Movin' on!!

Finally done with sitting in class! This last monday I took my final exam for my in-class portion of my paramedic program. Now, I just have to complete all my field internship time and take my National Registry exam in December. The most annoying part, at least, is over. Chloe's doing much better with her job in the CCU and will soon be transferred over to working nights for September, which should actually be pretty nice because she'll have a much better schedule, and get paid more! With both of our schedules changing for the better, and "prime" season approaching in Rifle, things should be improving.
Chloe's mom and sister came through and visited us for a few days and enjoyed some good and not so good (a couple days of rain) Colorado Summer weather. They camped, we hiked, swam in the river and even went climbing together. Good times.
On the climbing side of things: Chloe sent "The Beast" rated 5.13a a few weeks ago. This route is a very powerful route with some big moves, but Chloe crushed it! ...And for me I sent "Living in Fear" rated 5.13d and known to be one of the hardest 13d's in Rifle canyon (a place known for its hard 13's). This route is considered by many to be more like 5.14a than 13d. It's a long power endurance route quoted in the local guidebook as a "race against exploding forearms." Soon after I also sent "Huge" another Rifle 13d. Next for me is "Zulu" rated at 5.14a, very powerful and long (we'll see how that goes), and Chloe started working on "Vision Thing" at 5.13b which is long with three distinct powerful cruxes separated by a couple good rests.
Here are a few pictures. Enjoy!
P.S. Corine and Fefe had to do a little skirt and pants switcheroo for the climbing action (see picture above)! Brendan-

Brendan se lance dans le blog, mais il ne veut pas ecrire en francais!! En gros, il dit qu'il a fini l'ecole, et que tout va mieux depuis!! Il ne lui reste plus que des stages a faire entre maintenant et mi-decembre, et apres il peut passer son exam de paramedic. Je m'habitue a mon job en cardiologie/soins intensifs, et tout commence a peu pres a prendre forme... ca ne fait que s'arranger, pourvu que ca dure! Brendan a fini son projet, Living in fear 5.13d, et moi j'ai fini The beast 5.13a. Corine et Fefe on fait un petit voyage au Colorado, et sont passees par chez nous: sources chaudes, camping, balades et... escalade!! Voyez plutot :) Fefe etait en jupe et Corine a donc accepte de preter son pantalon et d'enfiler la jupette...! Grosses Bises, et a bientot!!!! Chloe-

Paramedic in the works

Well this will actually be my first post on our blog! Chloe has been the one faithfully in charge of it so far. I've been pretty occupied lately trying to become a paramedic! The process is moving along, but as many of you know: I hate school! I only have one short month left of in-class time, and then it's all field internship time! That means that I'll be working as a paramedic with various fire departments attempting to help people with their medical problems (scary thought, huh?). Any ways I need to apologize for the slowness of our blog lately but we've been just scrapping by to be able to make it out to our local climbing area (Rifle) a few times a week. Chloe's schedule is still pretty crazy as she continues through orientation in the CCU at the hospital. Things should get a little more active this fall and certainly life will take off again for some serious adventures as of December (when I graduate)!
Until next time, we'll keep climbing hard on our days off, and I wish you all the best :)
Brendan

It's finally summer in Rifle!

Rifle pictures ~ Here is a link to "a few" of the pics that Michel took when we went climbing together in Rifle. That day Brendan was working on Living in fear 13d (14a???), kicking his butt; and I was on The beast 13a, kicking mine!! and there are a few other climbs thrown in there too... to warm up :)

Photos de Rifle ~ Voila un lien a "quelques unes" des photos prises par Michel quand on etait a Rifle ensemble. Ce jour la, Brendan travaillait sur une voie qui s'appelle Living in fear (13d), et moi sur The beast (13a) et c'est dur!!!! Il y a aussi des photos sur des voies plus faciles... pour s'echauffer :)

Janis & Michel on vacation in Glenwood!

Michel had a gig in Denver last week, so they swang by our place for a few days... so we had some fun: went climbing, visited the neighborhood little towns (Marble and Redstone), and we are going to the hot springs tonight!! Here are a few pics to give you an idea... xoxo-

Michel avait du boulot a Denver, et Janis et Michel en ont profite pour passer nous dire bonjour pendant quelques jours... donc on a bien rigole: on est alle grimper a Rifle, on a visite Marble et Redstone, et ce soir on va dans les sources chaudes!! Voila quelques photos pour vous donner une idee... Bisous-

Family fun in Glenwood

My family came to visit for a week in April... Here are a few pics of skiing, biking, and climbing, and I put more on the kodak gallery website. My dad had to leave early, but the rest of the gang played here for a week, just before I started work in Grand Junction the next week... great timing!

Ma petite famille est venue a Glenwood en Avril, pour une petite semaine. Olivier a du repartir plus tot que le reste de la bande, mais on en a tous bien profite. Voila quelques photos, et il y en a d'autres sur le site Kodak. Ils sont venus la semaine juste avant que je commence mon nouveau travail a Grand Junction la semaine suivante: bon timing!

Anatomy book cover, and more...

Last summer, my friend Paul from nursing school got me a connection to do a photo gig for an anatomy book cover. I did the photoshoot, and the book just came out. The cover is really cool, but you need to know it's me! I would hire my friend as a full-time agent, but he's almost done with nursing school, so we might just both be nurses instead... :) I just added the first cover I made... making the anatomy cover the second... This one was arranged by another friend, Tharcise! My Mom took care of the logististics on that one for me :P

L'ete dernier mon copain Paul de l'ecole d'infirmiere m'a mise en contact avec ses relations pour faire la couverture d'un livre d'anatomie. J'ai fait la session photo, et le livre vient de sortir. La couverture est super, mais il faut savoir que c'est moi! J'embaucherais bien mon collegue comme agent, mais il a presque termine l'ecole d'infirmiere, alors peut-etre on sera juste tous les deux infirmier(e)s a la place... :) Je viens de rajouter la premiere couverture que j'ai faite... celle d'anotomie est donc la deuxieme... La premiere avait ete arrangee par un autre copain, Tharcise! Ma mere s'etait occupee des details pour moi pour celle la :P

Week-end in Indian Creek

Here is a "postcard" from our week-end in Indian Creek (Utah). It is finally spring over here (we think!), and we are really excited about climbing again! The drive was just about 4 hours, but well worth it, because it is a lot warmer in Utah, and we could climb in shorts and Tshirt (work ing on our tan, which for now is limited to our face from working on the slopes...) We climbed a bunch of desert cracks over a couple of days, and drove home to Glenwood. Within a few weeks, we'll be able to climb right here in Colorado, right in our backyard :) That's what we moved here for!!!! Keep in touch-- Love, Chloe.

Voila une petite "carte postale" de notre week-end a Indian Creek (Utah). C'est enfin le printemps chez nous (ou du moins ca y ressemble!), et on a hate de recommencer a grimper! On a du faire 4 heures de route, mais ca valait le coup, il fait meilleur a Utah en ce qui concerne la temperature, et on a grimpe en short et Tshirt (histoire de ratraper le bronzage... qui pour le moment est limite a nos joues, grace a nos heures sur les pistes...) On a grimpe plein de fissures dans le desert sur deux jours, et retour a la maison dimanche soir. D'ci une semaine ou deux on devrait pouvoir grimper au Colorado, quasiment dans le jardin :) C'est pour ca qu'on a demenage!!!!! A bientot-- Bises, Chloe.

PS- Speciale dedicace de la part de Brendan a Olivier: "Super mon cadeau!"