Not much climbing over the weekend, but we still managed to keep ourselves entertained once we realized we had access to mountain bikes, shovels, rakes, and an excessively large mound of dirt. I managed to rip one of the 3 pair of jeans I brought, but other than that, everyone walked away unscathed.





After a much needed lazy weekend, we kicked off the climbing week on 2 trad routes. For those of you who aren't to sure what trad (or traditional) climbing is, it's a much less invasive style where the climber doesn't clip into bolts drilled into the rock face, but instead places their own gear in the natural features of the wall, then clips their rope in to that.
The climbers 'rack' or gear consists of nuts (a) and cams (b). These are what keeps the climber from hitting the ground if they fall.

(a)

(b)

With that bit of knowledge, I now give you shots from trad monday.







Now for the randoms of the week







and just a few more that scream Kentucky...