Andy and Andree met me at the Shed for early morning campusing. Felt OK. I was focused mostly on a couple moves I’d not done in a while so put on hold the highish volume I’d been doing lately, although the session did last about 2 hours. Two-finger work was definately on the agenda –… Continue reading first wood
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I don’t know which is worse
I will never try to put up a Yosemite speed record. That’s right, everyone out there who was nervous can relax. But that’s not to say such feats aren’t rad. Being a friend of mine, I can attest that Hans Florine is in fact rad. So I was psyched to hear he and Yuji had… Continue reading I don’t know which is worse
first iron
I got to the Shed this morning at 6:30 to commence operation ‘Don’t Puke’ – don’t know what was going on with me but trying not to yak took all my concentration. And this is odd because ordinarily I would love to be able to say I worked it so hard I hurled. When the… Continue reading first iron
failure at any cost
So, Saturday’s session at the Tor started out smooth. I warmed up on Power, then a lap on The Sea before I walked over to No Skill. Not only have I not redpointed No Skill this year, I’ve never redpointed it. This being my fourth day on it this season I thought this should go… Continue reading failure at any cost
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I met Justin and Andy at the shed this morning for campusing. This is the first day in 2 or 3 weeks I did some moves. After much three- and four-finger warming up on the big and round/flat rungs I spent most of my time four-fingering the round/flats with interspersed two-finger hangs. This turned out… Continue reading first wood
rad climbing video
Sonnie Trotter sending Cobra Crackhttp://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-4412627116373823923&hl=en&fs=true crankenstein.com
Hell hath no furry
Unbelievable. Climbers who squander their lives on earth go to a bad place when they die. They go to Santa Maria. The place is a piece of work. Total work of art. If you thought where you climbed this weekend was epic be glad you weren’t getting it on with the Tor in June. 103… Continue reading Hell hath no furry
Steve McClure cranks Rhapsody
McClure bags Third Ascent of Rhapsody (E11 7a)climbing.com – June 20, 2008“McClure tied in to lead for the third time on the afternoon of his fourth day on the route. “I thought I could detect a degree of nervousness about his climbing … this seemed to pass once he was properly committed on the runout,… Continue reading Steve McClure cranks Rhapsody
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Campus board, I think I love you. I wasn’t even “campusing” today. That would mean I was doing moves, at least bumping between rungs. Nope, I was just hanging from the rungs. That’s how much I love campus boards. And like most things campusing is most fun in the morning. If you ask me, “dude,… Continue reading first wood