Tag: climbing
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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: The Dawn Wall
Yesterday Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgenson did what was considered impossible – they free climbed Yosemite’s Dawn Wall. Unlike most achievements in climbing, this one is actually getting some serious mainstream press attention, including numerous articles in the New York Times. It should. What Caldwell and Jorgenson did isn’t just an incredible physical feat, its…
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Training Totals for the Week Ending 11-3-2013
Could this be anymore uninteresting? Nope. Maybe next week’s numbers will bring a bit more excitement. The Numbers. Run: 13 in 2:04:05 Bike: 20.4 in 1:45:39 Climb: 1:10 Strength and Flexibility: ~00:15 Total Exercise Time: ~5:00 Hebrew: 00:15
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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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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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Alex Honnold, Free Soloing, and the Viewer’s Guilt
There is a profile of the fascinating climbing pro Alex Honnold up on the Esquire website. I read it with mixed feelings. On the one hand, I’m impressed by Honnold’s climbing prowess, and fascinated by his recent record breaking assents, but on the other hand I worry that by following Honnold’s career, I am risking…
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Friday Inspiration – Limits?
There must be some limit to what we can do. Surely our ability to run fast or climb hard has some outer edge beyond which the laws of physics will not allow us to go. Whatever that is, we haven’t reached it yet. This week, Adam Ondra set a new standard in sport climbing by…
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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 