With a few days off from the real world and some new gear to test, my friends and I pack up our cars and caravan all the way from Colorado to Moab, Utah. Just outside of both Arches and Canyonlands National Park, Moab is great for outdoor sports, with everything from world-renowned mountain biking to base jumping to stand up paddling boarding. For this trip, we’re focusing on sport climbing. You won’t find total solitude here (one look at the incredible scenery and you’ll understand why it’s so popular) and midday temps can hit the nineties. Nonetheless, we bury our hands in chalk bags and get to work on some of the most incredible climbing spots in America.
We’ve each got a few climbs in, but none of us are used to the heat. The rock is now fire below our hands, and we decide that these are our last climbs for now. David leads and cleans one of the routes we set up as Lindsay belays him.