Hey! How's life treating you? Paul and I are doing well in Santa Barbara.
As for climbing, it's something I wanted to try for a while and I found that I apparently have a bit of a knack for it. Good power to weight ratio plus lots of stubborn will do that, I guess. Thus far I've been twice. After the first time, my legs hurt for days. After the second -- much better. I get to go again on Thursday after work. Wheee! There's not a good gym around here, but we do have lots of rocks close by, so it looks like we'll make do. :)
Life treats me very well. Right now I am living in Napa, doing special event lighting design (and most other event production work). It keeps me busy and is certainly an interesting industry.
Like most guys, I tend to try and overcompensate with my arms while climbing - which is amusing because my upper body strength has never been that great. I am really enjoying the gym climbing, though I need to find people to climb with outdoors; gym routes are too short.
Let me know if you guys are in the bay area - winery touring is much fun. :)
I'm glad to hear that you're doing something related to lighting design. That's very cool. What sorts of events do you work on?
I think women have it easier when learning to climb since, in general, we know that our arms aren't that strong. It forces us to use our legs.
If you want to do arm-oriented climbing, I'd suggest bouldering. The routes are short but tend to use the upper-body more. My arms were a lot more sore after bouldering than after climbing. It's a bit scarier, though, since you aren't in a harness. Staying close to the ground and having a good spotter is important.
I don't know when we'll next be in your neck of the woods, but I'll be sure to let you know when we are. Similarly, if you're ever down in the Los Angeles area, let us know. It's a little ways from where we are, but we can try to work something out. Of course, if you ever come through Santa Barbara, you must let us know. :)
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Then again, I never pictured *me* as a rock climber, but I have been doing gym climbing for almost three months now. It totally rocks.
Oh, and hi :)
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As for climbing, it's something I wanted to try for a while and I found that I apparently have a bit of a knack for it. Good power to weight ratio plus lots of stubborn will do that, I guess. Thus far I've been twice. After the first time, my legs hurt for days. After the second -- much better. I get to go again on Thursday after work. Wheee! There's not a good gym around here, but we do have lots of rocks close by, so it looks like we'll make do. :)
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Like most guys, I tend to try and overcompensate with my arms while climbing - which is amusing because my upper body strength has never been that great. I am really enjoying the gym climbing, though I need to find people to climb with outdoors; gym routes are too short.
Let me know if you guys are in the bay area - winery touring is much fun. :)
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I think women have it easier when learning to climb since, in general, we know that our arms aren't that strong. It forces us to use our legs.
If you want to do arm-oriented climbing, I'd suggest bouldering. The routes are short but tend to use the upper-body more. My arms were a lot more sore after bouldering than after climbing. It's a bit scarier, though, since you aren't in a harness. Staying close to the ground and having a good spotter is important.
I don't know when we'll next be in your neck of the woods, but I'll be sure to let you know when we are. Similarly, if you're ever down in the Los Angeles area, let us know. It's a little ways from where we are, but we can try to work something out. Of course, if you ever come through Santa Barbara, you must let us know. :)
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