Moab (Utah)

Moab is the American Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It is located between two very famous national parks: Canyonlands and Arches. And there are a lot of things to do besides the parks, like trad climbing, bouldering, canoeing, whitewater rafting, 4-wheel driving, and much more.
We arrived late in the evening and the Big Bend campground next to the bouldering area was already full. But we are in the USA. We drove into one of the lots, looked around like lost dogs and asked the couple in the lot if they knew if there was another lot next to them. Of course we knew there was none, but their reaction was as expected: they invited us to stay on their lot. "There is plenty of room and we have already paid. It says that two vehicles are okay. Stay with us!" Ahh...Americans are so nice 😍
The campground is right next to the Colorado River, just a few miles before the Green River joins the Colorado and will later cut through the Grand Canyon a few hundred miles further south.
We spent the evenings around the campfire roasting vegetables, veggie sausages and marshmallows. During the day we either bouldered or went to the national parks and did some serious power sightseeing and hiking.
On the first day of bouldering Birte injured her finger and it looked really bad for the next weeks. We weren't sure if it was the pulley or the bone, but it hurt a lot. So we decided to skip bouldering the next day and went to Canyonlands National Park instead. After a lot of hiking, we went to downtown Moab and had an All-American Dinner with burgers and craft beer. We finished the day with delicious ice cream and some shopping at Desert Wild.
The next day Birte's finger felt a little better and we started to doubt that it was the pulley, but climbing was still unimaginable. So we drove to Arches National Park. It was awesome! (There will be a separate post for the National Parks)
The next day our legs were sore from two days of hiking, but Birte's finger miraculously didn't hurt anymore! We were super happy about that and went to the Big Bend Bouldering Area again. Birte came very close to sending a V5 called Bloc Party, but slipped on the last hold. It was sad that she could not finish, but we were really happy that her finger had healed. Probably just a pinched nerve or something 🤷
I jumped on a highball I saw the first day. A beautiful line on bulletproof red sandstone with a terrifying topout: Chaos, V9.Baca selengkapnya