Smith Rocks State Park is a wonderful, beautiful, amazing, astounding, awe-inspiring, brilliant, excellent, enjoyable, incredible, outstanding, stupendous, tremendous place to climb rocks. Having been restricted to indoor climbing for the past 6 months, it was prime time to get outside and cut my teeth on the mudpile-that-is-somehow-climbable that exists in the dearth of landscape that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘.12a’
Spring Break = Climbing!?
Posted: March 21, 2011 in ClimbingTags: .12a, smith rock, sport climbing, spring break
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What grade do I climb at now? 5.12a went down after 5 tries over three days, for a total of about 6 falls. Does this mean I should start trying harder and harder things? I greatly credit my friends for picking new projects for me, pushing me to ignore my limits, and making me constantly [...]
How many times can I get on a project before I call it good? How many times can I fall before I finally give up? How much effort will I put into a climb to make progression? This summer, I set a goal to climb .12a, 7a+, E5, VIII+, V4 highball, whatever you want to [...]
