road trip!: the obed and the lilly boulders

we've heard so much about Obed climbing, and we've wanted to visit for the past two years. we had planned to come to the Obed right after the Red. however, as i said before, i was so tired, i really needed a break. so we bouldered at LRC for two weeks before finally heading out to the Obed.

this was definitely the friendliest climbing spot we've hit so far. on our first day, we decided to hike the canyons instead of climb, just to check things out. we walked up to the South Clear and was immediately greeted by the one group climbing that beautiful day. climbers are usually pretty friendly, but this group wasnt just the usual, "hey, how you doing?" instead, they were engaging in conversation about traveling and giving us ideas of climbs to check out while we hiked the crag :) a few days later, the owner of the campsite, Del, came over to introduce himself and welcome us to the Obed! and when we returned a few weeks later, he even remembered us! i highly recommend this campsite when visiting the Obed. the community at Del and Marte's is amazing! and Del himself is a really fun guy. what a great area and group of people!

and now to the climbing. the Obed is sport climbing and the Lilly Boulders are, well, bouldering ;) no matter what climbing you choose: roofs, roofs, and more roofs! we spent our first day at South Clear sport climbing. we got on a couple warmup climbs - very fun! and then went over to a harder climb closer to our limit. WOWSA! it was so difficult! i could barely make the first moves, and i never actually made it to the roof, BUMMER! i could beat myself up about it because i didnt want to commit to making moves and clipping bolts. however, i let it go and laughed it off. i just have to accept that my sport season is truly done .. and actually, im ok with that! jason did make it to the roof and it really looked like so much fun! sweet movement - toe hooks! ill just have to come back another season to really check out the sport climbing at the Obed.

we spent the next couple days at the Lilly Boulders. this was great! the climbs i worked on were roofs, of course. one traversed the outer lip of the roof with heel hooks and sloping, but good hand holds. and the second climbed the underside of a roof with more heel hooks and big, tiered ledgey hand holds. so awesome! the second climb was difficult because it was really close to the ground so it was just hard to keep your butt off the mat! i will definitely come back and work on this again :) i really enjoyed this area. roof climbing is always fun!

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