Amongst all the hours of training and skiing in Bend, we had the opportunity to explore and check out new places as well. In the past, several people told me how cool Smith Rock is, so I decided I better check it out! And sure enough, it was just as cool as people had described it. Now, let me make this clear, I am not an avid rock climber, but I do enjoy the 5.8, 5.9 routes just for fun:) Going to Smith Rock opened my eyes to a whole new level of climbing! Here are some pictures of our adventure…br /br /div style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SicFUVtxIfI/AAAAAAAAAVI/6jgMOVG890E/s1600-h/IMG_0509.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SicFUVtxIfI/AAAAAAAAAVI/6jgMOVG890E/s400/IMG_0509.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343245329883013618″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-style: italic;”Walking down the path to “Morning Glory” wall.br /br //span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SicHe6_oFYI/AAAAAAAAAVY/xiIRy_4rzME/s1600-h/IMG_0507.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SicHe6_oFYI/AAAAAAAAAVY/xiIRy_4rzME/s400/IMG_0507.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343247710711977346″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-style: italic;”A view of just one of the many climbs./spanbr //divbr /div style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SicHfJMoZNI/AAAAAAAAAVg/4Qhg40Be19M/s1600-h/IMG_0511.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SicHfJMoZNI/AAAAAAAAAVg/4Qhg40Be19M/s400/IMG_0511.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343247714524619986″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-style: italic;”Crystal clear day!br //span/divbr /div style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SicJnonyY7I/AAAAAAAAAVo/dMATPdKmkdk/s1600-h/IMG_0524.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SicJnonyY7I/AAAAAAAAAVo/dMATPdKmkdk/s400/IMG_0524.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343250059422229426″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-style: italic;”Getting ready for our first climbbr /br //span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SicJniNO8RI/AAAAAAAAAVw/wBHlnQYP538/s1600-h/IMG_0519.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SicJniNO8RI/AAAAAAAAAVw/wBHlnQYP538/s400/IMG_0519.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343250057700241682″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-style: italic;”Colin making his way up./spanbr /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SicJoG_Fc_I/AAAAAAAAAV4/_H9Pys3Ry3A/s1600-h/IMG_0525.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SicJoG_Fc_I/AAAAAAAAAV4/_H9Pys3Ry3A/s400/IMG_0525.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343250067573011442″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-style: italic;”I kept telling myself “don’t look down!”/spanbr //divbr /div style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SicJoB1mu-I/AAAAAAAAAWA/y9FdK_9Ueek/s1600-h/IMG_0531.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SicJoB1mu-I/AAAAAAAAAWA/y9FdK_9Ueek/s400/IMG_0531.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343250066191072226″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-style: italic;”Climbing until dusk./spanbr /br //diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SicQKsHJhzI/AAAAAAAAAWI/1EXGIqyVfAc/s1600-h/IMG_0533.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bfd1dFDmRWA/SicQKsHJhzI/AAAAAAAAAWI/1EXGIqyVfAc/s400/IMG_0533.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343257258724263730″ border=”0″ //adiv style=”text-align: center;”span style=”font-style: italic;”A days climbing done!br /br //span/divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5903545846797966075-6033014533260922719?l=in-the-arena-nicole.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
