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The limiting factor - setting

The limiting factor in your rate of improvement can sometimes be something that never changes throughout your climbing career. That’s not to say they are inescapable, just that folk simply never take the bull by the horns and change them. ‘Permanent’ limiting factors are things like only climbing a couple of times a week, avoiding overhangs, never learning how to try hard or focus, or being scared of falling. Other limiting factors are more often important for part of your career. Things such as ...


All that was now isn’t

Geologic time, how we chronologically track the back story of earths history, is a real mind bender. Its vastness is unfathomable, really, unless broken down into human terms. My favourite analogy is squishing the planets 4.57 billion-year history into one calendar year. Unicellular life shows up in March, dinosaurs go extinct by Christmas Eve, and [...]


Si Grayson's 40th Birthday

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Si, Brad, bar, Barney, rain, tea, end, dry tooling, day, Boys

I first met Si when I was at Leeds Uni way back in 1991. I can't believe that he is now 40, my disbelief is more to do with the fact that I don't want to realise that I'm only a few years off 40 myself. Still it could be worse in so much that Brad who was also with us this weekend is much older than all of us, in fact he seems to think that he can remember dinosaurs....now that is old. Anyway Si, Barney, Brad and Myself had all got together to relive our youth this weekend and have some fun and do a little


National Geographic Announces 2010 Emerging Explorers!

Image from Google National Geographic's Emerging Explorers program annually recognizes outstanding men and women who are making significant contributions to their chosen field while still early in their careers. These explorers come from a wide variety of fields, including anthropology, archeology, mountaineering, technology, and more. Today, the organization announced the 2010 recipients of the awards , with another amazing group of visionary adventurers getting the nod. All told, there are fourteen recipients of the ...


Yosemite, dinosaurs, new friends and experiences

Image from Google I've fallen a little behind on my blog updates so instead of posting each entry separately, I put together this end of summer recap of my adventures.  I had a great summer making new friends, climbing new routes and, yes, there were dinosaurs... Lovers Leap again and meeting Rick. August 22, 2009. Ask anyone who knows me, [...]