Spent the last couple days being a bit depressed because of my injury, but some light hangboarding over the last two days has also helped it see significant improvement. But, trip is over, back in town, time to get things done. Meeting with my fwb in Utah again in a bit over a week, so want to get e...

Annoying thing happened yesterday. After posting here, I wanted to get my shit together. So got my shit packed, did a hangboard workout, and went out with my intention. First place my crew went had a few highball lines. I didn't want to get hurt pitching off the top, so I just walked up the most sec...

Yesterday went climbing again after a rest day. Goal was to send V5, but failed there. Got on 2 different problems of the grade, both of which felt very difficult. First problem favored shorter people. I had to start with my knee above my elbows at the start - extremely strenuous position to hold. O...

Yesterday was good. Spent the morning retrieving my bike from the side of the road, then first day pulling on boulders here. Only here for a week, so gotta make the most of it - hoping to send V6 by the end of the trip. So yesterday got warmed up and ticked a few V3s. Late posting this today, but to...

Been gone out of regular service for a few days in canyon country. Was supposed to be headed back to Denver by now, but I was enticed to spend one more week in the desert bouldering. The place we're at is known to have fair grades and lots of options, so this will be a good way to figure out what my...

Real good day yesterday. I knew it was gonna be my last day climbing in the area this season, and wanted to really try as hard as I could on something. After days of cool temps, the group was stoked to climb in the sun and be warm for once. We headed to a crag I'd been to a couple times before on th...

Not much to say about yesterday. Was stoked to get out climbing again the day before, but in the morning my upper back was super sore and I was still tired after sleeping for 10 hours. The group was pretty stoked on taking a rest day, too, to watch the eclipse and do drugs. I did a tiny bit of mushr...

CainGettingLaid I've been running my 6 bedroom rental as rent-by-the-room while living there part time for a couple years now, so a big part of its success is the relationships and community of the people who live there. Beyond ensuring the roof doesn't collapse and the toilets still flush, I see m...

Yesterday was good. Meditated, Duolingo, kbs, and got everything done a bit faster and earlier than usual. Unfortunately, I needed to update my airbnb's prices, for which I needed internet better than what my phone hotspot could provide. So, ripped into town, did that, and got to the crag at mid aft...

For this fear - I found what helped a lot to build confidence on placing gear was actually weighing the gear. Like, "french free", or soft aid climbing. You don't "need" to be taking massive whippers. It's funny because I'm quite confident in my placements in cracks with constrictions - especially ...

Adrizzle Thanks! Yeah, I intentionally made adventuring a focus of my life a long time ago. At the end of the day, the heart of it is a pursuit of personal growth through facing my fears. Sometimes I just need to remind myself that that is the goal. ========================= Yesterday wasn't great....

Yesterday was better in that I got out far earlier than before. Still not anywhere close to being on time - but better. Meditated, Duolingo, posted here, kb workout, hangboard workout, did a bit of troubleshooting on a parasitic power drain in my van, got to the crag. Performance at the crag was pre...

Writing that rant yesterday took a lot of time. Wrote a short goodbye message to my friend, and blocked him on everything. But at least it's out of my head now. Got a kb workout in, improved the new shelves in my van, then got out to the crag. By the time I got there, the day was almost over. I'd wa...

Do you know what getting to your end goal with the social looks like? That's a good question, and is kind of what I've been trying to figure out. And the problem is that just before I typed this sentence, I spent 5 minutes staring into space, thinking of one thing, and then another. So I'll admit t...

I sat down for a longer meditation just now. Right now, I was planning on working out, then eating breakfast, then going to the crag. But that will have to be delayed, because I could not get this dialogue out of my head during my sit. I have a friend, J. We met about 5 years ago or so. It must have...