Resident Evil v9

• ME in THREE • This boulder is the biggest symbol of personal growth in my time as a climber. On my very first big climbing trip, I road tripped with two of my college friends from Illinois all the way to Joe's Valley, UT. I remember wandering around New Joe's on our first day and my friend making a point to visit Resident Evil to ogle at it. I was so inspired and totally at a loss for how one gets strong enough to climb such a thing. That trip was such an amazing time that it was the catalyst for future trips, major career changes, and ultimately a life surrounded by climbing. I got psyched. I got stronger. I trained and climbed a bunch. And then daydreaming of Resident Evil turned into actually trying it. The first season I came heartbreakingly close to sending. Then, a pandemic and a season later I sent! Its been my only experience of revisiting a climb at vastly different ability levels and life situations, and it's cemented fondly in my memory because of this. Climber: @jenndbell Photo: @mpang