Joshua Tree, California

After driving to SoCal Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning (I stopped for a night in Tucson), I camped for a night in Joshua Tree National Park before spending the weekend with my good friend Cameron.  It was a great weekend, and it was nice to sleep in a room on a mattress for a few nights! Cameron goes to Chapman university in the outskirts of LA so we went into the city on Saturday and spent the rest of the weekend hanging out with his friends on campus.

Now I'm back in J Tree.  Today I spent the morning and early afternoon bouldering on my own, just trying to do as many easy climbs as possible.  The area has a huge amount of climbing history, and was one of the places people pioneered morning climbing starting in the 60s.  But, most of the climbing here is roped traditional climbing, so I probably won't spend more than a week here before heading to Joe's Valley in Utah.

I'll post another update in a couple of days before I leave.  Till then, bye!