Santa's a Climber!

We had a Great day out at the Asylum this weekend. Maybe 40 degrees out but the sun made it feel pretty warm @ times. I had to get a little festive, given the season. Unfortunately the hat didn't help me send, that pesky finger injury is really holding me back. We still had a lot of fun and I used some of my downtime to take pictures of Dustin and Zoltan. I especially like the ones I got of them on the crux move of "To Air is Human"! FYI, you can click on the photos to enlarge them to get a better view of their facial expression :)

Chicken-N-Waffles

Last weekend the weather was crappy, another weather system was rolling through Arizona, but we made the best of it and went Climbing anyway. Saturday Zoltan, Dustin, and I headed down to Sedona to finish off "Mission to Mars" 12d, on the Church Wall. Though we had worked it before neither of us had ever sent and it was unclimbable all Summer, and this was only our 2nd trip this season. It was pretty cold out but not terrible, and it only rained on us occasionally, but none the less we both sent! First try of the day! It is such an amazing route that I'm almost sad we sent, now we don't have to work it anymore. That's OK though, we can now shift our focus onto the Asylum!

On a side note, Yesterday I went to the Valley to do some shopping and visit my friend Wes. I caught up with he and Mel @ Lo-Lo's Chicken and Waffles in South Central Phoenix. Now I know it sounds like a crazy combination but good southern fried chicken dipped in syrup and rolled in waffles with a side of eggs and grits................OMG!!!! So good. If your only going to try one strange food combination in your life, I suggest that this be it!

Climbing until Gravity Bitch Slaps Ya!

Like I said, playing some catch up here. Back on November 21st, a few of us went bouldering out at the Priest Draw. I don't remember climbing well that day but our good friend "Dave the Canadian" was climbing strong and nearly sent. I'm still posting the video because I think that it is a very commendable trait to climb and never give up. Only when gravity rips you from the holds do you come down. We should all try so hard!!

The NIght Before Christmas......NInja Style!!!

Guess it's been a little while since I updated this so I'll try to get a few posts in before the weekend.
I have not subscribed to "Ask A Ninja" for a while but it popped in my head yesterday so I checked it out........and I was not disappointed!!!

I HIGHLY suggest checking this out! Click on the picture!

The end of the Winslow Wall

This past weekend was the most painful weekend that I can remember. Extremely sharp holds and ridiculously small shoes left me not wanting to climb for a while. Or at least a couple of days.
It seems like I have been able to get only one good send per weekend. This past weekend it was a route that i have been staring at for a long time but have been afraid of because of how thin and sharp it is. "Atlas Shrugged" 5.12+. So on saturday, and probably the last weekend of the year for Winslow Wall because of the weather, Zoltan and I headed out to tick this ladder of razor blades.
We were both able to send second try! Thank God because I don't know if I could handle another dose of pain.
No photos this weekend because it was just the two of us, but I don't want to leave you without some bit of visual stimulation.....enjoy!!!

Halloween and recient sends.

I can't believe I have waited over a week to post that I have finally sent "Carnavore" V8, @ the Priest Draw. It has been one of the longest running projects of my life and I finally sent it! It's a great feeling, hopefully it means that I am climbing stronger than ever.
So this past weekend Zoltan, Kim, and I went to the Asylum for the first time this season. It was still pretty warm out but not unbearable. Even got a little tan.
It was an exciting day, Zoltan climbed a crack (and he liked it!), I got back on another long term project "Alpha Monkey" 13b, and was able to 1 hang it which I have never done before. And Kim took a nap : )
But the most interesting part of the day was the climbing Luchador we encoutered. Happy Halloween!!!!!!

Kim sending "Grey Matter" 5.12c

This stuff seems to be working so I'll try another one. This is Kim sending "Grey Matter" @ the Winslow Wall.

The Caligula Send!

I think I figured out how to post video. Lets find out.

Case of the Mondays

Well it was another great weekend with plenty of ups and downs. I did manage to send "Picture me Rollin" 13c, @ the Winslow Wall on Saturday. Though not my favorite route (I enjoyed Caligula more) it was still a great climb. Saturday night I proceeded to celebrate the best I know how and from what I'm told ended up flipping over backwards in a chair laughing at someones "Big Lebowski" quote, which I guess makes it OK. Sunday's hangover prevented any advancements on projects @ Priest Draw, and Oh Ya, I managed to pull another finger tendon on Picture me Rollin, but hey, I got the send so I guess its worth it.
I have spend today trying to figure out how to post videos and link them to this site but have not yet been successful, so for now I'll just post some recent photos of the Zoltan!

Zoltan On Caligula




Fun with the Saiga!

To Our Honorary Founder

Just wanted to give a shout out to Mickey Rourke, through whom all things are possible!

Weekend update

Kim was the only one who got in a send this weekend. She got "Grey Matter" 12c, first try Sunday morning. As for the rest of us, there was plenty of frustration and lots of airtime.
But fun was had by all Saturday night at our first Kung-Fu movie night. We got Thai take-out, Sopporro and Sake, then settled in and watched Sonny Chiba in "Street Fighter". After that we put in "Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman". Classic!