We're here and we made it safely and soundly. Yesterday, we arrived in Estes proper at around 4:00 and to the Y at around 4:30. We were able to get all settled, catch up with old friends, eat some dinner, and then make it out to the Marble Boulder for a quick session at around 7:00. It was pretty nice, and I was able to repeat most of the things that we put up there last summer which is nice to do, that way I don't feel like I've totally started sucking.
Today, my friend from the summer of '07 Jamie, and her boyfriend Matt will be making it in from Texas and we're gonna head over to Lumpy Ridge for an easy day of bouldering. Everybody is kind of beat up right now. We'll have to mind those injuries and take it easy for a while. There is a cool V7 at Lumpy that I'm wanting to get on today though. Hopefully with a few sessions it will go down. Pictures and videos will be taken!
Monday, May 18, 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Half Way There
Made it to Lawrence, KS today. The half way point of our drive out to Estes. Crashing at my friend Lyndsey's house tonight; I worked with her two summers ago. Nice setup and we hope to be out of here in the morning by 8:00 a.m. This will put us into Estes around 4:00 Mountain Time. I'd love to dump my stuff and run to Lumpy for a session on Angry Man V7 too. Hopefully things will go as planned! Here is a list of just a few project goals for the summer. They are QUITE lofty!
Autobot V5 - Chaos Canyon, RMNP
Revenge V6 - Chaos Canyon, RMNP
Potato Chip V7 - Chaos Canyon, RMNP
Left Angry Man V7 - Lumpy Ridge
Tommy's Arete V7 - Chaos Canyon, RMNP
Terrorism Arete V7 - Chaos Canyon, RMNP
Skipper D V8 - Chaos Canyon, RMNP
Gang Bang Arete V8 - Chaos Canyon, RMNP
Podophile V9 - Lumpy Ridge
Right El Jorge V9 - Chaos Canyon, RMNP
Deep Puddle Dynamics V9 - Chaos Canyon, RMNP
Whispers of Wisdom V10 - Emerald Lake, RMNP
Kind Traverse V10 - Emerald Lake, RMNP
The overall goal is V9 for the summer. I'm just throwing in some really hard stuff to make sure that I keep attempting hard things and don't become complacent with climbing at a certain ability level. Which goals will be met realistically? We'll just have to wait and see come August. I have my video camera charged and ready though, and hopefully there will be some post worthy shots and sends to show for the summer! Keep an eye out for updates!
P.S. - I just watched the first 5 episodes of a NBC show called Kings on line. Everyone needs to watch this show. Intense and very interesting with loads of historical and biblical references! Starts back up in June so keep your eyes peeled!
Autobot V5 - Chaos Canyon, RMNP
Revenge V6 - Chaos Canyon, RMNP
Potato Chip V7 - Chaos Canyon, RMNP
Left Angry Man V7 - Lumpy Ridge
Tommy's Arete V7 - Chaos Canyon, RMNP
Terrorism Arete V7 - Chaos Canyon, RMNP
Skipper D V8 - Chaos Canyon, RMNP
Gang Bang Arete V8 - Chaos Canyon, RMNP
Podophile V9 - Lumpy Ridge
Right El Jorge V9 - Chaos Canyon, RMNP
Deep Puddle Dynamics V9 - Chaos Canyon, RMNP
Whispers of Wisdom V10 - Emerald Lake, RMNP
Kind Traverse V10 - Emerald Lake, RMNP
The overall goal is V9 for the summer. I'm just throwing in some really hard stuff to make sure that I keep attempting hard things and don't become complacent with climbing at a certain ability level. Which goals will be met realistically? We'll just have to wait and see come August. I have my video camera charged and ready though, and hopefully there will be some post worthy shots and sends to show for the summer! Keep an eye out for updates!
P.S. - I just watched the first 5 episodes of a NBC show called Kings on line. Everyone needs to watch this show. Intense and very interesting with loads of historical and biblical references! Starts back up in June so keep your eyes peeled!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
The Future...
Well, I finished another semester of school successfully again today. All that remains is student teaching! Kind of a wild situation and I'm honestly a little hesitant to have it all over with. I'm gonna have debt and responsibility staring me in the eyes here at the end of the year.
On Friday though, I'm gonna be flying down to Jacksonville, FL to pick up a new (used) car from my buddy Scott whom I worked with three and four summers ago. I'll be hanging out there throughout the weekend and then It'll be back to Nashville for a rest day. Then I'm gonna visit the family, get things lined out and be in Estes Park on the 17th. This is gonna be a whirlwind!
I just got some projects in mind today for the summer. I'm really hoping to send some hard things! One goal is to red point a .12+ and to send a V9 boulder problem. I think that both are pretty attainable goals and hopefully I can stay healthy. I'm still trying to nurse this damn finger back to 100%. Soon enough though!
Be looking out for some consistent updates again mid-month!
On Friday though, I'm gonna be flying down to Jacksonville, FL to pick up a new (used) car from my buddy Scott whom I worked with three and four summers ago. I'll be hanging out there throughout the weekend and then It'll be back to Nashville for a rest day. Then I'm gonna visit the family, get things lined out and be in Estes Park on the 17th. This is gonna be a whirlwind!
I just got some projects in mind today for the summer. I'm really hoping to send some hard things! One goal is to red point a .12+ and to send a V9 boulder problem. I think that both are pretty attainable goals and hopefully I can stay healthy. I'm still trying to nurse this damn finger back to 100%. Soon enough though!
Be looking out for some consistent updates again mid-month!
