Save Red Rock!!!!

Me climbing at Red Rocks. It would be such an eyesore to look over my right
shoulder and see a huge development.

So Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in Clark County, NV (about 20 min west of the strip) is currently threatened by development. If you care about keeping our wild place wild please visit www.saveredrock.com for more information and to learn what you can do.

To sum up what is going on they want to build a major development with around 7000 homes with all the support and infrastructure buildings and items you need for a development this big right across the street from the entrance. (i.e. schools, police stations, fire stations, gas stations, strip malls, etc.) Some people have argued that this is not that big of a deal, but if you have ever visited RRCNCA you would know that this will be a major eyesore and create a multitude of problems.

Please write the Clark County commissioners and let them know you do not support this plan. The Access Fund has a form letter you can use if you can't think of something to say on your own. Some people suck at coming up with things to say, I get that I'm usually the same way.

My dilemma

Well I went climbing today with a friend and took Ares with me. While climbing I realized I have a small dilemma, I really want to start photographing climbing. I have ideas in my head for so many awesome shots but I never have the chance to take them. Obviously I could go out and take pictures of random climbers climbing, but the problem with that is that is time I could spend climbing myself. I think the only solution is to start climbing in groups of three or maybe four. That way when I'm not belaying or climbing I could be taking pictures.

Of course part of the problem with that is most of the people I go with I am bringing all the gear, which doesn't leave me with my own gear to rig me up to take pictures from different angles. I could just take all of my photos from the ground or from places where I can hike up, but that's kind of lame. I'll figure something out, one of my friends just bought some gear and another is about to so maybe I will start having the chance to take more photos, if only I can get more friends to go out climbing at the same time.

On a side note Ares was stoked to use his new camelbak (water backpack as he calls it). He thought it was very cool and had a lot of fun hanging out with us. He was very good and waited somewhat patiently for the sucker my friend Phil promised him if he was good.