Travelogues

Vegas and Red Rocks

Last weekend became a small Alice Lloyd Hall reunion when I met up with my fellow Michigan alum in Vegas. We spent two days on the strip and yet I managed to pry a couple of the partiers away from the bright lights to climb in Red Rocks. The soft sandstone is red from banded iron formations. The red seems to accentuate the heat of the dry desert air.

We climbed at Panty Wall, a vertical wall with a variety of ratings. Ezra managed to find a belay station in the shade. I lead a 5.8 and then a 5.7. The routes are heavily bolted and I felt confident on the hand and foot holds. It amazed me that such gorgeous, alien landscape exists naturally, so close to the artificial playland of the strip.

posted by Patricia @ 6:32 PM