Three days on, one day off. Climbing this much might be a little excessive, judging by the fact that the temperature has never peaked below 94 degrees once this entire week. I’m normally opposed to climbing shirtless (mostly because I have nothing to show off), but it’s a necessity out here. If I didn’t climb [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sport climbing’
攀岩，吃饭，泡妞 – Climbing, Eating, and Chasing Girls
Posted: August 29, 2011 in Climbing, TravelTags: China, Rock Climbing, sport climbing, Travel, Yang Shuo
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西安火石攀岩 – I found a climbing gym
Posted: August 4, 2011 in Climbing, TravelTags: China, comps, gym, sport climbing, Travel
I found a gym. The only gym in the city of Xi’an, in fact. In a city of 8 million people, there is exactly one climbing gym: 火石攀岩体育馆, the Firestone Rock Climbing Gym. Located on the 6th floor of a shopping mall, this 25 foot wall is where the dedicated climbing crew of Xi’an trains [...]
Spring Break = Climbing!?
Posted: March 21, 2011 in ClimbingTags: .12a, smith rock, sport climbing, spring break
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 [...]
I started this year with many expectations. I expected the upcoming climbing season to be a lot of fun, I expected to stay strong, I expected to graduate, and I expected to have a plan for the coming Fall. Expectations can be exciting, but they’re also very scary. What if I injured myself? Would that [...]
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 [...]
Way back in February, I was more than stoked to head out to Little Si and hit the ropes. It was a bright, sunny day, with temperatures well into the mid 60′s. I on-sighted Violent Phlegms (5.11b), and was sure that this was an exciting beginning to a very long summer climbing season. And then, [...]
