It was dark out but the moon was glinting off the hood. A fully loaded truck rolled easily down the 395. The chatter of my conversation was not enough to keep the attention of my co-pilot. Some how he muttered answers to my questions and then fell back asleep. I kept on rambling. The graveyard [...]
As I lay in bed I could feel a burning. My muscles, while sore, were not the problem. I fell back asleep. The next morning as I ate breakfast I realized my problem. Touching anything and everything evoked pain from my finger tips. With the the two weeks spent bouldering in the gym and a [...]
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything, but I haven’t been doing much climbing this summer. Between major life events and traveling to South Africa for my field season, I’ve been super busy. I don’t really mind the time off, though. It gives me the space to appreciate other activities, like running! We [...]
Over the past five years I’ve spent countless days bouldering around Bishop. An easy drive from southern California and warm winter temps makes this this place a bouldering mecca. I expect I’ve spent more days wrestling these pebbles than anywhere else in the world. As the popularity of bouldering has increased so has the traffic [...]
Bishop embodies many things that I struggle with – sharp holds, complex sequences, temperature-dependent climbs. I have to temper my enthusiasm and manage my skin so it is strong enough to withstand great pressure and doesn’t wear out. There is a big variation in climbing style between the Buttermilk Country and the Volcanic Tablelands. The [...]
I like granite and I like bolts so this past weekend at Pine Creek was a blast. We clipped a ton of bolts on the long well protected routes of the Mustache and Ministry walls before heading to Gotham City at the Owens River Gorge for the final half-day. The following photo from RC.com was [...]
Hey people, Our friend Ben requested that we get some more videos on the blog. Although sometimes we struggle to even get photos if it’s just the two of us, it’s not too hard to do video while bouldering. Excuse the non-professional quality of the videos – these are just from my sweet little point-and-shoot [...]
We had planned on a Limestone excursion to Saint George but the weather gods decided that was not in the cards. After some searching on NOAA.gov we thought Bishop would be a workable alternative. Bouldering is a good way for us to have a relaxing weekend with the hassle of ropes and Bishop is fairly [...]
Things have seemed so busy recently… I think I may not have written anything on the blog since just after Indian Creek, which is probably a month ago at this point. I will hopefully have time to catch up on my backlog of activities, but here are the highlights: I went to Hawaii with other [...]
So far 2009 has been a bit ripe with injury. First Lizzy pulled a muscle in her chest and then about a month ago at the gym I heard the dreaded POP in my left pinky. I took some time off, got a new pair of running shoes and kicked into running mode. Two weeks [...]
It’s been over a month since my injury and I am finally start to feel like I am getting better. My chest still feels tight, but I can breath deeply and run and climb, which makes me so happy. I’ve been really focusing on the training that I could do the past week or two [...]
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