Climbing
The Ordinary, Day 39
First and second kisses are a rare and wonderful thing.
Pattern Recognition
Two photos, separated by almost a year from my friends Lucia and Libby—both amazing, fearless climbers, one a scientist, one a nurse, both awesome.
Korean BBQ is the new Taco Truck
After waking up at 6 AM, after coffee and chats with the awesome Korean BBQ truck near the 22nd street Caltrain station, after taking Muni to the mission to
Traverse
Managed to traverse the entire lower climbing wall at Mission Cliffs this morning with only 2 falls—one at the 5.12/5.13 lead starts.
Monochrome Japanese Perspective Puzzles
I have a thing for purposeful monochromatic constructions, devices that simultaneously tickle my parietal and occipital lobes, Venn diagrams of precious little
A Post About Climbing
My blog has been a morass of moblog messages lately and it’s time for some real [brief] content, yo!
Rock Star
James and Logan Epic on Half Dome
Aha.
Climbed an 11a yesterday, with overhang.
On the Wall
On pitch 2 of Northwest Books
Climbing Meta
Yesterday was a milestone for me in rock climbing.
Amazing Free Soloing in Siberia
Somehow, “In Soviet Russia” jokes aren’t going to cut it.
Steep
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Boulder!
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Ring Mountain
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Bouldering
The other day I was able to complete a pretty good set of V2 problems, and get fairly far on a couple V3s.
Leading
Been thinking about this for a while, and finally settled on doing it.
Evening Bouldering
5.10d + 200 Miles
Last night I went climbing for the first time in a couple weeks, finally (somewhat) recovered from the Cold.
Good Holds
This weekend I learned to lead belay, rappel and climb on real rock.
Mo Beta
Yesterday I finished a pair of walls longer than I’d climbed before, and did the insanely hard 5.10C corner that had previously stumped me.
Climbing Update
Finished every wall I started last night.
Paradise PB
Rode the Paradise/Tiburon loop door-to-door in 3:05, just a hair over 48 miles.
Climbing
5.10c
Took climbing to a new level (har) yesterday.
Climbing Update
Climbed a 5.9, a 5.9+ and a 5.10a yesterday.
Safety First
Today’s shopping theme: Gear, specifically safety equipment.
Random Bits
I decided that climbing Mount Everest is going to have to be done at some point.