End of Summer Blowout

Well, summer is now officially over, and school has resumed. I did, however, manage to have a really great four day weekend leading up to it.

On Thursday a friend and I went on a hike to Eagles Rest about 30 miles from Eugene. Good exercise, company, and views. The next day my roommate and I did Spencer's Butte. More of the same.

Saturday I got really ambitious, and went climbing, then did a 20 mile bike ride in the hills south of Eugene. By this time, my knees were starting to hurt. But oh no, the fun doesn't stop there. My friend Andreas called and said they were doing a climbing trip on Sunday. So, I went to Flagstone and did a bit of that.

The best bit of the latter trip was when Andreas (the best climber I know) got stuck on a route. I've seen the guy climb some seriously hard stuff, so this was a rare event. Granted, he had a cold and wasn't feeling well. I managed to get a set of videos, though my stupid camera (which only records 40 seconds at a time) ran out of space just as he did a risky move that he ended up taking a fall on.

They are small and low quality, but you can check them out using these links:

1. Stuck. Ends with half of the risky move that led to the fall. Darn.
2. Very rare cheating. (a little "french free" action)
3. Super-sweet leap (about 2/3 into the video).
4. Finish. Anticlimactic...see (3)

I may have some pictures of me coming from other people's cameras, but they are as likely to show me laying on the ground lazily belaying as they are to show me on rock...I was tired.