dirt in my teeth

.....my hands and feet are filthy and covered in black gunk. my hair hasn't been brushed for days and i'm quite certain there is a small family of robins nesting in there. my fingernails have been torn off and i'm bleeding from a small hole on the palm of my hand. another bad dream? nope, just a great week-end of climbing.
this past saturday and sunday, i hooked up with the sok'cho crew to head into unknown climbing territories; daegu. it was bryan's birthday earlier last week and he was keen to get everyone together for a road trip. the numbers were originally high with up to 12 of us going but the draw of a warm bed was too great for many and then there were six, perfect for climbing. we arrived into the park, yu-hak-san, about 2 a.m and hiked around for ages looking for a place to camp. we finally settled on a beautiful grassy, treed spot next a roadside pullover. it was perfect at 4 a.m when we went to sleep but not so great at 7 a.m when the transport trucks began to zoom by, shaking our tents in the distance.
alas, we woke to sunny clear skies and proceeded to have a leisurely breakfast under a canopied picnic table until the boys could resist the draw of the rock no longer. we packed up our gear enough just to lug it all up a steep trail til we found some choice spots under the crag and next to a natural spring. the rock looked interesting; aeretes, dihedrals, overhangs and crimpy, slabby-looking routes, some really short and some quite long with reassuring shiny bolts abound (although more than a few run-out starts). i have only been climbing a few times in the past months and hadn't been feeling much motivation to do so but the sight of the rock stirred up some excitement in my belly. i'm not sure though if it was the anticipation of the climbing or the vast amounts of fabulous food and drinks awaiting us when we finished.