Mowin' dandelions every week your primary summer goal?
We hope not.....so here are some ideas to keep your vitality sharp this season.
1. Visit 1-2 other rock climbing crags this year (crags that you have not been to before). There are a ton of local crags and odds are you have not been to easily accessible places like Hunchback Wall or Enola Crag. Or make a journey to Rock Creek Crag, or Wankers Columns, MCS [if you like easy grades], Skinner Butte Columns, Wolf Rock (for sure!), Spring Mountain Wall (in NE Oregon), Trout Creek Wall (in central Oregon), Santiam Pinnacle (the south buttress is fun), and if your into a burly uphill hike...the lower zone at Menagerie (on the minor summits like Rooster, Chicken, etc).
2. While at the crag, between bouts of leading madness, take a break, and analyze the unique qualities of the local flora and fauna found at that particular crag.
3. Your only a rock climber? Take the new leap....step over into a day of bouldering (at one of the many local and cool bouldering sites).
4. Dedicated boulderer? Visit 1-2 new bouldering sites this year (that you have never been to), and experience the unique variety of these sites. Here are a few examples: Alpenglow Boulders, High Rocks Boulders, Badger Boulders, or Campfire Boulders. Or make a journey to: Timberline Boulders, Cooper Spur Boulders, Eliot Boulder (the giant stone is the coolest), West Fork Boulders, The Meadow, Highland Boulders, Olallie Boulders, Bennett Boulders, or even Santiam Boulders.
This is just a short list of some of the many fascinating little bouldering sites in this region.
