It has been quite awhile since my last post, so this will be a short summary of a lot of stuff. I have been climbing down in Oregon since the middle of September. I was training for a rock climbing guide course that actually just finished 2 days ago. The course went well and I learned so much. I was not climbing as well as I would have liked, but that is the way it goes. I was on the course with 2 good friends and co-workers, Austin and Erica. We had a great time together and we spent about 2 weeks straight together. Our instructor was Amos Whiting, a fully certified guide from Aspen Colorado. Amos was a great instructor and I hope will be a life-long friend. I had such a great time that I was really disappointed when it was finally over, and I am already really excited to continue towards full IFMGA certification. I am taking a couple of days off before heading southwest, probably towards Moab. I have a few friends down there already and more are on the way so it should be a good time. Kristina Rand came out to visit me for the last few days and it was so good to see her again. It is really nice to have family come to visit and to be able to share something that I love so much with family and friends. She left today to go back to Utah, but I might be stopping by to see her again since Salt Lake is right on the way to Moab. Then it will be back to Washington on the first of November for ski patrol training at Crystal Mountain. Right now my plan is to work at ski patrol for the winter and try to make enough money to pay for my next AMGA course in the spring. I am excited to be in one place for awhile this winter and not have to worry as much about where I might be sleeping the next night, even though that is kind of fun as well. I will try to do better at updating the blog, so feel free to check back periodically.