Bouldering is dumb, but it'll take you places...

A couple weeks after getting back from Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, we headed to Chicago for Sam to compete in USAC bouldering divisional comp.  Bouldering wasn't really Sam's strong suit last year, but he managed to nab sixth spot, which was good for a trip to Nationals in Salt Lake City.

Tickets to SLC were about $2300 for the five of us.  Flying to Las Vegas was half as expensive, which would more than covered the cost of the car rental and a week of hoteling.  I rounded out my cam selection a bit...

And Leo got his first flight...

And the next day we were racking up gear in Calico Basin at Red Rock Canyon, with Ida tethered to a gear anchor so she wouldn't wander off the ledge and fall 25 feet into the dirt...