If you’ve sat around the campfire with me, you’ve probably heard The Legend, a “true” story about the harshness of nature & the strength of one man. Below, for posterity, is the written word. *Author’s note: The piece was written with a comic book hero in mind, hence the Machismo. The setting is my favorite [continue reading]
Dec 222009
Dec 152009
A Jolly Good Time By the end of his undergraduate program, Rusty was anxious to do some climbing. College in Pennsylvania doesn’t allow for much of that. Sure he’d been on summer trips, but aside from that, he had not been able to really summit anything substantial as of late. So when Alex Lowe called [continue reading]
Dec 022009
It’s flat, it has no rock, it’s Nebraska. Several years ago while walking my dog at Wilderness Park (Lincoln, Nebraska) I spotted an intriguing crack splitting the center of an old railroad bridge foundation. I was new to climbing but quickly saw the potential of this 20+ foot high finger sized problem. I slotted my [continue reading]
Aug 252009
The weekend of August 13-16 injected some life zest into four souls without concern as to whether they were in need. Three Climbing House contributors, Andrew, Chris and I, and the lovely Sara decided to hit up the Eastern Sierras for some climbing. Unbeknownst to us, by Sunday we would’ve tackled serious Alpine environs, some [continue reading]
Jul 282009
Ryan’s cell phone alarm rudely rang us awake at 5:00 am. The sun hadn’t yet crept over the rim of Crater Lake’s basin, yet his freshly downloaded “I wanna sex u up” ringtone chimed my eyes open. I stepped outside the dangerously hot-boxed tent, stretched my sore back and gazed up at a cloud covered [continue reading]
Apr 222009
I recently took some video of me doing pull ups to study to natural of the movement. Specifically, I’m interested in the velocity and acceleration (and forces) of a typical pull up. Results follow. *Warning: This may bore you, I’m not offended if you don’t read it*
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