Well, I can say that I have done a really piss poor job of keeping up with my blog. No excuse except that my Camera broke and I don't have any cool pictures to show you. Nellie and I are in Canmore ice climbing with the Canadian monkeys. They sure do love the cold.

Anyhooo, we are hoping that it's a bit warmer tomorrow and that I will be over this cold that I caught so that we can get back at it. Hoping to make it up a few more multi pitch ice climbs before we head back south.

For me, ice climbing is a means to an end and in it of itself I don't really like it. It feels much more like hammering than climbing. But, each year the lines i choose to climb in the mountains seem to have more and more ice on them. So, here I am preparing for what may lie ahead in Tibet and Pakistan this year.

Always
Micah

These pictures are courtesy of Chris Klinga. The nuts and bolts are hardware taken out of his lower legs on Tuesday. He was involved a a horrible accident climbing last April. luckily he's climbing again and psyched. The other photo is a picture of Chris took of myself and Matt Segal hauling bags on El cap.

Climbing in the Red.

The Red River Gorge was a great adventure. But its also great to be back in Boulder, at least for a few days. I'm heading down to Arizona in the morning to climb in the warm South West sun. Hopefully my head will feel a bit better. On Monday I got my wisdom teeth pulled or should I say wisdom tooth pulled. Oh what fun! Luckily Dr. Burns is the man and did me right. So now it's time to heel and get back to the rock. Really looking forward to climbing in Tibet and Pakistan this up coming summer. Just need to get some cardio fitness back so that Jonny doesn't hike me into the ground. I also promised Sargent that I would keep up on my blogging. So until I leave for Tibet I will do my best to write every two weeks.

Always,
Micah

Well, after almost three months of recovering I'm climbing again and honestly, I couldn't be more psyched.

I'm in the Red River Gorge of Kentucky trying to get fit. The pizza, the weather, and the climbing are perfect. The short approaches and steep gymnastic climbing style are a great way for me to get back on the horse so to speak. The hand holds that once seemed positive, for the time being, feel horrible.

But I'm mad for it!!! Planning on staying here until the 23rd of the month.

Then I'm off to begin a two week long speaking tour to present Kashmir Alpine Style. The story about my adventures climbing new mountains in India with Jonny Copp

• October 27th at 7:30 pm Stanford University Stanford, CA room S360 of the Clark Center.
• October 29th 7pm Middlebury College Middlebury, VT. check here for exact room.
• October 30th Colby College Waterville, ME
• November 5th 7:00pm Yale College, New Haven, CT Linsly-Chittenden Hall Room 101.
• November 6th 8:00pm Harvard Cambridge, MA Fong Auditorium.
  

Micah

Here is a picture that Mike Schaefer took moments before the 35 footer I took in the Waddington Range, BC.