With only roughly 25 days between semesters my spring breaks
before the starts of my summer Pediatric course was a little crunched for time
but jammed packed with fun, learning and excitement.
After a couple days of sucking up emergency medicine wisdom
at the Essential conference Gabe and I rendezvoused at a very unlikely spot, The
Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino. Within minutes we were making our getaway from
the Vegas Strip in refuge of nylon walls, blowing wind and cactus laden desert.
Augmented by the perfectly sculpted cliffs of Red Rocks and its glorious multi
pitch climbing paradise.
Although our time in red rocks was brief as usual we got in
a ton of climbing. Y2K, The Next Century, Prince of Darkness, and Sour Mash, to
name just a few. Gabe has harbored a fleet of shiny BD cams for years and
quickly put them to use on his first ever pure trad lead. He was like a gecko on
the brown patinaed walls.
From Vegas I flew to Seattle to co guide a 10 day Alpine
Ascents International Mountaineering Course with Devin Bishop guide extraordinaire.
The first 6 days were spent on Mt. Baker
is what Devin carefully explained to me was “liquid sunshine.” The final four
days the team attempted to climb the Kautz Couloir on Mt. Rainier.
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