At the beginning of March the gang invaded the beautiful sandstone of Red Rock just outside of Las Vegas for 3 days of climbing.  Camping out Wednesday night was extremely cold, some Gatorade that was left outside froze overnight so the temps were definitely down in the 20s.  I had my 32 degree summer bag and it definitely wasn’t enough, luckily every subsequent night got progressively warmer.

On Thursday Matt, Greg and I climbed Frogland, a 6 pitch 5.8 in the Black Velvet Canyon.  This north face route was a bit chilly in the shade but Matt saved the day by bringing some chemical hand warmers that we all were grateful for.  On Friday Matt and Greg were off to climb Levitation 29, a tough 5.11b so Tara, Ray, and I did some single pitch routes in the Willow Springs area including Curving Crack.  Friday night the rest of the gang arrived including Brie, Carolyn, Jason, and Andrea.

Saturday the whole group assaulted Johnny Vegas, a very fun 4 pitch 5.7.  Greg, Carolyn, and I led the way with Ray and Tara following up behind us.  We made pretty good time so we decided to press on and climb Solar Slab until we needed to rap off and get Tara and Ray to the airport.  Once the sun went behind the mountain and the wind kicked up things got a bit chilly.  We spent much of the rappels shivering to stay warm but we manage to make it down just before dark.  Photos of the journey are below: