Nothing like climbing in the sun for a couple of days after busting my ass for weeks. 50 degree weather, a little breeze – perfect to climb in the sun, lizard-mode instead of vampire-mode like we usually do. At one of the best crags in CA, and no one around but us. Dogs get to […]
This morning a squirrel fell out of the tree exactly in the midst of me and two dogs. We were all surprised enough that he was able to get up and make it up the tree before either of the dogs could grab him. Swish, THUD, about a foot in front of my face, and […]
A lot of times climbing is all Type II kind of fun, if not Type III. Only occasionally Type I [1]. Even the sport climbing, just trying to get better. Driving, doing the same climbs, failing on the same stupid dyno every time, having the same conversations with the same people, over and over. Then […]
The hated “Adventure” Pass has been largely overruled. I don’t have my stack of tickets anymore, though at one point I got one with the number 100 circled in red on it, my 100th citation, I suppose. And I can’t count the number of times I argued with a ranger about these, and had them […]
I spent the last two weeks increasingly out of sorts, stressed, not enough sleep, or exercise, overworked and a bit cranky, or so I am told. Biking into work Friday, I realized I had not climbed in two weeks. Two weeks! Weather, circumstances, and travel had conspired to keep my hands off stone. In once […]
photo by: Coverboy
If you give a little once in a while, perhaps you won’t be asked to give all of it at once.
Types of fun
Three types of fun: I – Immediate. Type I doesn’t mean “without risk”, but it feels really good in the moment without a lot of effort. Examples: Sex. Chocolate. Masturbation. Ice cream. Beer. Drugs. Driving fast. 5.9 hands. 5.11 sport. Wired 12s. II – Delayed. Can be somewhat fun at times when you’re doing […]