7 Stitches

Nursing a nice gash on the back of my finger I'm relegated to climbing porn. Campus hard!

Who am I?

Ever been climbing with this guy? I feel like I've seen him and his side kick out crushing granite in the Northwest. First person with the answer gets a hot cup of steam and a free Me Climb Pretty t-shirt if we ever actually get around to making them. 

You can catch the full series of climber X at http://cghub.com/images/view/295586/

Good spot Sam S. 

Spotted in Gold Bar

Recover Like an Olympia

In the world of old man climbing there is no better friend than the post crush IPA and ice bath for the hands. You take that, put it on nuclear steroids in a Star Trek looking cylinder, subtract the hopps and you in end up with this...

Train like an Olympian

Lots of talk across the blogosphere about training these days. I've got my own routine that I've been perfecting with some of the MCPOD Team which we'll get to in a few days, but here a short video on the new regime of possibly the greatest Olympian of all time.

"Insanely difficult form of rock climbing called BOULDERING"

If Brian Williams says it's insanely difficult who am I too argue. It's a bit ironic that he chose that as his segue for a story about a 5th grader that dominates the sport. It seems kin to calling a perfect game in bowling Mt Everest and then flashing the stats on all the Joe Average Bowlers that put down 3 hundo a year, but whatever he's the pro.(the number of amateurs that roll perfect every year is so high that I would challenge that bowling is a sport). More good press for climbering and pretty cool watching Ashima climb with old man prowess. (Side note - It's not OK to cut your bangs to look like your 5th grade prodigy's bang Obi)

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Hot Virgin Bouldering

A little mental vacation to the islands for those of you in the Northwest enjoying this quality 50 degree and rainy June summer day.