More Dropping Deuces than Chunking Up

I went down to climb in Arkansas from January 17 to the 22nd. The quality of the sandstone at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch is phenomenal and most of the bouldering and sport climbing is within a very short hiking distance from the camping area.

The first two days were spent climbing around the Ranch and the next two were spent climbing around Cowell where the popular Fred's Cave is located.

Fred's Cave

We didn't try that many problems harder than V5, but the ones we did were really good. I was very pleased to tick off Numerical Methods V8 at the Idaho Boulders along with the ~15 foot arete Old English V3 (sketchy for climbers from MN).

Numerical Methods V8

The weather was quite nice other than the mystery mist keeping a large quantity of holds damp from condensation. Here is a short little video I put together of the trip:

Chili go on get outta here!