Good morning from Iowa. Nonstop to Yosemite.
Days Go By.
"The past appears to be the present sometimes, and the present appears to be the past. And there is the future in mind, also, for all of us. But I personally find myself much better off not worrying about either the past or the future. Merely taking care of the present is all I can handle."
Three Days Before Yosemite, feeling more fit than ever.
Endurance training non-stop.
Three, 70 foot lead routes, back-to-back, no rests, and no falls.
5.12a, 5.11d, 5.12d.
So ready to leave for Yosemite.
Haul Bag Problem
Tired standing up from sitting on the ground, while wearing a 200lb haul bag on my back…
…epic fail.
Greentogreyagain: Are you really going to solo half dome (or was it el cap)?
I’m not soloing anything. I will be free climbing. There is a big difference.
Free climbing is climbing while on lead, either triad or sport climbing. The lead climber doesn’t use any artificial means of advancing up the route, ie pulling on gear and aid climbing. Free climbing the leader climbs using only the natural features of the rock. The climber is protected the entire time.
Soloing is free climbing, but with no protection.
Aid climbing is climbing, but pulling on gear/ladders basically. That’s a really basic simple way of explaining aid climbing.
There seems to be a lot of confusion among climbers about the terminology of climbing. Free soloing, soloing, free climbing, and aid climbing are all very different things.
That’s why The Salathe route on El Cap is a 5.9 aid route, or a 5.13b/c if its climbed free.
Leaving for Yosemite in 5 days!!
Excitement level keeps going up! …so does the Nervousness level.
Nice to be back from my family wedding over the weekend. Now I can go back to training these last few days before the trip.
Got in another 1000 feet of pitches last night, ranging from 5.11c to 5.13a, and a lot of pitches of off-hands, and finger crack. Endurance is feeling pretty good. Few more days of training left. Back to the gym tonight.
My puppy, chilling outside with my new tent.
10 days to El Cap!
Yosemite is getting closer!
Our haul bags weigh 300+ pounds.
So happy weve been practicing our hauling system. Standard 2-1 pulley set up failed miserably.
- Hard Climbing
- New Travels
- Good sex
Video my buddy Sabs made from his time in Bishop. I know its on the long side, but its worth the watch
Its so awesome seeing little kids stoked on climbing, and sending hard!
Little 8 year old Sammi sends the 60 foot, steeply overhanging bubbles feature.
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