Monday, January 31, 2011

Trip

So while the rest of the climbing world is embroiled in heavy handed debates of uncut footage, topping out, start holds and general ClimbX douchebaggery we're planning another trip. Fucking right.

Leaving for Chattanooga on the 18th of February and not coming back till the 27th or 28th.

I hate to say I've been training because when anyone says they "started training" it inevitably means they've just been climbing more and they want people to know they're gonna get sikkstrong. That said I've dedicated the past 3 weeks or so to spending a couple days a week running a few miles and doing a decent sized core workout on the hangboard and rings. While it's not a lot, it's more than I've done in a long time and I'm happy about it. So there. Take that.

I can't say my climbing is improving by leaps and bounds but I feel good and I'm excited to go somewhere. That right there is a good thing in my world. It's a nice contrast to the mindset I had before leaving on the last trip.

Plans to go to the lake last week derailed when the dry, 33 degree day turned into a wet snowy mess. On top of that, we're supposed to get some ungodly amount of snow(for Madison) tomorrow and inevitably the town will shut down and all the hippies will ski into work. I'm allowed to say that because my coworker Pete is one of those hippies.

For anyone who doesn't ski into work.....buy Atlas Snowshoes. You know you want to.

16 comments:

  1. Are Atlas Snowshoes exceptionally good for kicking hippies on skis? New ad campaign for Atlas?
    Huston

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  2. Don't forget about the hand wringing over theoretical plans to rap bolt remote granite spires

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  3. Or whether a certain Wisconsinite female started a certain boulder problem EXACTLY as it was started the first time somebody did it. ce

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  4. Yeah, didn't exactly mean for that to happen but I think it's important in a greater sense to have those discussions. If people started stacking up pads and starting the Flatiron (for example) a move in but still calling it the same problem I think people would like to know about that.

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  5. Snow shoeing sucks balls

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  6. Oh hi Sweaty, good to see you.

    Yeah Narc that was not a slam. I really don't care much about that problem, but I agree. Plus what else would we talk about?

    ce

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  7. btw.

    For the recored the Mandala is the most over hyped boulder in the world.

    1. not obvious start.
    2. terrible rock
    3. not a pure line (direct exit)
    4. not interesting to climb on. SHARP AS HELL.

    NIC

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  8. 1. Trip, trip, trip, trip. As Nic would say syke, syke, syke.
    2. Hate bloody hippies. The weather is probably beebus' wrath raining down on damn hippies.
    3. Mandala? Psshhh, if she can do it...

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  9. Valid points Nic, but you're forgetting that SHARMA touched it all the way to the top first!

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  10. Oh the ski into work tommorow is going to be epic! Thats right D.B. Rob, Epic. Just like Steve's trip of sending in the south- Epic! And the projects at the Lake- epic!
    It would be epic if Alex came and put up some hard shit at the Lake- Epic!
    Snowshoeing- Epic!
    Sharma- Epic!

    Remo

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  11. Oh brian, good one. Can't believe I forgot Lama. That was good shit too.

    Remo, you're a hippy but you don't count since you buy stuff from me and find new boulders.

    Sweaty, you suck. Do you even climb anymore??

    Nic, you're right. very right.

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  12. Terrible. I think it is crazy that SO MANY people love that problem.

    -nic

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  13. Remo: You are a dirty dirty dirty hippy. Such a dirty dirty dirty boy. Mmmmm. Wait, what was I saying again?

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  14. "btw.

    For the recored the Mandala is the most over hyped boulder in the world.

    1. not obvious start.
    2. terrible rock
    3. not a pure line (direct exit)
    4. not interesting to climb on. SHARP AS HELL."
    AND
    5. nic couldn't do it.

    -PETER

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  15. Nic could not do it.

    Only tried maybe a handful of times and in fact did the first hard move (from a proper start) and split my tip.... No joke, 4 tries in.

    I am very happy to see Alex did this boulder but I am even more happy she did the much better Haroun and the Sea of Stories 8A,8A+...

    -NIC

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  16. no need to get defensive and pull a jens, nic. everyone here loves the wisconsin bouldering legend. -p

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