Some Joe's Photos

Being in Joe's Valley at the moment feels a little like a Hueco Tanks reunion.  Every single one of the 9 other people I'm camping with I met in Hueco, even if only briefly.  My first morning here my friend Jesse and I ran into two guys from Pennsylvania who we climbed with in Hueco, Lee and Eric.  They joined us at our campsite and the day before yesterday I went out and climbed with them.  Here are some shots of Lee on a climb called Planet of the Apes.  It's an awesome V7 thats climbs a blocky feature for the right hand with crimps for the left.  I have some video of myself climbing it but I'm going to save it and edit it together with a couple of other climbs.

And here is Lee on anther V7, this one called Water Painting.  It involves lots of weird foot movement, toe hook and heel hooks on big ledges and flakes.  At some point I'll post the video I have of myself on this one too.

Other than those two 7s I've climbed some 5s and a V9 called No Substance that I got third try.  I was so close to flashing it (getting the climb first try)!  It starts on a huge hold then traverses the sloping edge of the bolder.  I climbed to the hardest move my first try smoothly and well before just coming short on a big jump move.  Second try I made a silly mistake before I got to where I fell before, and then on my third attempt I sent.  Now I've gotten two V9s within three attempts I think in the near future I may be able to flash one.  Well hopefully at least, I may be speaking too soon.