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Climbing Comings Along
Well, unreported things have happened. Friday of last week I went to Jackson Falls with Taylor and his sister Meredith. It was fun and we ended up going swimming in the pool created by the main falls. The water was COLD! It was pretty nice though and a good way to spend the day since I was especially hung over.
Saturday, I went down to Clarksville and met up with Chris and Carmen. They were unfortunately extremely hung over that day and we got some drizzel so not a helluva lot happened then. I was finally able to get Ritz Bitz .10c ticked though. Good fun and it is definitely one of the best down there. I also threw a TR down on Prelude to Harvest .12a and proceeded to get my buttocks kicked on it. It has some super hard undercling moves and that is definitely an area that I need to get some work done on. We pretty much went home after that.
Things have been busy in Murray this week though with it being Earth Week. Today we had the distinguished Jerome Ringo come and speak today for Earth Day. Aweome! Saturday I'm taking both of the Praxxis exams so it is gonna be a helluva day. Not looking forward to it.
On a side note though I'm gonna be flying to Jacksonville, FL on May 8th to pick up a new vehicle. My buddy Scott from my first two summers at Sanborn decided to give me a steal of a price on his old Jeep so I'm gonna fly down, hang out, and drive pretty much directly to Colorado. The suck. At least I will have A/C and cruise control.
Been hitting the training on the fingers pretty hard the last few days. I'm wanting to really get some contact strength up so I can crush those thin granite edges in the park!
Saturday, I went down to Clarksville and met up with Chris and Carmen. They were unfortunately extremely hung over that day and we got some drizzel so not a helluva lot happened then. I was finally able to get Ritz Bitz .10c ticked though. Good fun and it is definitely one of the best down there. I also threw a TR down on Prelude to Harvest .12a and proceeded to get my buttocks kicked on it. It has some super hard undercling moves and that is definitely an area that I need to get some work done on. We pretty much went home after that.
Things have been busy in Murray this week though with it being Earth Week. Today we had the distinguished Jerome Ringo come and speak today for Earth Day. Aweome! Saturday I'm taking both of the Praxxis exams so it is gonna be a helluva day. Not looking forward to it.
On a side note though I'm gonna be flying to Jacksonville, FL on May 8th to pick up a new vehicle. My buddy Scott from my first two summers at Sanborn decided to give me a steal of a price on his old Jeep so I'm gonna fly down, hang out, and drive pretty much directly to Colorado. The suck. At least I will have A/C and cruise control.
Been hitting the training on the fingers pretty hard the last few days. I'm wanting to really get some contact strength up so I can crush those thin granite edges in the park!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Jackson Falls 4.15.2009
Ended up getting to make the mid-week trip out to Jackson again today. Man, it was really nice too. It was Sean, Taylor, and I.
We started out warming up on some of the nice moderates at Reefer Madness and then moved on over to Lovely Tower. There I went ahead and successfully sent Hidden Treasure 5.12a again. It felt sooo good. Taylor and Sean both gave it some time on TR. Then we moved over to some other bouldering and I worked on OBD V6 for a bit. I figured out a good deal of the moves, but linking them all together is going to be quite difficult. After that we went and hit Group Therapy for a quick lap. It felt good too. I was able to take my time, get some good rests and finish strong. It was nice to be able to tick that at the end of such a hard day. I'm finally getting some endurance!
Looks like we'll be heading back out early on Friday and will probably camp and try to get some climbing in before the storms hit on Saturday!
We started out warming up on some of the nice moderates at Reefer Madness and then moved on over to Lovely Tower. There I went ahead and successfully sent Hidden Treasure 5.12a again. It felt sooo good. Taylor and Sean both gave it some time on TR. Then we moved over to some other bouldering and I worked on OBD V6 for a bit. I figured out a good deal of the moves, but linking them all together is going to be quite difficult. After that we went and hit Group Therapy for a quick lap. It felt good too. I was able to take my time, get some good rests and finish strong. It was nice to be able to tick that at the end of such a hard day. I'm finally getting some endurance!
Looks like we'll be heading back out early on Friday and will probably camp and try to get some climbing in before the storms hit on Saturday!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Jackson Falls 4.11.2009
Well, the day was pretty uneventful honestly. We warmed up quickly on The Sophomore which was soaking wet. Then we went down and got on Flingin' Hog 5.11a. I got tunnel vision and blew the flash at the anchors. Phenomenal. However, it is nice to see that I am developing a bit of endurance. Now if I can just keep myself calm enough to not freak out and make careless mistakes. The head games is sooo important. The weather is looking decent for Wednesday so we might have a repeat mid-week trip out. Here are some goals for Wednesday and the week to come!
- Endurance: A Lap on Group, and go back and finish Flingin' Hog.
- Finish the little V2 problem by Arete Syndrome.
- Bagpiper V5
- Everybody Needs Friends 5.12a
- Give Detox Mountain 5.12a a few good burns.
- Onsight the 5.11a at the Gallery I can't think of.
I'm sure there will be a few more goals to set for the weekend. Should the weather stay good it will be a super nice weekend. Carmen and Chris are coming up from Nashville and Drew is coming South from Illinois State. He's finally strong again.
- Endurance: A Lap on Group, and go back and finish Flingin' Hog.
- Finish the little V2 problem by Arete Syndrome.
- Bagpiper V5
- Everybody Needs Friends 5.12a
- Give Detox Mountain 5.12a a few good burns.
- Onsight the 5.11a at the Gallery I can't think of.
I'm sure there will be a few more goals to set for the weekend. Should the weather stay good it will be a super nice weekend. Carmen and Chris are coming up from Nashville and Drew is coming South from Illinois State. He's finally strong again.
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