grrr hiss, y'all

i lived in toronto for over 7 years and i just experienced the worst traffic of my life.

there is no straightforward direct way from brevard to hp40. i set off west on a windy road through the mountains. as it turned out, the road was so windy that it dropped the speed limit down to 30mph in a lot of places. then it dropped to 15 mph, which is slower than the standard through most residential neighbourhoods.

i cut south and enjoyed the sunny drive down the mountains into south carolina. life was good.

then i got to georgia. the interstate was heavy, but what i'm used to driving in on the dvp. then i got to atlanta and got to sit in rush hour traffic while the sun set, making it impossible to read any road signs.

it got worse. the highway i had picked out on the map to follow to alabama has been built up quite a bit. it now cuts through a few super centre parking lots. as it turned out, i should have cut north and taking the 401 across!

then i got to experience te displeasure of having someone sit behind me with their headlights on high. my optic nerves throbbed. i got an instant frontal lobe headache.

nine hours on the road today and i'm about to get onto the I59 interstate south to hp40.


wow was that exhausting! i am completely beat. i went to the wal-mar super centre to shop with the poor people and pick up food for a while.

i need to remember what this trip is all about, so i'm going to post the pictures from rumbling bald climbing yesterday.

pete shows us a problem he's working on:


with a freaky top-out between two boulders:



i gave it a try...


anne put up her own variation:


hope to see some familiar faces at hp40! the drive was horrendous enough that i'm good with staying put there for a while. i'll be in horse pens until jan 10 at least.