Just got news that a winter storm is soon to roll into Colorado and blanket the Boulder area with snow! Winter is on its way and I am getting pretty excited about it. I have spent the last few days getting all my winter gear together and making sure that it is in working order. RMNP is already getting snow every now and again and hopefully climbs start to soon form up. Hopefully this winter turns out to be an eventful one. I hope to get down to Ouray a few times, especially for the world famous ice fest!...

In Colorado the seasons change drastically from sweltering heat and daily thunderstorms to dry, crisp, and cool conditions. For most of the summer I was focused on setting and most recently coaching at Movement Climbing and Fitness. It wasn't really until September that I had enough time to get outside and climb, just in time for the prime conditions.

I am about to round off my second trip to CO in the next week. I have been spending the last 4 weeks in Fort Collins and Boulder CO meeting new people, climbing, visiting friends and seeing as much as possible. The first part of my trip was plagued with warm temperatures and more rain than CO has had in the past 20 years but all that aside I have been fortunate to be able to spend so much time here climbing. I have been spending most of my time in RMNP however; I have visited...

So I am just beginning my third week of school at the University of Colorado Boulder and am finally in the swing of things just soon enough to start taking midterm exams next week. Not only have I completed my first two weeks as an Aerospace Engineering student at the University of Colorado but I have also just finished the first two weeks of my new coaching internship with the Boulder Rock Club.