Rain, rain, rain.....seems to be the trend. So bouldering in the bay area was cancelled and some plastic pullin' was in order. The OG of the CVBC, Brodie,
is in the process of finishing a super sick bouldering wall, so we worked on that for while, and finished with a short session.

So Bishop proved to be somewhat of a bust. Around day 3 of my trip the temperature was reaching 110. So, on the following day, I bailed. When I got back Daniel and I decided to go spend three days in Tahoe and check out some of its classic problems. So yesterday we got up there, and started the day on some problems at Split Rock. Next we decided to check out White Lines, which is claimed to be Midnight Lightning of tahoe. After an hour of searching, running up and down talus fields, we could not find it. So if anyone reads this and can give me decent directions (and/or GPS coordinates) it would be greatly appreciated. After no luck finding that boulder, we wanted to go check out a classic problem called Midnight Train in the Saddle Boulders. The driving approach to this set of boulders proved to be quite awesome. It involved driving through old, wet train tunnels near Donnor Summit. Midnight Train turned out to be a super cool aesthetic line. After a handful of tries Daniel sent it, and I know have another problem to add to my personal project list. Unfortunately quickly after Daniel's send, in the spirit of our summer bouldering experiences thus far, a huge thunderstorm rolled and dumped buckets. So last night we made the decision to go home and climb in Berkeley or Castle Rock today.
Daniel sending Midnight Train V7

Yesterday I made my way over to Bishop via Tioga Pass (definately the way to go). Then played around on some easy problems, which probably wasn't the best idea due to shredded tips from the previous day's thrashing at Indian Rock. It's pretty hot, but at least there's a nice breeze that rolls through the Buttermilks every once in a while. I got up this morning around 7, and the it was already starting to heat up. So right now I'm sippin some coffee in Kava, and thinking about heading over to the Happy's, hoping that the rock will be easier on the tips. I'm probably going to take the next couple days off to grow some skin back. Hopefully Daniel will screw work and get over here by then so some serious sendin will go down.

Today me, Daniel, and Adam F. went back to the Indian Rock Area. We checked out the Stoneface boulder, which is kind of hidden up the road from Mortar Rock. We worked Stoneface V8, and a variation of it, Stoneface Right V6. I sent Stoneface Right, and Daniel got super close to sending Stoneface. Now off to Bishop.
Me sending Stoneface Right

Castle Rock 0 for 2

Daniel and I headed over to Castle Rock today only to be greeted by a thick cloud of rain....again. So we headed over to Mortar Rock and made the most of the rest of the day. I sent The Ramp, and we worked Mission Impossible.

The CVBC is a group of boulderers based out of Modesto, CA. We have a small gym in town and our closest/home bouldering area is Yosemite. We try to hit up the valley as much as possible, but also try to find new areas and put up new problems as well. Many of us also participate in ABS. This blog is pretty much just for our trip reports and to showcase new problems/areas that have been found. To start off the blog, here's some new problems that my friend Daniel put up in an area near Columbia Junior College last fall.

Me on Trogdor V6?

Daniel on a crazy roof project

Daniel on Typing With Boxing Gloves V7?