Posts tagged ‘goals’

The Day I Learned to Embrace My Gumbiness

Posted March 5th, 2009 by Will. Comments (2).

The label “Gumby” has a pretty negative connotation.  I’m sure people wonder why I would embrace the label.  Most people use it to describe a novice climber that acts like he/she knows more than they do.  Of course, that’s not what I’m after.  Instead, I want to always remain mindful that I have a lot [...]

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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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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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