Devil's Lake Climbing

Maria and I spent the three day weekend climbing and camping at Devil's Lake State Park, the most popular climbing area in the midwest.
Queen's Throne, an easy 5.5 route on the West bluff.
Brinton's Crack, a nice 5.6 on the East Bluff. From the same anchor we were also able to climb a fun 5.9+ just to the right of the crack that both of us completed. At ~70 feet our tallest climb yet. Not the easiest to set up.
Orgasm, a 5.8 on the East Bluff. Easy to set up, we both completed it. A fun move coming out from under the overhang.
More pictures here

tube-o-licious

I hauled the boat up to Leech Lake for the weekend for some boating with the Mitchells. It was very windy out on the lake, but we found a protected bay that was great for tubing and wakeboarding. As usual Chris took some amazing pictures, which he'll post after processing them.

Dodgeball is a sport of violence, exclusion, and degradation.

Chris posted pictures he took at the TNT dodgeball tournament I participated in back in early April.

First Route Set! Ely's Peak

After a little shopping spree to fill out our rack, we ran up to Duluth for the day and climbed at Ely's Peak. We set The Flake, a fun and challenging 5.7. This was the first time we set a route by ourselves, and it went pretty smoothly.

Here fishy fishy fishy

The annual lab fishing trip was less than successful, five days of fishing and I managed to catch two fish, a nice brook trout and a healthy smallmouth. The worst part is that I caught more fish than everyone else. I got a neat picture of a seagull that was diving for fishguts in front of our campsite.

Climbing School

Venerable gym rat Pink Pants Mike took Maria, Wyma, and me out to Taylor's Falls and taught us how to set up top-rope anchors. We practiced setting up a few top-ropes, and then did a couple climbs.Not sure what route this is we set, but it was easy to set up and an easy climb.

Climbing at Palisades

Went climbing over the weekend at Palisades State Park just outside of Sioux Falls, SD with Maria and a bunch of Rovers. More pictures.