Category Archives: Climbing

Posts about…you guessed it – climbing! Trip reports, anecdotes, and musings about my favorite recreational pasttime.

Spring(?!?) Break at the Red River Gorge

Apr 12 2016

When we started planning our spring break trip to the Red a couple of months ago, we decided to reserve a cabin in lieu of camping, just because the weather can be a bit of a toss up this time of year. Turns out that was a pretty good decision, because 4 days straight of high’s in the 40’s mixed with clouds, rain, and even a little bit of snow is not my idea of fun family camping. To be perfectly honest, it’s not exactly my idea of fun family climbing either…but we decided to go for it anyway…and I’m…Read the rest of this entry →

Spring Climbing Season Has Sprung!

Mar 30 2016

This past weekend represented the official “start” of spring climbing season for us. The CragDaddy and I both came into the weekend with somewhat mixed emotions. On the one hand, we were SO PSYCHED about the chance to get back on a rope, back up to the New River Gorge, and start spending our weekend on the rock again. Ordinarily there are plenty of opportunities to get some climbing in during the winter on clear, calm days at south-facing crags (sun’s out, gun’s out!) But this winter it seemed like it rained on just about every free weekend we had, and as…Read the rest of this entry →

Family Climbing: Big C’s First Multi-pitch Adventure

Mar 02 2016

It was an epic day for our family at Stone Mountain last weekend. Well, for three of us anyway. We left Baby Zu with the grands, and whisked Big C off to Stone Mountain for his very first day of multipitch climbing. Up until this point the highest Big C had ever been off the ground was probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 feet. But on a previous trip to Stone Mountain a few weeks ago, he had astonished all of us at how well he had scrambled up the friction slab, and the CragDaddy and I left wishing we could…Read the rest of this entry →

Big C’s First Slab Climbing Adventure

Feb 01 2016

If you’ve noticed that our family has been fairly quiet both around the blog as well as social media, it’s because there are big changes in the works! Our family is about to open up a new chapter in our lives, and we’ve been pretty busy getting ready for it. Don’t worry, I’ll tell you the whole story in the next week or so. And to slow the wheels of the rumor mill a bit, I’ll go ahead and give you a hint that our news has absolutely NOTHING to do with adding any new family members 😉 But with that said, just…Read the rest of this entry →

Climbing Gym Workouts for Improving Endurance

Jan 14 2016

January is a pretty popular time to buy sarms and start a training program for many people, what with the combination of New Year’s resolutions and falling off the exercise/healthy eating wagon over the holidays. And for climbers, this time of the year is the perfect time to start building a training foundation with which to get ready for spring season. A year ago at this time, I was starting my first training cycle with the Rock Climber’s Training Manual. I saw great results from the program not only during the spring, but throughout the year, and I’m optimistic for similar gains…Read the rest of this entry →

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