Stories from the Sheep Ranch: R&R---End of the Year Shenanigans at Rogers

The semester has slowly come to and end, and it is time to leave the Wyoming Sheep Ranch, to shave off some sheep wool and hibernate. Even though I really like Laramie, being in town for almost an entire year for school left it's toll on Johnny Sauerkraut. However I would not be able to leave town without climbing around Laramie one last time in the beloved Wyoming cold. On the last day in Laramie, after I took my last final, I ended up going to one of my favorite climbing areas around Laramie. Rogers Canyon. Home of sharp and painful holds, as well as wind and freezing cold. Earlier this year, I came to Rogers, to experience some of the coldest climbing I ever. So to finish off the year properly, Andrew and I decided that temps of about -5 degrees Celsius would be prime conditions at Rogers to finish the year in a right style. Before heading out to Rogers, I bumped into Laramie climbing legend Davin B. who politely denied my offer to join us at Rogers with the words, "Good Luck Surviving", which meant that we would be up for a feast of prime climbing conditions. Armed with a America Swag, a stove, down jackets, long underwear and many other layers, we made the drive out accompanied by a Rogers Canyon virgin, the honorable Josh, as well as Spencer. The route to finish the semester was the Rogers Canyon classic called The Hueco Rode aka The Toilet Bowl, which crux is to mantle into a guano filled pot. But catching the Hanta Virus seemed like a brilliant idea to finish of the year, right? Motivated by Andrew's motto "We only climb for the Facebook likes" soon layers came of and the posing began. Posing included climbing in long underwear, t-shirts and in general brag about how great the conditions were. However, soon all of us were cold enough to leave Rogers again, to drive home to pack and enjoy the end of the semester. In the following are some pictures, to capture the magic of this lovely day, as well as some pics from the previous weekends which included some ice climbing at Lincoln Falls in Colorado.