Jeff – who works at VE – has a friend who just started his skiing trip to the North Pole. I put an RSS feed to their blog postings on the right.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
ALLEY OOP!
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I don't have a picture, as I was busy belaying, so I will write a thousand words. Richard accomplished his 2009 goal today! Up and over the roof and all the way back again. I call it the Alley Oop Route.
He has been working on this for awhile, the he took a break toward a more difficult goal, the long roof. After working on that for about a week, he returned to Alley Opp and did it!
He was climbing strong no problems, all the was up and over, settled and focused. He took a break halfway down the far side. He headed back up and instead of his beautiful and what has become typical swing around at the top, he hooked the rope on his chalk bag. I could see his goal was well within reach, so I encouraged him to just keep going and not to fall. Richard freed the rope once he was vertical again. It was all downhill from there, very controlled. All the clips were unclipped and a exuberant Richard did a victory dance as he collapsed on the floor of the pit, exhausted and happy.
Congratulations are in order if you see this mighty strong climber! Good job Richard!
Lesson taken? If you are challenged by your goal, try something harder, then step back.
He has been working on this for awhile, the he took a break toward a more difficult goal, the long roof. After working on that for about a week, he returned to Alley Opp and did it!
He was climbing strong no problems, all the was up and over, settled and focused. He took a break halfway down the far side. He headed back up and instead of his beautiful and what has become typical swing around at the top, he hooked the rope on his chalk bag. I could see his goal was well within reach, so I encouraged him to just keep going and not to fall. Richard freed the rope once he was vertical again. It was all downhill from there, very controlled. All the clips were unclipped and a exuberant Richard did a victory dance as he collapsed on the floor of the pit, exhausted and happy.
Congratulations are in order if you see this mighty strong climber! Good job Richard!
Lesson taken? If you are challenged by your goal, try something harder, then step back.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
More than fun!
I have wanted to play on this ladder since the day I walked through the doors! I was told no so firmly I never asked again. But Today! was different.Mel fulfilled her circus fantasy, if there is a next time, she will be clad in twinkling spandex! It was a balancing act for sure.
Actual Photo...
of me kiting on Pepin today. Winds were light but I was able to get some time out on the lake. Saturday I'll be kiting in the afternoon and I plan to catch some climbing around 7pm if anyone wants to hit the "night Shift" at VE. As for the count down to outdoor climbing...I saw a person climbing the bluff today as I headed to the lake. Easy to spot with a BRIGHT tourquise jacket on. Game on?Thursday, February 5, 2009
Focus on the Process
The Warrior’s Way web site has an exercise to help the climber focus on the process of climbing, not just reaching the top. Full explanation here.
“Exercise 1 for routes of intermediate difficulty:
Take the end goal away: You can have your belayer instruct you how to climb. Have your belayer tell you when to stop and rest, to climb up, climb down, or anything that keeps your mind unsure of what will happen next. Doing this will force you to focus attention on the actual climbing processes (BERP) so you can be as comfortable as possible.”
new bike!
So for the summer, Me and Hannah are planning a bike tour through northern colorado, about 200 miles! I thought it would suck with a mountain bike, so i got a touring bike off craigslist for cheap! check it! its a schwinn leTour. We are planning on starting in fort collins, working our way down to loveland, then west to estes park. from there, we plan on biking up to the visitors center in the middle of the park, then back down. the next day through lyons, to boulder. then all the way back up to fort collins! I think we are doing this in june, because its less rainy then. I remember when we were out there last year it was raining every day by august. anyway, just thought i would show it off!
Report From Homer’s
A few climbers affiliated with WR climbed at Homer’s on Wednesday afternoon. Ice was in good shape on the main icicle but slightly less wide than 3 weeks ago. On the left side of the icicle, there was a curtain of ice which made for fun mixed climbing. And there is a whole new wall of ice near the entrance of the slot canyon on the right side. It’s 15-22 feet wide and it’s wavy. John thought it’d be a good place to practice lead climbing ‘cuz it’s not dead vertical.
New Smearing Technique!
Step one 1! : Eat a popsicle
Step two 2!: With your feet!
Step three 3!: With your climbing shoes on!
Step four 4!: Smear like spiderman!
Side note: I am sorry if you have read this article and interpreted it word by word. I know that it is kind of backwards but. . . . woops!
Enjoy your new smearing techniques
Haha!
New quote: This hold is sucks!!!!! ahhhhhhh!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Big Shoe Sale
Mike is selling off his impressive shoe collection to finance the Fun with Rocks Express Climbing Bus. (Here are two options he’s considering.)
Other services may be available for purchase for this fundraiser. Richard may be willing to sell off some of his shoe collection as well, again all size 9. Since my big girls shoes have returned from their trip to California, there is one pair of chilies for sale, woman's size 6.
Mastery
From the book “Outliers” by Macolm Gladwell.
“Consider the 10,000-hour rule. This is the idea that you have to practice something for 10,000 hours to master it. That's about 10 years of practice. So, mastery is impossible without an investment of 10 years, which combats the idea that talent is something you have or you don't. It takes investment to achieve mastery. That's hard to do.
Is that true? I’ve mistered spel ling in weigh lees tiem den dat.
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