How this came about

Over the summer I met a friend who was taking the entire fall and climbing at the Red River Gorge.  I expressed my frustration with my current job at a high school in Colorado and how I decided I would be returning due to it being "the right thing to do."  He said to me "you could just not go back and come to the Red and climb."  I have alway been envious of people who could not worry about the job or income and instead followed their heart and have still found ways to take care of themselves.
When I returned to CO the discontent with my job slowly returned and my mind really started to desire the chance to explore and have an adventure.  After the first semester I was pretty much convinced I would quit after the year and go climb.  I ran it by my family, my siblings being all for it and my parents having their own hesitations, but encouraging.
On April 24th I handed in my letter of resignation and an enormous weight was lifted off my chest.  I could once again breath and the stress started to melt away.  The drama of the work place stopped affecting my life and I can honestly say I was happy again.  I instantly knew it was the correct decision.  Since January I have been working to get my life in order to prepare to leave my known life for a year and explore the country, exceptional climbing areas, and possibly figuring out where I want to go with my life.  My belongings aside from gear, clothes, and necessities will go in storage and it will be my dog Bodi and I in my Subaru.
I have been climbing as much as possible to prepare for my year.  March 22-30th I was in Indian Creek UT crack climbing, then climbed locally in CO for two weeks then spent 3 days in Joe's Valley UT where I finally sent my first V5 outside, then headed to Shelf Rd CO for 3 days.  The rest of the month I intend to climb locally in CO until I leave June 1st for City of Rocks ID.
Follow my adventure and leave me input on where to go if you are a climber.  My expectations are to meet a variety of people, enjoy aspects of everyday, climb harder...
Climbing goals: boulder V8 by the end of the year and sport lead hard 5.11s comfortably.
Currently i'm bouldering V5 and leading 5.10 outside sometimes.  Leading is a major mental issue for me.  I plan to get over that this year!

 Wall ST Moab UT

 Indian Creek UT

 Wall St Moab UT

Joe's Valley, UT