First Few Stops

So Cam and I have finally embarked on our gnarly adventure. After picking up Cam and enjoying a delicious dinner compliments of the Frisbys, we drove toward Austin. Fortunately for us the Spoetzl Brewery was roughly in our path, so a tour was mandatory. After enjoying some of Shiners famous beers and bbp (courtesy of Fred's BBQ) we drove to McKinney Falls State Park for our first bout of climbing of the trip.

What McKinney lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality. Nice pocketed limestone bouldering provided for a good reintroduction to rock climbing. After just a few hours of climbing led to shredded finger tips, and pumped forearms. We met a few locals who were super nice and provided some info for our adventures in Hueco Tanks.

Cam, enjoying the bouldering?

Its like a more solid Morrison

After McKinney Falls, we drove over to Austin and were hosted by Cam's friends from high school, David. He was super hospitable and gave us a shower and a tour of Austin and the UT campus.

The next morning we woke up and drove to Enchanted Rock to do some granite crack climbing. The rock was very Turkey Rocks-esque. The park was closed until 2pm for a public hunt so we pulled over to the side of the road to have some lunch. A fellow climber from Bishop, Ca pulled over with us and we sat around till the park open. Once in the park, the climb felt like a very foreign experience. I am not use to Texas with rocks. After doing some sweet crack climbs, we packed up and had some dinner.

E-Rock Sunset

Owl Crack

Middle Crack

I'm not sure what the hunters were doing, but they must not have been shooting deer because we basically got trampled by the deer while having dinner.

After dinner we drove into Frederickburg for a good night sleep. We pulled into some random neighborhood with a few cars on the street, jumped into the back of the truck for a good night’s sleep. Now we sit in a coffee shop in Fredricksburg with $1 coffee, enjoying free internet and getting ready to peace out for Carlsburg, New Mexico.