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		<title>A 5.12 for Mother&#8217;s Day (and a bunch of other awesome stuff&#8230;)</title>
		<link>http://cragmama.com/2012/05/a-5-12-for-mothers-day-and-a-bunch-of-other-awesome-stuff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 01:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climbing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Butcher's Branch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hit List 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaymoor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The build-up to this weekend at the New was admittedly a bit chaotic.  But despite last-minute partner bailing, a forgotten ankle brace, and a moody weather forecast, this Mother&#8217;s Day ended up being the best yet!  I had two goals in mind &#8211; to send as many hard .11&#8242;s as I could, and to get redemption on a 5.12 project from last summer&#8230; Day 1 Routes (Butcher&#8217;s Branch and Seven-Eleven Wall): The Greenpiece (5.10b):  I&#8217;d only been to Butcher&#8217;s Branch one other time, and it was almost exactly 4 years ago.  I remember having an epic almost-onsight of this route&#8230;<a class="contRead" href="http://cragmama.com/2012/05/a-5-12-for-mothers-day-and-a-bunch-of-other-awesome-stuff/">Read the rest of this entry &#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Smoo(oooooo)th Quickdraw from TRANGO</title>
		<link>http://cragmama.com/2012/05/the-smooooooooth-quickdraw-from-trango/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trango has a new quickdraw called the &#8220;Smooth Quickdraw.&#8221;  To be honest, my initial thought was that their marketing department must not have been trying very hard. I mean, when you call something &#8220;smooth,&#8221; all you&#8217;re really saying is that said object has a continuous, even surface, free of bumps or ridges, right? If that&#8217;s our working definition, then every quickdraw I&#8217;ve ever owned would be considered &#8220;smooth.&#8221; It seemed like Trango&#8217;s naming system was similar to those people that name boulder problems based on some obvious, over-used characteristic (&#8220;The Arete,&#8221; &#8220;The Egg,&#8221;, or &#8220;Big Crack.&#8221;)  Descriptive, yes.  Creative, not so&#8230;<a class="contRead" href="http://cragmama.com/2012/05/the-smooooooooth-quickdraw-from-trango/">Read the rest of this entry &#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Projecting (Continued)&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://cragmama.com/2012/05/the-art-of-projecting-continued/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 11:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carolina Guidebook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I went into detail about the art of projecting a route, and included the perspectives of three of my climbing friends who were also on the quest for a meaningful send.  Well, our crew reconvened again, same time, same place, this past weekend, each of us ready for a rematch with our own personal nemeses.  Here&#8217;s how we fared&#8230; OVERHANGING HANGOVER (5.11b) Steve: I got right down to business and warmed up on my project.  I was feeling a little jittery before starting but once I got going I was locked in and felt really strong.  The lower section&#8230;<a class="contRead" href="http://cragmama.com/2012/05/the-art-of-projecting-continued/">Read the rest of this entry &#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Moms:  Endurance Athletes, Superheroes, and More (plus a GIVEAWAY from CLIF!)</title>
		<link>http://cragmama.com/2012/05/moms-endurance-athletes-superheroes-and-more-plus-a-giveaway-from-clif/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Lineberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clif bar giveaway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mother's day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What does it mean to be a mom?  Obviously that&#8217;s a question that runs deeper that one little blog entry.  But considering that this coming weekend is Mother&#8217;s Day, I thought it would be fun to post up a few light-hearted job titles acquired by moms everywhere.  (Let this also serve as a reminder for the forgetful folks out there to make &#8220;Call your Mommy&#8221; number 1 on your to do list for Sunday&#8230;)  As you read, be thinking of something to add to the list for a chance to win a chocolate-themed prize pack from my good friends at CLIF!  SUPERHERO&#8230;<a class="contRead" href="http://cragmama.com/2012/05/moms-endurance-athletes-superheroes-and-more-plus-a-giveaway-from-clif/">Read the rest of this entry &#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Indoor Training Tips:  Triple Intervals</title>
		<link>http://cragmama.com/2012/05/indoor-training-tips-triple-intervals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 11:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Lineberry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be the first to admit, it&#8217;s hard to get in a good (and efficient) workout at the climbing gym with Cragbaby flitting around like the social butterfly that he is.  The days when we could time our gym time with a nap in a stroller are long gone, as are the days when we could barricade C with crash pads under an overhang.  To be honest, I&#8217;ve been pretty indifferent towards the climbing gym for the past year or so.  Yeah it&#8217;s a fun place to go, but out of the 4-6 hours that I spend there every week, how&#8230;<a class="contRead" href="http://cragmama.com/2012/05/indoor-training-tips-triple-intervals/">Read the rest of this entry &#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Weekend of Projects &#8211; Part 2 (Pilot Mountain)</title>
