The Red in the Fall

The Red, in my opinion, is one of the best places to climb in the fall. The scenery of the trees that appear to be on fire is astounding to the human eye. The hills that are carved by the Red River make the scenery look as if there are waves of burning trees illuminating against the sky.
And to even further the poetic landscape; the crispy cold air offers a nice relief to regular Red climbers who braved the harsh humidity of the summer. The air also makes the friction on the rock harder, resulting in a stronger grip than what a climber thought she/he had. The slightest sloppy finger pocket feels like a regular pocket when one grades the hole. The hardest idiotic moves, such as the one at the start of Fuzzy Undercling gives the gumby an extra bonus for the tremendous climb that he/she is about to embark on.
To even further my argument that The Red is a great place to climb in the fall is the tremendous amount of people that show up and climb there during the weekend. Places such as Roadside Craig and PMNR are over-flowing with people. Not to mention that Miguels has an overflow of cars and every tent is at the most, eight feet apart. This can be annoying to those who can’t handle the tremendous amount of people, such as Cincinnatians, who like myself, complain about the overflow of people at places like Roadside. The Red is still one of the best places to climb during the fall, even though you have 20 people fighting to climb four routes that you are trying to send.

Coffee!

Hello to those who skim this,

I now work at Coffee Emporium in Cincinnati, Ohio. This is a sweet job. I wake up, go to work in whatever I want to, drink coffee all day and serve the best coffee in Cincinnati. This is a new adventure for me because I am out of school and have a full time job... most then what some can say. I am looking forward to this upcoming year.

I also met this awesome girl, Megan, who helped me get this job. She is sweet and I look forward to spending more time with her and hopefully getting some climbing adventures in with her too.

Joe