Shoe Adventures and Great Guides

Posted February 28th, 2009 by Will. Comment (0).

Today, in light of the fact that I won’t be able to climb for a few weeks due to finger injury, I decided to go shopping for climbing shoes.  Like most things I do, I researched the shoes I was interested in and asked a couple of questions to my great magic 8 eight ball [...]

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Self-control: It’s Just Not My Bag

Posted February 27th, 2009 by Will. Comments (3).

I learned the same lesson twice this week.  Self-control is not my strong suit.  As I try to get back into shape for climbing, I’m starting to watch what I eat…or at least trying to watch what I eat.  For me, my biggest enemy is portion control.  I eat too much.  I noticed this as [...]

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Matt Tackett Checked Out My Nuts…and I Liked It

Posted February 26th, 2009 by Will. Comments (4).

I wasn’t too sure about taking a climbing class, much less a multi-day intensive class.  I had always heard about the joys of learning to climb from experienced climbing partners as you go.  However, I wasn’t going to have to pay for the class, so what would be the harm?   A little over a [...]

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Gumby Climbing Shoe Dilemma

Posted February 25th, 2009 by Will. Comments (8).

A few moments ago, I played my usual role as voyeur to a conversation on Twitter.  This one was about new climbers and climbing shoes.  I’m not sure how it got started or if it’s even finished.  But it made me realize two things.  First, I was really lucky when I bought my first pair. [...]

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It Feels Like the First Time

Posted February 24th, 2009 by Will. Comments (4).

I’m starting to get that excitement over climbing I had after the first time I really went climbing.  Three years ago, my brand new girlfriend of a month wanted to take me climbing.  She had lived in Lexington, Kentucky, and had learned to climb at the Red River Gorge with people like Hugh Loeffler.  Unfortunately [...]

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I Want to Be Light

Posted February 24th, 2009 by Will. Comment (0).

I’ve seen you at the climbing gym. You know who you are. You sail overhung boulder problems as if you only weigh 20 pounds. Sometimes, you find hanging from only one hand a good rest position. Then, as if gravity didn’t exist, you proceed to campus up a series of chalky [...]

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Jesus, My Hand Hurts

Posted February 23rd, 2009 by Will. Comments (2).

Oddly enough, as I’ve been reading other climbing blogs about injuries and rehab, my left middle finger has been becoming more and more sore. It started about a week and a half ago. While I was bouldering at the gym, all of a sudden, every time I grabbed a jug with my left [...]

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The Southeast Knows Access

Posted February 22nd, 2009 by Will. Comment (0).

This video is great! It really highlights one of the greatest things about living in the Southeast — the climbing community.
Heart of Stone - HD from Andrew Kornylak on Vimeo.
For more information on climbing in the Southeast, visit the Southeastern Climbers Coalition.

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Starting the Journey - Again

Posted February 22nd, 2009 by Will. Comment (0).

I’ve been back climbing now for a couple of weeks. It’s been too long — over a year. When my wife and I lived in Georgia, we did a pretty good job of driving up to Foster Falls in Tennessee most weekends. We even built a 16 foot articulating bouldering wall in [...]

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