Early May 2019 I felt ready to go outside and do something. I had gone through two knee reconstructions and about 18months of physical therapy and while I am still lacking some muscle mass on my surgical leg and my cartilage implant is not fully healed I am so grateful to be able to begin really doing things again. Breaking my knee has been the worst thing in my life, it was my own fault for pushing my boulder climbing too hard and not being aware of my own limits, I like to think I've matured since all of this happened. I'm still at the climbing gym, I got promoted and I've learned a lot, I work with amazing people and I'm just knee deep (pun intended) with all the best climbers in this area all day long. I took up weightlifting and PC gaming since I got hurt, those activities have been a good balance for me while I had to put climbing on hold. Now I top rope 5.11 and I can lead 5.9, probably harder. I am getting back on the horse.
Early May 2019 I felt ready to go outside and do something. Amanda and I planned a trip to Bridgeport CA to visit some hot springs I've heard a lot about. We went to Buckeye hot springs on Friday which were not too hard to find and accessible by car (provided you have some tolerance for bottoming out). The hike itself from the car to the pool is rather steep and a few hundred feet long but once you get there it is well worth it. The water was about 105, there were deer across the river which you can see in one of the photos, just sitting in a hot spring river is awesome!
We camped out Friday and visited Travertine Hot Springs on Saturday, took Highway 208 home through Yerrington and reveled in the success that my knee held up to everything I put it up too. I actually out hiked Amanda, next time shes gonna set up the tent and make the fire, I'll handle the cooking and packing/unpacking :-p
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