I would like to introduce the newest member of the climbing community, Brooklyn the wonder-pup! Andrew and I drove to Colorado Springs on Sunday to expand our little family. It’s only been a few days, but we are already in love with this little ball of feistiness.

Today will be the first day we attempt to take out new friend climbing. I love when there are a few well-behaved dogs at the crag, but I get as annoyed as the next person when they are running on ropes, stirring up dust, and otherwise making a mess of things. Brooklyn is going to be big, like 80 pounds, so we’re hitting the ground running with training and socialization.

With any luck, and a lot of hard work on our parts, we’ll have a well-behaved pup when the crowds arrive this summer in Rifle. I’m considering this my newest and perhaps most challenging project yet.

I have not intention of onsighting this project. If you have some good beta, please let me know!