One of the best parts of our annual sojourn to the 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell – aside from seeing all the Oklahomies, climbing bullet sandstone, and partying with the goats – is getting to hang with the Patagonia crew. Kristo always rounds up a solid group: last year it was Sonnie Trotter, Jonathan Thesenga, and Brittany Griffith; this year it was Brittany, Kate Rutherford, Colin Haley, and Mikey Schaeffer. You’d be hard pressed to find a radder, more laid-back group of athletes (well except maybe the TNF gang, tough call).
Anywho, the ‘Gonia folks were good enough to piece together an entry about the week for Patagonia’s blog The Cleanest Line, and they even gave a little shout out. Check it:
Twenty Four – and so much more…
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furry, November 4th 2009 |
Tags: 24HHH, cleanest line, horseshoe, patagonia, rad
Posted in Uncategorized
The last couple of days here at the Ranch have been a blast! The Oklahoma Crew is all back together for the first time in years (a few stragglers are rolling in tonight). We’ve spent the last few days wandering the sandstone cliffs with the Patagonia boys and girl, getting a feel for the place in anticipation of the comp tomorrow.
Life is good here in Arkansas. Greasy spoon breakfasts, solid sandstone, and good old (and new) friends – does it get much better?
While most of us have been wandering around trying to get a sampling of all the different cliff lines, Andrew, Adam, and Sonnie got psyched on The Prophet; a 5.14a that Chris Sharma put up in one day while he was here a few years back developing the bouldering (the same trip featured in Dosage III). They’ve made some really solid progress, and while Adam and Andrew will have plenty of time to try it Saturday and Sunday since they’re not competing, Sonnie has even mentioned giving it a few goes during the comp on Saturday!
It’s about time to go snag my spot in line for the free pasta dinner and Fat Tire, then hit the hay and rest up before the gun goes off at 10 AM tomorrow morning. Get psyched!
P.S. Check pimpinandcrimpin.com and sonnietrotter.com for some photos of the last few days. Good times.
furry, September 26th 2008 |
Tags: hcr, horseshoe, patagonia, prophet, sport
Posted in Trip Report
One of the best parts of our annual sojourn to the 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell – aside from seeing all the Oklahomies, climbing bullet sandstone, and partying with the goats – is getting to hang with the Patagonia crew. Kristo always rounds up a solid group: last year it was Sonnie Trotter, Jonathan Thesenga, and Brittany Griffith; this year it was Brittany, Kate Rutherford, Colin Haley, and Mikey Schaeffer. You’d be hard pressed to find a radder, more laid-back group of athletes (well except maybe the TNF gang, tough call).