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Trip updates, access and etiquette discussion, and well researched nutrition information.

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Setbacks

from Stories From a Climbing Life

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Moes, fourth day, Setbacks, finger injury, enthusiasm, blogging, energy, beginning

I havent felt much like blogging since we arrived in Moes. Unfortunately, I sustained a finger injury the fourth day we were here and have subsequently been forced to take it easy. Im not one for blogging when energy and enthusiasm are low. Ill start form the beginning. Oh yeah, were in Moes. We flew [...]

published: 4 months ago | downloaded: 4 months ago | 25 views

Spaghetti? Again?

from Stories From a Climbing Life

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spaghetti, road trip last year, food bin, TIRED of spaghetti, box of pasta, tomato sauce, dinner every night, pasta, road trip, SICK

Chris and I have had a box of pasta and a can of tomato sauce in our food bin for about a year. We started off our road trip last year making spaghetti for dinner every night. Two weeks in, I was SICK and TIRED of spaghetti. We finally decided to get rid of our [...]

published: 4 months ago | downloaded: 4 months ago | 15 views

Bishop Overview

from Stories From a Climbing Life

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Bishop, Bishop Overview, stay in Bishop, huge concentration, superb bouldering, stay, locals, town, area

Now that we have wrapped up our stay in Bishop, I thought I would write up a brief overview of the area. All in all, we found Bishop to be exceptionally convenient, with a huge concentration of superb bouldering and a town with everything you need just a few miles away. The locals (even cops) [...]

published: 4 months ago | downloaded: 4 months ago | 19 views

So long, Bishop

from Stories From a Climbing Life

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Bishop, areas in the Happys, couple of areas, Chris, lot of trouble, Happys, Buttermilks, trouble, days, areas

With only three days left in Bishop, Chris and I were having a lot of trouble getting motivated and focused. Our last few days were spent exploring a couple of areas in the Happys and the Buttermilks that we hadnt paid much attention to. Unfortunately, Chris didnt get to play much thanks to an allergic [...]

published: 4 months ago | downloaded: 4 months ago | 26 views

Almost Arrested

from Stories From a Climbing Life

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excellent V0, Fit Homeless boulder, slabby, Roadside, Buttermilks, south face, Wednesday, lines

Wednesday we headed back out to the Buttermilks. We jumped on the little boulder beside the Fit Homeless boulder and began warming up. The lines were kind of crappy, so we walked over to Roadside. We both got on a slabby, but excellent V0 on the south face. It felt nice to be in the [...]

published: 5 months ago | downloaded: 4 months ago | 11 views

Problem Reviews 12/14/2011-12/19/2011

from Stories From a Climbing Life

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super fun climb, couple of large stones, Hop down a couple, Safe landings, interesting problems, Problem Reviews, large stones, deep pockets, Great rock, Hop

Toxic Avenger/Mr. Happy Wall – Shady most of the day. Great rock. Short, but interesting problems. Safe landings. • DESCENT – To the climber’s right. Hop down a couple of large stones then follow the maze. • Mr. Happy V5 – A super fun climb. Climb up on fairly tweaky, but deep pockets. Slap to [...]

published: 5 months ago | downloaded: 4 months ago | 27 views

Nutrition for Healthy Tendons

from Stories From a Climbing Life

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nutrients, Healthy Tendons, tendons, warm-up yesterday, special effort, tendon injury, Nutrition, two days, days

After two days off, my tendons were creaking and popping on our warm-up yesterday. Got me thinking about what kind of nutrients might work to prevent tendon injury. On these very cold days, Im making a special effort to warm up slowly and thoroughly. The Nutrients Needed for Healthy Tendons

published: 5 months ago | downloaded: 4 months ago | 12 views

Carbohydrate + Caffeine = Improved Endurance and Skill?

from Stories From a Climbing Life

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Carbohydrate + Caffeine, Endurance

Caffeine Study Shows Sports Performance Increase

published: 5 months ago | downloaded: 4 months ago | 7 views

Bouldering 101

from Stories From a Climbing Life

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Bouldering 101, daily basis, explosion, popularity, bouldering, destinations, crowding, ways, climbers, eyes

Climbing is growing in popularity on a daily basis, drawing in more climbers to destinations than ever before. As more climbers are drawn to the sport, and more specifically bouldering, were all going to need to learn how to manage the crowding. In my eyes, there are only two ways to deal with this explosion [...]

published: 5 months ago | downloaded: 4 months ago | 21 views

Problem Reviews 11/25/2011 – 12/13/2011

from Stories From a Climbing Life

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Pad the stone, Problem Reviews, landings, stone, pocket, Pad, back, one

Parrot Fashion Boulder – Average rock quality low, worse up high. A bit tall. Mostly sunny. Not the best landings. • DESCENT – Walk off the back. • Parrot Fashion V0 – Overhanging pocket climbing to choss up high. I just downclimbed this one. Pad the stone behind you. Norwegian Blue Boulder – Poor landings. [...]

published: 5 months ago | downloaded: 4 months ago | 18 views