Weekly Climbing Motivation

Yes, it’s back. Life On Hold Trailer 1 from Outcrop Films on Vimeo.

Stumbling Into Fall

I’ve been meaning to write. Really. There are a handful of draft posts sitting in WordPress, all seemingly useless to finish at this point. I’ve been busy filling my journal, and perhaps this will serve a catch-all for those random thoughts. Over the years, I’ve been generally fortunate to avoid climbing injuries. Yes, I injured […]

Musings

I’ve reached an age when, again, I lament the passing of summer. After college, it was liberating to know that I was no longer constrained (as much) by the seasons, and life was not strictly marked by their passing. These days, however, I wonder where the time goes. Looking out the office window, I noticed […]

Early Tour de France Thoughts

It has taken a few years, but Jonathan Vaughters’ team is finally living up the expectation heaped upon it. First, Garmin wins the team time trial, putting world champ Thor Hushovd in the yellow jersey, then Thor turns around and delivers Tyler Farrar to his first TdF stage win the next day. There was some […]

Goodnight, Sweet Princess

We put Betty to sleep yesterday. She was apparently suffering from a terminal illness, but her condition worsened significantly over the last two days. The vet made it clear that getting a proper diagnosis might actually push her over the edge, so after some soul searching, we made the decision to relieve her suffering. Because […]

A Few More Images from LCC

Via Dana and Jeremy. Jen doing Isabella (V5) The name of this one escapes me: Jeremy on the same problem:

A Last Batch of Photos

From RoadTrip2011

Salt Lake City, and Heading Back East

Yes, it does actually rain west of the Mississippi, apparently. We’re in a Barnes and Noble in downtown Salt Lake City after being chased from Little Cottonwood Canyon by thunderstorms. We had two good days of bouldering there on the granite blocks, and, truthfully, it was probably our favorite spot. I managed a few good […]

Climbing, Again

From RoadTrip2011 After a few days of work, and nearly a week of being sick, we left Santa Cruz for the day, heading up the hill, and bouldered at Castle Rock State Park. Though hardly a destination spot, Castle Rock has its place in U.S. bouldering history, as many west coast climbers cut their teeth […]

Greetings from the Left Coast

We arrived in Santa Cruz this evening, after a bit of a bumpy ride. We spent three days in Tucson, AZ, with Paul, April, and Silas. This was wonderful, aside from one small detail–I got a vicious cold on the drive from Hueco Tanks to Tucson. I spent most of the time in bed, or […]