Today was a “zero day”, meaning we didn’t do any climbing or strenuous physical exertion. First off, our fingers are doing fine after the big climb yesterday. Phew! Jason is a physical therapist by trade, and it shows when he brings his theraband (elastic band) to the crag and we do extensive shoulder warmups. We are in our 30’s now and if we don’t warm up our shoulders and fingers, they fall off upon first exertion, or so it seems.
On our zero day, we did some foam rolling and stretching as well as planned and packed for the big adventure tomorrow up Solar Slab. Additionally, I gave Jason a mohawk in the city park using battery-powered clippers. I also caught up with my brother on the phone which was really nice. We spent 9am-4:45pm at the city park, evidence of parties clinging by tape to the underside of cast concrete picnic tables. Jason and I enjoyed the see-saw pictured above.
Finally, we ate dinner in a Home Depot parking lot. On the menu was Thai curry with brown rice, and holy smokes the Mae Ploy (sp?) curry is delicious but SPICY!
Ok, this is a brief post because we are getting up at an ungodly hour tomorrow for our 14hr predicted ascent/descent of Solar Slab. Fine I’ll tell you - our alarms are set for 2:30am. Aie yie yie, what is this - spring ski season?? Mountaineering?? Remember when we stayed UP until 2:30am? Ok I rarely ever did that, even in college. Off to bed!
Is this a roadrunner?
