8 December 2024
Alex Johnson ticks Columbian Bowtie (8A+)
Alex Johnson, with 22 boulders 8A+ to 8B+ under her belt, has completed
Columbian Bowtie (8A+)
in Castle Rocks (ID). โSo good, havenโt had this much fun on a boulder in forever. biggg kitty tracks, dead truck key close call, and lucky slice pizza.โ (c) Sera Gerhart
Can you elaborate a bit more on that epic comment?
This climb is so fun! I went with Sera Gearhart, and on the hike down we saw fresh mountain lion tracks which is always scary. When we got back to the parking, my electric truck key battery had died so my truck wouldnโt start and we thought we were stranded hours from the nearest city with no phone service! I took the key apart and put it back together multiple times and one time we got lucky and it worked. My truck turned on! I think we were more excited about that than the send. We celebrated by getting Lucky Slice Pizza. ๐๐
Can you elaborate a bit more on that epic comment?
This climb is so fun! I went with Sera Gearhart, and on the hike down we saw fresh mountain lion tracks which is always scary. When we got back to the parking, my electric truck key battery had died so my truck wouldnโt start and we thought we were stranded hours from the nearest city with no phone service! I took the key apart and put it back together multiple times and one time we got lucky and it worked. My truck turned on! I think we were more excited about that than the send. We celebrated by getting Lucky Slice Pizza. ๐๐
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