We eventually left Vegas and began the very long journey south-east to Hueco Tanks. It is a world renowned bouldering venue and we wanted to see what it was all about. Here are some highs and not-so-highs of this section of the trip:
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| - staying in a dodgy motel on the way |
- seeing a few cattle factories (too many cows for the amount of space)
- stocking up at Walmart and finding a cute dress and short shorts for the warm weather ahead
- being welcomed by three cute climbers at Hueco
- being the only women around (this has high and low aspects to it)
- being amazed by Hueco Tanks a huge amount of boulders in an otherwise flat and dry place
- being blown away by the number and quality of the bouldering problems (one section has over 3000 problems)
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| - going bouldering with a group of psyched climbers |
- realising that some of them hadn't showered in days (one admitted it had been 2 weeks since his last shower)
- bouldering (including a real high-ball)
- sitting around talking nonsense with the boys
- teaching the Americans words like "bakkie" instead of "truck"
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| - some more yoga poses |
- complaining that the local beers and ciders don't have enough alcohol
- being fed "ricky-o-ritas" as a result of the previous comment (made with authentic Mexican tequila - Dez has the recipe)
- having a party around the bonfire
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| - burning a couch (it was old and extremely dirty, it had to go) |
- playing Foosball (table soccer) and ping-pong (the guys took ping-pong seriously)
- staying in the house Todd Skinner built with some help from Fred Nicole (both extremely well known climbers)
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| - saying goodbye |
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| - taking an unintended detour and finding some aliens |
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