August 26, 2013
My summer 2013 in the USA was the best and most amazing, unforgettable I had so far personally and professionally experience in my life. Because I
've got to climb great Alpine and Trad climbing, I also made new
friends along the trip, learn to adapt to a new culture, eat new food,
etc.
After living in Boulder
Colorado for two and half months. I flew down to Salt Lake City to
catch up with my folks from Chiang Mai. We met our suppliers and
partners at the distributors OR show 2013 for a couple of days and we
got new exciting product for Thailand in the future. Then we headed up
to Maple Canyon- it's kind of reunion time for climbers folks. Climbing
there is super unique with Cobbals style. We climbed a lot and I had so
much fun camping, and hanging out with friends, living a full outdoor
experience.
The
whole point of this trip for me was to climb different types of
climbing as much as possible with a special focus on Alpine climbing.In that regard one of the highlight of the trip was to climb the Grand Teton with my boss Josh
Morris. We drove about 5 hours from Salt Lake to
Jackson Wyoming where we catch up with Pi Josh.com and Pi Pui our
friends who used to live in Chiang Mai. We spent few days at their place
and it was great to hang out with them. Climbing on the big mountain is
always challenging, alpine climbing window is super short and the
weather is the main concern because it can change suddenly, so we want dialed on the route.
The difficulty for both of us was to climb without people who know the
route well. We hiked 7.4 mile within 6 hours to the lower saddle where
we camped for the night. From the camp the place didn't looked beautiful
but when we
got up there! Oh man! It was stunning. I was so happy we made it
because the view was even more beautiful than I ever thought it would
be.
That night we cooked a light diner and planned the ascent before sleeping. Next day we woke up at 4am and walked along the black dike to the bottom of Petzled Ridge Route and started to roll around 6 am ish. Mark
Hammond's friend had recommended me to climb this route and told me it
was one of the most incredible alpine route there. It took us about 10
hours ish to make it to the summit. It was one of the most unforgettable
day of my life and there is no word strong enough
for me to express how much i appreciated this USA summer trip.
I
just want to say thank you for the great support from all the people
involved with me, this trip couldn't have been successful without all of
you. Home sweet home!!!
Psyched for more...
