The most non-awkward bouldering crew e-v-e-r.

Bouldering in jtree has been so much fun lately - more so with the right crew. As much as I love to do things solo, I feel bouldering is one of those things that builds a sense of camaraderie, encouragement and teamwork (if you can get past the sense of frustration, despair, self-loathing and fear...).

So my crew this past Sat was a mostly girls' team comprised of me, Johnnie and Steph. Yes - Johnnie and Steph. Two out of a small handful of people in this world who have seen me naked in bed. Was that odd? Only if I thought about it for too long - jumping on boulders and letting the painful bite of jtree rock pierce your skin keeps that from happening too much :)

Fortunately, both women have come to me separately and told me that they were glad they went - and that there was no awkwardness at all. Johnnie tells me that she senses no attraction between steph and I - that we seem like old friends. Steph tells me that never felt like the third wheel and had so much fun climbing with johnnie and I.

I love both of their energies on the rock. I love being around a mature set of people that can jump into the purity of bouldering without letting stupid romantic pasts / current situations affect it. And I might add - I like being around a mostly female bouldering group (he he he).

Now the only thing that would be a really funny situation is if the two of them become climbing partners. There was talk between the two ladies that they would start climbing with each other at the local gym - I just hope they don't start swapping embarrassing stories about me...

Really quick - sends: Thingamajig (5.9), some slopey boulder problem (V2), gunsmoke (again - V2/V3), got further on Pigpen (V4) and High Noon (V5)