Thursday, November 27, 2008

So I found a memory card that has apparently been "m.i.a." for the past month or so.....ooops!
Glad I found it tho since there's quite a few shots from the Triple Crown that I am happy to have. Here's a few "Pre-Triple Crown"
shots of "the crew" tagging problems and prepping for the big day.



Word.
Some shots from Thanksgiving lunch at my dads.



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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

More shots of my buddy Beck, from the band "The Stop", laying it down on the bass.
There's some pretty good lighting going on in that house....and definitely some good sounds.




Word.

Climbing tomorrow! Psyched!

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Random shots from Sandrock.


First off, I can't begin to explain how psyched I am on climbing right now. Finding, figuring out, and working a new problems is an inspiring experience and one of the things I love most about climbing. There's been a lot of that going on recently, so I am PSYCHED!

Went to Sandrock today and had a much colder experience than I (we) had planned for. "58 degrees my ass!"
But we (Adam H. and I...I'll pick that name up, haha) did find some MORE projects which will be absolutely incredible. One in particular is quite crazy, long, technical, and sick....i.e. SUPER PROUD and AMAZING. Probably one of the most unique lines in Alabama but sorry, no pics. We also played on some "old" classics like "Traylor Trash" pictured below.



Good efforts..Good day..Good times!
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...more pics later

Friday, November 21, 2008

Obsession

So, right now I'm completely obsessed with this rig at the Boulder Fields. We've (couple of us) talked about it for years but haven't really put too much effort into. Like most things, once you really try then, more often than not, things start to come together. I started trying this one on Tuesday and everyday since then have put in at least 2 hours of effort into it, after work.
At first it felt impossible, like really. After trying all sorts of whacked out beta things started to come together. Progress.
Tried it a good bit yesterday and was able to match, midway out the lip, and move to the next hold, a sharp, small crimp...that was about it though.
Today, with the colder temps was a different story. No need to match today....just pinch the hell out of the sloper I'm on in the pic below and reach out to the crimp. Solid. Then it was a question of "now what?"
The answer was pretty simple really, cut the feet, hold the swing (painful) and get right foot back on. After a couple of tries I was able to figure out the tension/body position needed to hold that damn swing...a good feeling. A pretty freaking hard move comes next, one I'm not quite sure about, altho I think I know what to do. Figured out good beta for the very end so...
I guess the process will continue till it's done. I will say this, and I hate to spray or whatever, but this is definitely one of the more difficult, technical, and funky problems I've ever worked on. Will definitely be a classic. Super psyched about it and continuing the process of figuring it all out and then trying to link.
You'll have to excuse all that rambling/self promotion, like I said I'm super pumped about this line.
Oh and thanks Dean for the psych and taking a few shots!
Word.

Here's a bit of the sequence, the first part of the first crux...

.....Reach out to a nasty little edge and crimp the sh*t out of it...



...Slowly release the heel...
...and HOLD IT!!

....get that foot back on!!




Bit of a tough one, I'd say....it WILL go tho. Sooo psyched on it!! AGHH!

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Psyched!
It's COLD, get out there and climb you wankers.....and the rest of you, stay inside, its COLD.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Here's a shot of Nathan from today at Horse Pens...



Weathers getting good!! Psyched!
A series of shots showing my buddy, Beck, writing a new song.


Saturday, November 15, 2008

Some shots of Timmy climbing on a super-classic boulder in a creek.......somewhere.






Friday, November 14, 2008

Obama sign off I-20.



Hellz yeah...sooo glad he won.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Saturday, November 08, 2008

Friday, November 07, 2008



Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Some more (random) images from this weekend at Horse Pens.