Flippac 2.0 and Ibex!

Ibex! For those of you not familiar with this desolate place: it is a great bouldering destination out in the middle of the Utah desert, near the Nevada border about 2.5 hours south of Salt Lake City. The closest thing resembling civilization is about 50 miles away. This place is way the hell out there and it's a desolate, harsh environment: perfect place for some fun! :) Randomly in this place are quartzite boulders strewn around. Quartzite is an interesting rock: it is incredibly hard, yet very chossy in spots. The holds are slick as hell, but good crimps do present themselves. The climbing temps were perfect. We went climbing out in Ibex for four days saw only two lost souls who roam the area setting traps in random places for coyotes or bobcats, or whatever. They dropped by to make sure we weren't lost and that we were ok, because if you break down out here, you're pretty much screwed, or you're in for a very long walk. We climbed our asses off during the day in the pleasant warm sun and then bundled up at night for the sub-zero (Fahrenheit!) night temps, where everything freezes (even my contact solution (which is salt water). I think the only thing that didn't freeze at night was the wine ;) The night sky is unique and awesome (though you can still discern the glow of SLC in the distance in one of the corner's of the sky. Prior to our trip out to Ibex, I was able to finish up our Flippac accomodations. I learned from our last one and was sure to make this one all that much better, and indeed it was! Our new set-up is definitely pretty sweet. This was test number one for the new truck/Flippac: many more to come :)
Upon returning home, we went for a nice long run up Glenwood Canyon along the Colorado river in the snow and sun appreciating the winter wonderland beauty of this place, then we went home and had some delicious "Raclette" wich was sent over by Chloe's grandmother: the perfect winter meal. Chloe then headed off to Junction that night to work at the hospital. I work at WECAD the next day and then we both patrol at Sunlight on Monday (MLK day).
Cheers.
-Brendan