Tag: bouldering
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100 Days of Milo: Day 15 — Bouldering and Rock Climbing
Though time constraints have keep me out of the climbing gym for the last two years, I still follow the sport of climbing closely (in fact, one of the most popular articles on this website is about climber Alex Honnold). With my son now just a hair over two years old, and very interested in…
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Friday Inspiration – New York Kid on the Road
I’ll admit it, I’ve got some hometown pride associated with the success of Ashima Shiraishi. She’s a New York kid, she climbs regularly at my gym, and she rules. In fact, just this week I saw Ashima crushing it at Brooklyn Boulders. She’s gotten so much taller in the last year, and her climbing continues…
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Training Totals – Week Ending 10-20-2013
Ran a little, biked a little, climbed a little. Enjoyed myself for the first time in months. Sore as hell from my return to climbing and body weight training — which is nice. Looking forward to doing a little more of each in the coming week. I’m a sucker for the feeling of a sore…
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Friday Inspiration – Skinny Dude Climbing v16
Speaking of skinny dudes, check out this amazing video of Adam Ondra* climbing two different V16 routes: For those keeping track at home, Ondra is 5′ 11″, weighs a whooping 128 pounds and is all of twenty years old. As is obvious from this video, he is among the best climbers in the world. What…
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Losing It
Yesterday, I ran. But only three miles. No real pain and no need to rush things. After that, I spent about forty five minutes on push-ups, pull-ups, handstands, stretches and balance drills. it was low key, and it was fun. Last night was exactly the kind of thing I’m interested in right now. Long term,…
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Some Quick Thoughts On Never Being A Very Good Climber
I’ve resigned myself to never being very good at rock climbing. I’m too old, too fat, and have too little time to devote to the sport to ever climb at a high level. But that’s ok, I still love it. With my schedule, I’m lucky if I can get to the climbing gym once a…
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Friday Inspiration – The Lessons of Play
Last weekend I went climbing with my young niece. She took to it immediately. With little fear, a lot determination, and weighing next to nothing, she did wonderfully. There were times at the beginning when she got nervous – when five feet off the ground she asked me to lower her down. But as the…
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Friday Inspiration: Two Great Climbers
Last weekend was my first time at the climbing gym in well over a month. I was a little rusty, but happy to discover that I hadn’t lost all my fitness. I’ll be back there on Sunday, slowly working my way back up to the level I was at this fall. I’m involved in a…
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Friday Inspiration – Back to the Climbing Gym
Between work, the High Holidays, and other sundry tasks, I haven’t made it to Brooklyn Boulders in almost two weeks. Not good. I’m going to fix that this weekend with a session on Sunday. I can’t wait. Here’s a video of a bunch of great climbers working inside, including two New Yorkers – Ashima Shirashi…
Milo and the Calf 