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2023 Recap and Looking Forward to 2024…

2023 Recap and Looking Forward to 2024…

Well it’s that time of year again where our family likes to get super nerdy with stats and graphs! From a family adventure perspective, we had an AMAZING year. We spent 44 days climbing outside, and our climbing area breakdown looked like this: NEW RIVER GORGE (and surrounding areas) – 12 daysRED RIVER GORGE – 11 days BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK – 8 daysHIDDEN VALLEY – 4 daysHAWKSBILL MOUNTAIN – 4 daysSTONY MT BOULDERS – 3 days CROWDERS MOUNTAIN – 2 days From a climbing performance perspective, our biggest challenge as a family was the logistics of balancing 3 different climber…Read the rest of this entry →

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Rocktober at Breaks Interstate Park + Red River Gorge

It’s been quite a long time, but welcome back to this little corner of the interwebs! For quite a while now I’ve been wanting to get back into blogging on the regular again, and a trip report about our most recent family adventure seemed like a perfect place to dive in! When I polled some of you on Instagram about specific topics you were most interested in reading about, an overwhelming majority of you all voted for “a little bit of everything!” So I’ll try my best to hit all the highlights from our trip without going down any epic…Read the rest of this entry →

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NRG Boot Camp: A Story about the “Why”

NRG Boot Camp: A Story about the “Why”

(AKA…The Comment That Risked Our Marriage But Improved My Climbing) Last week I officially opened registration for an NRG-specific training workshop I’ll be doing later this month. I wanted to use this space to tell you guys not only about what to expect from the workshop, but also to tell you why I’m so passionate about geeking out about NRG specific training! My hubby and I have been climbing at the New since 2007. My 12yo son spent his first night under the stars there in 2010 when he was only 2 months old, and before my now 8yo daughter…Read the rest of this entry →

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2021 Reflections and 2022 Goals

2021 Reflections and 2022 Goals

Raise your hand if you like to geek out over climbing stats this time of year?!? I know I do. It’s fun to look back and see what I accomplished versus what I didn’t quite get to, and then use that information to make new goals for the next year. 2021 was a year of ups and downs for me. I sent a lot of routes that were meaningful to me, and also took almost all of the fall season to fail on something that also very meaningful to me. I was blessed to be able to get 48 days…Read the rest of this entry →

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First Ascent Board Game

First Ascent Board Game

Raise your hand if you like board games. Anyone? I know our famly loves a good game night. So we were thrilled to get the opportunity to check out a new climbing-themed board game a few weeks ago. The game is called “First Ascent,” designed by Philadelphia-based climbers Kate Otte and Garrett Gibbons. First Ascent can be played with 2-5 players, and takes 45-90 minutes to play. It is recommended for ages 14+. From the official game description: “The goal in this strategic and competitive game is to gain the most points by climbing the best route up the mountain…Read the rest of this entry →

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“Not all who wander are lost.” —JRR TOLKIEN