Category Archives: Climbing

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

Cragmama’s Featured #KidCrushers – Issue 2

Jun 19 2014

In case you are new around here, last month I started a new blog series that featured crag-kiddos out doing their thing. These #KidCrushers ranged in age from 11 months to 15 years, and hailed from climbing areas all over the country – NC, Utah, Idaho, Ohio…there were even entries from Spain, Norway, and South Africa! The response was so positive that I decided to make it a regular thing. And thanks to the kind folks at Flapjacked, this month’s winners won’t walk away empty-handed! So here’s what’s been going on in the world of #KidCrushers this month… Here’s 2 year old Tyler…Read the rest of this entry →

‘Hey Girl’ Memes for Climbing Mamas…

Jun 15 2014

Unless youv’e been living under a rock for the past couple of years, you’ve probably seen a few Ryan Gosling “Hey Girl” memes. (And if you don’t know what I’m talking about, click here.) Well, I had to laugh out loud last week when I was browsing through my RSS feeds and stumbled across a gem of a post from Brendan Leonard over at Semi-Rad.com – “‘Hey Girl’ Memes for Outdoorsy Women.” It kept a smile on my face the rest of the afternoon, and from the response on Cragmama’s facebook page, you all enjoyed it as well! Yet while…Read the rest of this entry →

A Wild and Scenic Weekend at Obed River, Tennessee

May 28 2014

Family tradition mandates that we spend Memorial Day weekend climbing and camping at the Obed Wild and Scenic River, an area just outside of Knoxville, Tennessee, and this year was no exception. Despite my excitement to get on a rope again, I was a bit apprehensive about the logistics. It was only our 2nd time roping up with Baby Z, and roped climbing can be a lot harder to manage than bouldering at this age since I can’t always just hop right down to get to her (although if I’m not there someone else always is.) Additionally it would be Baby Z’s…Read the rest of this entry →

Bouldering Circuits: A Quickie Power Endurance Workout

May 27 2014

Thanks to a loving husband and a (for the most part) cooperative baby, I’ve been able to consistently get to the gym 2-3 times per week starting around 2 weeks postpartum. But when I go and how much time I have is always up in the air. Sometimes I know up front that I only have 45 minutes to acquire a good pump…other times I go in thinking I have an hour and a half, only to have my workout cut short by a screaming baby. If efficiency was an important component to my climbing workouts with just one kiddo,…Read the rest of this entry →

Highlights from the Jocassee Gorges (and Adventure Package Giveaway!)

May 21 2014

I am really excited about this week’s trip report – first of all because I love reporting on new places to explore and play, and secondly because I love giveaways! Jocassee Gorges in Upstate South Carolina is a hidden gem filled with lakes, boulders, trails, and one of the largest expanses of roadless wilderness on the East Coast! Seriously, if you’re a southerner trying to find a Sasquatch, this might be the place! I’d known about the area for a while now through fellow climbing blogger, Brad Caldwell (who also happens to be one of the co-sponsors of the giveaway!)…Read the rest of this entry →

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