Leaving

After three weeks in Minneapolis, where I've read, and climbed, and relaxed, it's time to head west. I take almost the same route west that I took in 2007, when I moved to Oregon. I go to a wedding, and then I come back to Wyoming for the Tetons. The truck is clean, the oil changed, and my stuff is packed. If all goes well (and I'm waiting on a couple of things happening), I should be leaving early Tuesday morning.
The Tetons are looking pretty exciting, although I'm doing much less research about how to do actual mountaineering than is advisable. I think I have everything I need to be safe. I'll try a couple of short routes to get started, and then try for the bigger ones.
I'll try to post some more as I go along. I don't know what the situation is in the park, and I doubt I'll bother to figure it out. Of course, if there is a federal shutdown, then maybe I won't be climbing in the Tetons after all. What then?
Assuming that doesn't happen, we will see how I fare on this alpine stuff. I think my general fitness will get in the way of actual climbing. Maybe a week or two of doing it there will help me build some endurance. Even if I don't do anything big, exciting, or amazing, I'll be in a really cool place. That is worth it, by itself.


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