Category: volume training

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

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

Thanks to Phil’s shoulder surgery last Friday I’m left scrounging for belays at the Tor. Which would have ruined my week had Micah not manned up for the occasion. So, it was me and the vegeta-bro keeping the funk alive at Santa Maria on Saturday. Things were good. The weather was a touch warm for… Continue reading and then there was one

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