Cupps was here: Part 1; Let's go bouldering!

Joes Cupps shoulders up the Organic pad

Joe Cupps, from Laramie, Wyoming, went to Salt Lake City in 1987 to begin the Graduate Program in Mathematics at University of Utah. So did I. We both did a bit of rock climbing, so, naturally, we wound up as partners. My first adventures climbing in and around the canyons and crags of the Wasatch Front, were all with Joe. After three years in the graduate program, Joe decided to bail on the doctorate and took home a master's degree in Math. It would be be 24 years before we'd hook up again, last year, in Red Rocks, Nevada.

This year we were supposed to get together and climb in Frey. However, just before his flight to Argentina, Joe broke his collarbone skiing. He decided to postpone his trip and meet us in Balcarce a few weeks later. When he first arrived, climbing was out of the question but he still went out to accompany me on my bouldering sessions. And he took a bunch of pics, so get ready for a photo bomb. 

Bouldering at La Curva

Having fun at La Curva

Moving off a bomber handjam

Joe shows off his photo-taking skills

The first of a sequence of shots on a stout V3 problem at La Curva

Not exactly a highball. 

I've just finished the hardest move

which is followed by another big move. 

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The finish has jugs. 

We also went to Los Techos de Mierda where I did this V3 (an old problem of mine). 

This part has jugs

Getting ready for a big move

The rest of the holds are slopers

A kid named Shane from Canada showed up for a few days to boulder. After a little work he managed to send Techo Clásico with Gaby watching his back.

Shane starts out Techo Clásico

After a tricky move there are some jugs

Shane begins the four-move crux sequence

Two moves left to the jug

Shane grabs the big jug over the roof

We also climbed on other side of the Boulder en el Bosque.

For years I couldn't do this move until I got my right hip resurfaced

A big move to jugs

Gaby has a go at a classic problem

Tecnique compensates for lack of power

Go for it Gaby!