Campusing is rad. It’s so rad I got up at 5:30 this morning to do it before work. My right elbow is still bothering me a bit so I just did hangs, no moves. And I noticed big moves give my elbow more pain or, I should say, I noticed while hanging that the further… Continue reading first wood
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crankin’ scary style
Sonnie Trotter Repeats Rhapsodyclimbing.com – June 10, 2008“Writing on his blog on June 6, he said, “Rhapsody may be an eliminate, but…there is a tremendous amount of logic behind what Dave did, and that deserves a pile of respect, I think…. The only rule is don’t bail left to the arete (a cop-out), stay on… Continue reading crankin’ scary style
shouldn’t have left you
The Tor doesn’t handle rejection well. She knows I was at Joshua Tree two weekends ago then at Pine Mountain last weekend. She doesn’t care where I was, just that I wasn’t with her. After two weeks away I had to deal with her wrath on Saturday. I felt stronger. Honestly, all the moves felt… Continue reading shouldn’t have left you
pronator teres
What I thought might be a serious chronic elbow injury turns out to be not so bad according to my favorite sports therapist, Kevin Brown of Elite Performance and Rehabilitation here in Goleta, CA. I had diagnosed myself (a fool for a patient) with medial epicondylitis several years ago and intermittently since, due most likely… Continue reading pronator teres
a little somin’ somin’ to get me psyched
Blue Water HuntersnokaoiMagazine.com – June 7, 2008“I watch him descend headfirst into the blue, his long black fins gently waving, graceful as an ulua. His body drops straight down, impossibly deep. I can’t believe he doesn’t have a tank. I start counting, 1, 2, 3, 4… I get to 60 and stop counting. He’s still… Continue reading a little somin’ somin’ to get me psyched
GVAC first iron
I mixed things up a little today. Still did sets on the 2:00 but focused more on triceps lifts. Things went well, my tri’s were spent. bench press 1 x 12 @ 135 lbs on the 2:00 2 x 12 @ 155 on the 2:00 1 x 9 @ 155 on the 2:00 1 x… Continue reading GVAC first iron
Pine Mountain, so divine.
“Let me lay it on the line, I’ve got two on the vine. Two sets of testicles, so divine.” – George Washington rap Anyways, I went to Pine Mountain last weekend. Rad. You know how occasionally there’s this one boulder problem you love for whatever reason. Sometimes no one else even likes it. But there’s… Continue reading Pine Mountain, so divine.
GVAC first iron
Felt alright. Lifted light chest and shoulders on the 2:00. Did 2 sets on bench but 5 on DB flys, which felt really good. Good stretch with a light weight. warm-up bench press 2 x 12 @ 135 lbs on the 2:00 DB flys 1 x 12 @ 25 lbs on the 2:00 4 x… Continue reading GVAC first iron
great white shark sighting in L.A. – decidedly not rad
sighting of a great white sharkL.A. Times, unleashed – June 2, 2008 “The Orange County Register reports on a sighting of a great white shark, spotted two miles offshore near Doheny State Beach Sunday by a whale watching charter boat.” crankenstein.com