Saturday, February 28, 2009

Keep Your Chin Up

And your outdoor climbing gear ready. I know it seems like it’ll be forever – and a day! – until it’s reasonably warm enough to climb outside. But…look at the March historical highs at this link: we can go from a high of 59 in early March to 71 by mid March. (Of course, it can also go from –32 to –10 in the same time frame, but this is a happy, upbeat posting so we’ll ignore the negatives, right?) So lift up your chin, polish your outdoor climbing shoes, clean the battery acid off your rope, and find that new piece of gear you were going to give me last year. Keep your outdoor pack near the door, because you could get a red alert “let’s go outdoors tomorrow” message pretty soon.

IMG_5848In case you forgot, here’s what outdoor climbing can look like.

(For those of you new to summer, those are short-sleeved shirts. No parkas, no mittens. Amazing, huh?)

1 comment:

Lisa said...

This is just too far fetched, i can't believe it!