Everyone was hungry after our flight in to El Paso so we stopped at the Whattaburger for a snack.

Oh no, it's raining! The wet view from the window of our hotel room.

We needed a knife for our lunch sandwiches so we stopped at the Family Dollar where Josh modeled this fashionable halter-top for us.

Tards is right, huh, huh, huh...

After a long breakfast at the hotel, we decided to see if we could find anything climbable. We first checked out the Mushroom Boulder, but the rock was too wet to climb.

It was still raining, but we found semi-dry rock on the Lost Cause Boulder. Josh warms up in the background.

Ryan works a V?. This was a good climb and had chalk on it, but wasn't in the guide book.

Josh gives it a go.

So does Jeff.

After a few tries, Ryan is able to get past the crux...

...and is able to complete the climb.

Jeff gets the problem too!

Carol gives it a shot.

As does Judy.

Judy on "Nobody Gets Out of Here Alive" (or was it "Nobody Here Gets Out Alive"?).

She flashes the problem!

The weather the next day was much better. Here we are waiting for our guide.

Carol and Judy show off their butts while doing some stretching exercises. The rest of us lounged around while Josh and Ryan drove over to the Rock Ranch to persuade someone to come guide us.

Let's all stretch our butts together!

We finally got a guide named Rick who took us to East Mountain. We started out on the Maiden Gully Boulders. Here's Patty on General Fisher's Half-Inch Journey of Delight, a V0+.

Sean on the same climb. The rock looks a bit different when the flash is turned off, doesn't it?

Ryan on Lucky the Wonder Poodle, a 1-star V2.

Ryan on the same climb, different angle.

Tamberly gives the Wonder Poodle a whirl.

Jeff takes a try.

Carol shows the poodle what she thinks of it.

Sequence of Josh on the 3-star V4 Moonshine Roof Center.

He finishes the horizontal traverse and is about to reach for the high left crimper (crimpy in the relative sense that is).

He then reaches out high right for the jug.

He's about to reach around here. Moments later, he was topped out.

Jeff gives it a go.

Nice toe hook.

Nice heel hook.

Reaching for the high left crimper.