Blogging the beautiful side of climbing.
Love that shirt
holy shit i need that
HAHAHAHAHA THIS IS EARTH TREKS I’M ACTUALLY DYING RIGHT NOW
OHMYGOD
EVERYBODY MY GYM IS FUCKING AWESOME
on that note if I don’t get outside I’m going to lose it.
Beth Rodden | Photo by Corey Rich
via Pro Climbers International
“Stemming is all about finding the balance point and being patient: don’t rush! Unlike a lot of other types of climbing, the foot movements are the most important part of the sequence. Really try to dial in and be as precise as possible with your feet….chances are you’ll get more pumped in your legs than in your arms.”
so when I first started climbing I didn’t know how trad gear worked and I thought you had to thread your rope through the sling and I was like “what the fuck is this sport”
the things you learn
Sasha DiGiulian crushing the finals problem at Dominion Riverrock’s 2013 Boulder Bash
Photo credit: Angela Payne
congrats to my friend Sasha on successfully defending her Riverrock Boulder Bash title down in Richmond, VA today! wish I could’ve been there to see it. I hear she stuck a DYNO during this climb on her way to victory. looks like the training she did with me last Summer paid off haha!
Nice! I missed it too, by just a week. One year, Dustin!!
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To anon. Fear is normal and is hardwired into EVERYONE. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar. What is amazing is acting in spite of the fear. I still get scared when I'm pumped on a crappy hold and need to clip 3 bolts up. Still, I climb because it's gratifying to me. You shouldn't let fear stop you from doing something you really want (assuming it's not stuff like lighting your own farts). If you start doing what you're afraid to do, you'll often find fear starts to disappear as well. True story
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do you ever get issues of swollen finger joints after a hard climbing sess?
I don’t, my problems have only been my wrist. I don’t know if any of my followers have advice? |
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how do you forget your fear when you climb?
I see you see I turned anon back on. I don’t really have fear when I climb anymore. The only fear I’ve ever had is lead head, but I didn’t “forget” it, I got over it. And I guess if I ever felt unsafe on a route, I’d just stop climbing it. I’m not the type of climber to climb for the adrenaline, I don’t seek out R-rated routes. I climb because it frees me, and I don’t get that when I know that my safety is at risk. It’s not worth it to me. Feel free to talk to me more about this in person, so to speak (off anon). |
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In your "about me" you say you like yoga. I think you mean "modern yoga." Refer to:--> Alter, Joseph S. "Modern Medical Yoga: Struggling with a History of Magic, Alchemy and Sex." Asian Medicine 1, no. 1 (2005): 119-146. It's a great read. Holler if you want to read some stuff about the modernization of Ayurvedic medicine as well... it's actually quite sad that such a great tradition has been so eroded by biomedical pressures. But I digress.
…what? Dude, I’m sorry, it’s two in the morning. Please at least wait until noon tomorrow to shatter my beliefs about (modern?) yoga. also I’m deleting that about in a bit, once I finish up my blog, but I’m glad one last person read it. I’m also turning off anon, so this is your last shot to insult me or ask me my deepest darkest secrets or tell me your embarrassing confessions. Get going. |
