We were recently in Joshua Tree for some of the hardest bouldering I've ever done.  We're talking even harder than Yosemite but that's probably me just not being use to climbing on that kind of rock.  I went home with a bruised ego but eager to get strong enough to return.  My GF didn't fair as well =/  She tore one of the tendons in her finger and now it won't straighten out.  The doctor gave her a finger splint and told her not to climb for at least 6 weeks.  She's already in denial about how serious the injury is and wants to bargain on modifying her climbing so she can still do some climbing while not aggrevating her injury further.  I've been down this road before and like most other climbers, I kept climbing "light" until the tendon in my hand finally tore and put me out for a full 6 months.  To help her through this recovery time, I am going to put on hold our gym climbing membership so she doesn't have to do this alone.  It's only been 30 minutes and I'm already starting to panic about not being able to climb regularly...I think people call this withdrawl =P  We just have to look at the bright side, this will give our body time to recover (no such thing as a climber that's completely injury-free).  I'm thinking maybe more bike rides and night hikes or just staying in and playing video games together.  These next few weeks are going to be tough.

After stumbling onto my friend Richard and some buddies at the Sads Boulder in Bishop, I joined them in doing the Molly Dyno.  Richard was filming the whole climbing session and included me in the climbing video.  I feel honored and even more psyched to climb now.  The degree of awesomeness in his video versus my C-level work is so apparent, check out this insanely epic video:

http://vimeo.com/38152440