After a nap we drove into town to have lunch and then wandered into a store called “Moab Gear” which sold all kinds of new & used camping & climbing gear. Jimbo asked one of the guys working there where the locals went climbing, base jumping, wing-suiting, etc. He said there was a place called “Wall Street” just a few miles outside of town where a lot of people did “sport” climbing (with ropes) & “trad” climbing (short for traditional, without ropes, using the cracks in the rocks). So we headed over there to check it out!
Sure enough, there were several people there pulled off the side of the road, climbing the face of this huge sheer wall! We parked our truck and jumped out to watch them. It was about 6:00pm and most of them were starting to pack up for the day (they had been there since about 3:00). But, they were super friendly and answered all our questions. They told us about a great place nearby to go “bouldering” (climbing big boulders without gear, except for a “crash pad”). So, we headed over there!
It was starting to get dark, but we (and by “we” I mean mostly Jimbo) managed to climb a few big boulders. There were a few kids visiting from Denver that did some bouldering, so I had fun watching Jimbo climb with them for a while.
We didn’t get back to Arches to do any hikes, but it was fun to discover these climbing spots. Hopefully we’ll be able to get back there and do some more hikes in Arches and some more climbing one day.