vail

So after getting up at 4am on Thursday morning. Traveling to CO with 2 stops and sitting next to either kids that like to talk a lot or old people that like to talk a lot, followed by sitting in the Denver airport for 5 hours before anyone else got there... I AM FINALLY IN VAIL.

Vail

So first off i haven't ever been to Vail. the furthest into CO i had ever been until this point was boulder i suppose. So Vail.... One of the route setters told me that this place seemed fake. Not like the people, but the place it self. I wasn't actually sure what i expected but Vail in fact seems like an amusement park. Ya know what i mean like the park of an amusement park where all the food and shops are. thats what this place reminds me of. like a prefabricated in Europe kind of place. I have to say though getting up in the morning and looking outside and breathing in that mountain air really makes this place just awesome.

The climbing wall is AWESOME. I took lots of pictures but i'm pretty sure i'm not supposed to post them. Ill post them after the WC comp. i'm sure at that point though you will have seen video or what not. There are some amazing features that motivation volumes out of TX made. I am so psyched about this wall! We got to start setting the citizens comp today and we are moving right along. i think we might even be finished setting tomorrow, followed by forerunning. im pretty dang psyched about the problems that we have set so far. The crew im working with is amazing. i think we all seem to click pretty well.

the crew is:

chief setter: John Muse TX

Assistants: Mark Mercer FL

myself

Apprentice: Ryan Sewell CO/TX

I'm learning a lot watching these guys set and working with them. they have a lot of really cool ideas. like i said before im really excited to climb these climbs.

10 days till i go home and then to Richmond.

I hope we get to climb outside 1 or 2 days here.

ok im going to sleep cause im not making much sense and this point.