		<link>http://cragmama.com/2012/05/a-weekend-of-projects-part-2-pilot-mountain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 12:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Lineberry</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[aaron johnston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bennett Harris]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned in my last post that I&#8217;d be separating the weekend out into two posts, since each day was so different from the other.  I thought it would be fun to change things up a bit, so rather than the typical play-by-play trip report, I thought I&#8217;d focus on &#8220;projects.&#8221;  For those non-climbers out there, the term &#8221;projecting&#8221; is used to describe the process that one goes through to successfully redpoint a route near or at their limit.  A route is considered &#8220;sent&#8221; (aka redpointed) when the climber is able to lead the route from bottom to top (bringing the rope up with them&#8230;<a class="contRead" href="http://cragmama.com/2012/05/a-weekend-of-projects-part-2-pilot-mountain/">Read the rest of this entry &#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Weekend of Projects &#8211; Part 1 (Moore&#8217;s Wall)</title>
		<link>http://cragmama.com/2012/05/a-weekend-of-projects-part-1-moores-wall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 12:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Lineberry</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Camping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carolina Guidebook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend was pretty varied on all counts &#8211; weather, climbing, accomplishments (or lack thereof).  But regardless of what sort of hodgepodge it was, it was certainly fun as well as productive, and a good one-word sum-up would be PROJECTS.   Our journey began Friday night at my parent&#8217;s house (aka Paw Paw and Gaga) near Winston-Salem, where Cragbaby hung out all day Saturday so Steve and I could get our gear on at Moore&#8217;s Wall.  This is my second time at Moore&#8217;s in the past 2 weeks &#8211; the last time I spent the day in the Hanging Garden, and&#8230;<a class="contRead" href="http://cragmama.com/2012/05/a-weekend-of-projects-part-1-moores-wall/">Read the rest of this entry &#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cragbaby&#8217;s First Field Guide</title>
		<link>http://cragmama.com/2012/04/cragbabys-first-field-guide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Lineberry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Hour Connection]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When most people think of favorite childhood books, usually classic stories like &#8220;A Cricket in Times Square,&#8221; &#8220;Stuart Little&#8221;, and &#8220;Charlotte&#8217;s Web&#8221; come to mind.  Although I of course have fond memories of those books as well, oddly enough the most tattered books in my collection were a little more technical in nature.  As long as I can remember, I have always been a nut about field guides.  Mammals, Birds, Plants and Flowers, Rocks and Minerals, Spiders and Insects &#8211; I had a field guide for anything you could imagine almost.  But above all my very favorite one was a little purple pocket guide&#8230;<a class="contRead" href="http://cragmama.com/2012/04/cragbabys-first-field-guide/">Read the rest of this entry &#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Slabster&#8217;s Lament 5.12a/b &#8211; The Lament is Over&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://cragmama.com/2012/04/slabsters-lament-5-12ab-the-lament-is-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climbing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then a route deserves to be memorialized by a post all to itself. In the case of Heresy (5.11c) out at the Obed, it was because of my first impression of it when I first laid eyes on it, several years before I was strong enough to even think about sending it. With Dave the Dude (5.11d), it was because the line was just that good &#8211; not only was it a classic in every sense of the word, but it was a culminating finale to a fantastic trip in the Red River Gorge, and thinking about&#8230;<a class="contRead" href="http://cragmama.com/2012/04/slabsters-lament-5-12ab-the-lament-is-over/">Read the rest of this entry &#8594;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tales of a Broken Talus &#8211; 7 Lessons Learned.</title>
		<link>http://cragmama.com/2012/04/tales-of-a-broken-talus-7-lessons-learned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Lineberry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s been 75 days since my ankle went snap, crackle, pop on an otherwise delightful winter afternoon at the crag.  Since then I have been on a rather emotional roller coaster ride of thoughts, feelings, and mental processing.  Thankfully for me however (as well as everyone who has to put up with me on a daily basis&#8230;), that roller coaster has slowed down substantially in the last few weeks as my life has slowly but surely crept back to &#8220;normal.&#8221;  Looking back throughout the recovery process, Ive realized that this whole ordeal has been quite a learning experience for me, so I&#8230;<a class="contRead" href="http://cragmama.com/2012/04/tales-of-a-broken-talus-7-lessons-learned/">Read the rest of this entry &#8594;</a>]]></description>
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