over in pain from my stomach which had gone…

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