Erik and I had a great day of climbing in Jamestown Ca. Just a little west of Yosemite on Gold Wall east of The Grotto. The rock wall was a lava river which poured out of a volcano and ran west though the valley toward the sea. Over millenia the rains eroded the earth surrounding thick lava flow. Now thousands of years gone by, the rock stand out from the earth like a thick rhombus of stone which snake’s through the valley begging to be climbed.
My sister was walking to work, as she does most days. She was enjoying a podcast of NPR on her Ipod, I’m sure. As she briskly strolled down the Minna street in a robotic trance, something caught her eye, something not right, out of the ordinary. She froze in her tracks, and as if she was the little boy in the movie “The Shining,” tracing her steps backwards in the snow and then she looked up inquisitively. As if a scientist discovering a new artifact, she stared at what seemed to be a completely normal sign which hundreds of unobservant people passed every day with out notice, read it once and then twice. Then the magic came. A smile, and then the walk to work continued, onward, but in a completely new, warm, and in a San Franciscan inspired form. Thoughts of how awesome the random creativity and hilarity of the people who call this great city home truly warmed her. I can imagine that for that moment and until she reached work everything was right in the world…
Ryan, Caryn and I took a quick 1hr drive and hike out to Egg Head rock at Mickeys beach which is just south of Stinson beach. We did few climbs on a beautiful wind blown day over looking the pacific ocean. It was a 20 minute hike in down a 300-500ft hill down to the beach and to the bolted Egg Head rock. We did a few routes which were difficult 5.10c and a 5.11b?? I would totally go again. Here are some pictures
