This is Tony making his way up a 5.12 in Skaha. I forget what it’s called.

It’s climbing season, and Skaha was packed for the long weekend where I spent two hot days touring the rock and getting some much needed, confidence boosting climbs.

Leading is a mind clearing exercise that’s really helping me focus and forget the chaff that I burden myself with over the week engrossed in work and surrounded by the teeming city life. I am becoming hooked into the possibilities discovered over two climb days at Skaha.

We had a couple early starts, ate a whole chicken, downed a bottle of Glenlivet and caught rays on the beach too. It was rad.