Chicksclimbing’s Blog

Jetboil Coffee Bar

The perfect day at Chicks Rock! starts with a desert sunrise,  the sound  of Jetboil stoves humming and coffee dripping into my cup. Slowly, the girls emerge from their tents and trickle to the coffee bar and help themselves to the breakfast buffet. Life is good.  A flurry of making lunch and packing for the day follows…these girls are eager and are on the road by 8:00 AM!

Cat Holman

Day One on the rocks took place at the Panty Wall with basic instruction, review, movement skills, climbing, rappelling and cleaning anchors. There is a lot to pack into three days of climbing clinics as we want these girls to leave with the skills needed to do this sport on their own. The Girly Guides are awesome at imparting their depth of skill and wisdom with the clients. I think brains were over flowing by the end of the day. Perfect.

Cocktail hour

Quitting time happened around 4:00 PM with plenty of time to shower, hang out drink a beer or practice a Karaoke number before dinner. The Girly Guides and I opted for the later with lead singer, Dawn Glanc, bellowing Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” across the desert with Mattie & I doing our “ooh, ooh” in the background. We are ready!

Dawn belts R-E-S-P-E-C-T with her back up singers

Ok perhaps the highlight of the day was not climbing itself, but rather, the retro Bonnie Springs Restaurant that felt like the Twilight Zone complete with Karaoke and a few very serious locals taking turns. A few burgers, fish and chips, BBQ chicken’s later – it was our turn to sing R-E-S-P-E-C-T (be sure to keep our day jobs!)  and a group number of Mercedes Benz by Janice Joplin. I’m sure they are still talking about the twelve women who dazzled the crowd with our talent. Not!

Ok, we laid it down around 10:30 PM for the end of a nearly perfect day. One down, two to go!