{"id":2565,"date":"2017-12-12T20:08:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T04:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rockgrrl.com\/blog\/?p=2565"},"modified":"2018-07-12T15:28:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T23:28:10","slug":"joshua-tree-climbing-break-to-get-away-from-the-thomas-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rockgrrl.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/joshua-tree-climbing-break-to-get-away-from-the-thomas-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Tree Climbing Break to Get Away from the Thomas Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had to evacuate my place in Ventura before dawn on Tuesday morning of last week due to the Thomas Fire after a long, harrowing night. That very morning I worked several hours remotely to make sure digital communications were made about the state of the non profit I work for and those we serve and how others could help. I finally managed to grab some sleep in the late afternoon but the rest of the week proved just as busy.<\/p>\n

Aside from keeping tabs on donation and help efforts for work, I also monitored the status of my neighborhood and those of my friends. I remained on mandatory evacuation orders. It was touch and go for four days but by Friday night I learned the mandatory evacuation for my neighborhood and the city wide boil water alert had been lifted and my landlord confirmed the house was still standing. I decided that I would honor a previous plan I had made to go climbing and take it as a mental break from the trying week. Luckily, some of the things I managed to pack before the mandatory evacuation had been announced was my personal climbing gear…well, and enough various camping equipment that a co-worker of mine had proclaimed, “I’m going with Eileen!” that first traumatic night of the fires.<\/p>\n

Though I was tired – once I got to Joshua Tree and saw the blue skies, and could take a deep breath of clean air – I knew I had made the right choice.<\/p>\n

Here are a few photos from the trip:
\n\"Eileen<\/a>
Me on a crack climb at Belle Campground<\/br><\/p>\n

\"John<\/a>
Climbing Legend John Long chalking up in style.<\/br><\/p>\n

\"Tom<\/a>
Tom and Michelle being belayed by John and Todd. Alan looks on.<\/br><\/p>\n

\"Rockgrrl<\/a>
Me and John Long chilling at the base of the 10d<\/br><\/p>\n

\"Team<\/a>
Team Rainbow Puffy!<\/br><\/p>\n

\"Todd<\/a>
Todd on his way up the friction climb<\/br><\/p>\n

Here’s the complete set of that Saturday and Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had to evacuate my place in Ventura before dawn on Tuesday morning of last week due to the Thomas Fire after a long, harrowing night. That very morning I worked several hours remotely to make sure digital communications were made about the state of the non profit I work for and those we serve…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1,7,14],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa1ZbT-Fn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2585,"url":"https:\/\/www.rockgrrl.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/joshua-tree-christmas-new-year-break\/","url_meta":{"origin":2565,"position":0},"title":"Joshua Tree Christmas \/ New Year Break","author":"Eileen Ringwald","date":"January 3, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"2017 wrapped up with a bang. 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