Wednesday, January 23, 2008
An oldie...
but a goodie. A short clip I just put together of a problem in Hueco from my trip in the Spring of 2006. The video quality is not the best, but I guess that's what you get with a point and shoot digital camera that just so happens to have a video feature on it. I hope you guys enjoy, and feel free to leave some feedback on it. Thanks for the video footage Michelle.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Long time, no...
As I looked back here at the date of my last entry, I figured it was probably time to write a new one. So, since the last one, I went to the gym back home, sat in a hot tub with some very nice company, celebrated Christmas with the fam, flew back to SLC and started back up where I left off...only with a little less body tension for the first week or so back!
I've been back at it, climbing a lot, pushing myself hard and lifting when I can. I think all the hard work I've been putting in is finally starting to make a big difference. I had been thinking lately that I had hit a wall. I workout hard, I've been eating mostly organic foods, cutting back on the already low consumption of alcohol, giving myself rest days, and for the first time in a long time, trying...really hard when I climb. It felt so much like I hit a wall that I was thinking of starting route training early and hitting up Momentum later this week, and then tonight happened. It was exactly what I needed to stay psyched on Bouldering for the time being. So, I went to The Front tonight after work and did one V5ish thing to warm-up a little and then just jumped right into the mix, and ended up doing all my projects and then running some laps on the other hard problems. All in all, I did 7 problems all over V9 plus putting in a ton of good go's on some new problems we just made up. So, I ended up nabbing one V12, a V11, 3 V10's, and 2 V9's. The crazy part was that I did all of them first try of the night and never got pumped at all on any of them. It was the strangest thing, but I'll take it.
I also have been staying at my friend Jules' house up in the Avenues, damn near right around the corner from John and Shannon. It's a pretty sweet place and I'm definitely feeling thankful for it. The truck has been getting a little old lately, especially since I found a place and am just waiting for them to fix it so I can move in. I can't wait to have my own place; I've waited too long for this. January 25th people, put it on your calendar! Well, it's late and I'm off to bed.
On a quick side note... I guess there's talk of St. George this weekend with Shannon and James, and then Bishop with Pete and maybe some others next weekend. I'll be sure to take pics as usual. So, be sure to check them out and let me know what you think.
I've been back at it, climbing a lot, pushing myself hard and lifting when I can. I think all the hard work I've been putting in is finally starting to make a big difference. I had been thinking lately that I had hit a wall. I workout hard, I've been eating mostly organic foods, cutting back on the already low consumption of alcohol, giving myself rest days, and for the first time in a long time, trying...really hard when I climb. It felt so much like I hit a wall that I was thinking of starting route training early and hitting up Momentum later this week, and then tonight happened. It was exactly what I needed to stay psyched on Bouldering for the time being. So, I went to The Front tonight after work and did one V5ish thing to warm-up a little and then just jumped right into the mix, and ended up doing all my projects and then running some laps on the other hard problems. All in all, I did 7 problems all over V9 plus putting in a ton of good go's on some new problems we just made up. So, I ended up nabbing one V12, a V11, 3 V10's, and 2 V9's. The crazy part was that I did all of them first try of the night and never got pumped at all on any of them. It was the strangest thing, but I'll take it.
I also have been staying at my friend Jules' house up in the Avenues, damn near right around the corner from John and Shannon. It's a pretty sweet place and I'm definitely feeling thankful for it. The truck has been getting a little old lately, especially since I found a place and am just waiting for them to fix it so I can move in. I can't wait to have my own place; I've waited too long for this. January 25th people, put it on your calendar! Well, it's late and I'm off to bed.
On a quick side note... I guess there's talk of St. George this weekend with Shannon and James, and then Bishop with Pete and maybe some others next weekend. I'll be sure to take pics as usual. So, be sure to check them out and let me know what you think.
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