And if, like me, you're actually very happy about it, check out this link below!

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/cs/11035-cslost

PS: check out the rest of the stuff on this site. All the contributers are very funny.

Well, the medical industry is doing pretty well out of me this month.

You've all heard the story of my unfortunate crossfit injury. The good news is my knee is much better. I managed another day of outdoor climbing this past Sunday and had a great time; I got on a bunch of 5.8 and 5.9 sport routes and got my lead-legs back.

The bad news is my right ( Read more... )

So, as it happens, my personal hero Will Gadd also hurt himself doing a crossfit workout. And he did it this week. And it was a 2 exercise, 21-15-9 set, just like the one I hurt my knee doing.

Will Gadd hurts himself doing a crossfit workout the same week I mess myself up...coincidence?!?

Yeah, probably.

So, I set up and perform my first independent crossfit workout. It goes pretty well. I do my second one this past Friday. It goes okay, but I feel like my squat form is off. I finish anyway. I climb on the weekend and feel great. I do my third workout on Monday...and while doing a set of hang cleans something in my left knee starts to hurt. But I'm ( Read more... )

I did it! I did a full crossfit workout in my apartment, all by myself! I'm a big boy now ( Read more... )

My vision of sport seasons looks a little like this:

Mid-November through Mid/Late March: ski and ice climb
April to Mid May: shoulder season 1, waiting for it to get warmer
Late May through early September: Paddle and rock climbing season
Late September through early November: shoulder season 2, waiting for it to get colder

Oh boy was I ever wrong!!!

My ( Read more... )

Once again, I've been inspired by a post on Mr. Will Gadd's blog: name the gear that's been in your closet for years and years, AND that still gets taken out and used on a regular basis. The equipment that has really stood the test of time ( Read more... )

When I made my first trip into the Ghost range, I climbed “approach ice” without a rope for the first time. It was my first time ice climbing with no protection, so naturally it was a bit spooky. Looking back on it, thought, it wasn’t that big a deal.

The climb was a 20 foot section of 70 degree ice, no worse than WI 2. I’d climbed WI 2 terrain all ( Read more... )

Well, I thought my winter was over, but apparently not. This past weekend, I went ice climbing in the Ghost Range for the first time.

The Ghost is a pretty big, pretty remote area. You need a 4WD just to get to the parking lot, and we spent 90 mins walking to our objectives for the day: the Joker, a WI 2-3, and Hidden Dragon, a WI 4. This involved ( Read more... )

So, since my last post I've been thinking an awful lot about what my paddling and climbing goals should be this summer. In turn, this has made me think back over the past year and how my goal setting and training have panned out.

I gotta say...I'm not totally happy with what I've been doing so far.

First, through last winter-summer-fall I spent a ( Read more... )