The end of Hueco—I am
going back in time but it seems like I only posted on our efforts on bringing
the 20th Hueco Rock Rodeo together. The Rodeo went well which was a
great relief since I worked very hard putting the event together…to read more
about it http://melissaistrong.blogspot.com/2013/04/20th-hueco-rock-rodeo-round-up.html. I was so happy and fortunate to have my
husband Adam’s help and a great team of volunteers who with out I would have
been lost. The AAC and our guides at
Wagon Wheel and the Rock Ranch really brought the event together and made it hugely
successful!
Although the event
was time consuming, life existed outside of the Rodeo. We had a great Hueco season being extremely
busy with Wagon Wheel Co-opt which was the only operating guiding concession in
the 2012/2013 Hueco season! Overall it was an injury free season for me! Amazing since it was the first Hueco season in the past three years that my shoulder felt better! Unfortunately, while my nagging injury faded Adam’s
troublesome elbow tendonitis made a big return in a bad way. The last month of Hueco he spent resting and
nursing his elbows that unfortunately did not recover with this rest. While laying off of climbing he was able to
help get friends out in the backcountry of Hueco and get some videos and
pictures. Adam was a trooper--Hueco
is not a fun place to be while resting. While
my best climber partner took some days off from spotting while injured I luckily
had some great friends to climb with and made some new friends from overseas.
Despite being on the
other side of stress and having a functioning shoulder…I have wound up on the
same place I have been in the past—almost, really close, so many good burns on
the project, falling at the end, down to the wire, hot last days with split
tips. Oh well I went down trying or I
should say we—a good friend, Ashley Veevers was in the same boat and we had
some brutal last days in Hueco but we went down fighting and with a lot of
laughter. A vow for next year was made
and we drove away straight into a snowstorm that
seemed to last all spring. Bouldering always humbling, periodically rewarding, forever fun and for me a lesson in patience and perseverance.
Paul Robinson making easy work of Bastard in a Basket
Mike Feinburg making it to the end of Indisposed Heros before sending
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| One of Adam's few days climbing yet still sending--The Man With the Black Lunettes |
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| Clayton Reagan on The Man With the Black Lunettes |
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| Emma Flaherty on Shroom |
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| Bronson MacDonald trying hard on Shroom |
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| Lalya Mammi sending Shroom |
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| One of my many many good burns |
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| the hold i am grabbing in photo to the left |
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| So Close.... |
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| Crux hold |
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| Bronson trying Nacho Man |
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| Sarah Clark on Revenge of the Choir Boys |
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| Ashley Veevers on Techo De Los Tres B's |
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| So Close! |
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| 4th Annual Field Day Breakfast |
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| Unfortunately we got a super windy day for Field Day but the brave survived |
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| The Bracket for Shoes |
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| Just what I did not need |
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| Beating the heat |
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| The drive home |
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| La Veta Inn possible saved our lives |
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