It's Monday. Back to the grind for me, but hopefully not for yourselves! Geshido, Mac
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So it's been a while, over 2 weeks since my last posting. What can I say? I was out roaming about European climbing destinations. With no cell service and hardly any internet. Honestly if I did find WiFi I was fairly more concerned with local weather forecasts than anything. Now I am back in the states and as of right now I don't see why I won't be able to put us back on the regular schedule! Geshido, Mac Some guys just getting after it! And SOooooo many others. Just some things to keep you going through the weekend. Below is a link for R&I's ASCENT issue. Great stories in there as usual! Geshido, Mac Also, a short read on being efficient in the gym..coming form Hans himself. HOW TO MAXIMIZE TWO HOURS AT THE CLIMBING GYM
By Hans Florine, June 10, 2014 On a recent Tuesday morning, I had a climbing "date" with another parent who works.We both are trying to get in some mileage before we head up to Yosemite in the coming months. But we both dropped off kids at school around 8:15 a.m. and had business appointments to tend to by 11 a.m. We’re both at the gym by 9 a.m. and harnessed up and climbing by 9:05. Both of us have climbed with other people at the gym, and know that a typical two-hour session at the gym for most people equates to about 30 to 40 minutes of climbing, the rest being chatting, stalling and generally dodging around the act of actually climbing. It was a joy to spend the two hours with Julie, however, as we both wanted the same thing: maximum vertical footage in our two hours of climbing. One thing we knew this meant is that we'd have to get in at least two—if not four—routes climbed for each time we tied in. Second, we never would wait in line for a specific climb, always opting for climbing ANY route over waiting for a specific route. We were still able to chat the whole time, and certainly filled the silence with plenty of talking about politics, kid/parent updates, weather, future adventure plans and drama in the community. We both giggled at the people who were talking at the base of the wall as if they couldn't talk while climbing or belaying. Really! We figured most gym visitors get in about five or, at best 10 routes in a two-hour window. We got in 27 different routes each. Not quite an El Capitan day of climbing, but a good bit of climbing. I'm big into measuring how long things take to do. If you can measure something, you can monitor, manage, motivate and manifest a change. I measure how many routes I can do in two hours, at the gym, at the crag, wherever. I try to improve on my previous best, or at least use the knowledge to decide when and where I can fit in a climbing session. I measure how long it takes to get from my driveway to El Capitan Meadow. With a gas and donut stop, it's three hours and nine minutes. If I want to meet someone in El Capitan meadow for a 6:30 a.m. start, I need to wake up at 3:09 a.m. and turn the key in my car by 3:21 a.m. I can typically do a 10-pitch free climbing route in less than five hours, so I know I can go for a day trip from my suburb home to Yosemite and back in the same day. TA-DA! No more excuses when I've "only got one day off." It seems like now I've gotten back onto the schedule of only posting once a week. I think I should just say that from now until July 1st I'll be just posting once a week, let's say Monday's. Below is another hodgepodge of videos regarding shenanigans of different varieties. Enjoy! Geshido, Mac Stoke VoW Hump Day VoW MTB Monday VoW And again I have to apologize for leaving you all hanging. I'm just busier now than I have ever been during the regular semesters. Here are a bunch of videos again for the week! Geshido, Mac Cowboy Club from Blake McCord on Vimeo. In case you haven't seen it. Lately I've been having to really adapt my ways for climbing. I hadn't been to a gym before this month since early last summer, or more. I can't even remember. So I thought this may be suitable for those of you that maybe have the same ideals as I did. Geshido, Mac A TRAD CLIMBER’S GUIDE TO THE CLIMBING GYM
posted on May 22, 2014 Trad climbing is the foundation of our sport—the backbone, scoliotic from humping too many loads, that braces us for run-outs unknown and summits untouched. Trad climbing, and its attendant skill set, is what allows us to get into some of the coolest, raddest places on the planet, whether that’s the flank of El Capitan, the chimney of a lonesome desert tower, or even straight up a rowdy Patagonian spire. For the most part, though, you don’t really need to climb particularly hard to be a trad climber—at least not in the sense that building a textbook three-point anchor requires having Daniel Woods-grade pinch strength. But you know what? Climbing hard(er) sure does help. In fact, it helps a lot. And nowhere does one learn and train to climb harder than in a climbing gym..... |
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