Category Archives: Climbing

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

Pooping in the Woods, Broken Bones…oh, and a little bit of climbing too.

Jun 19 2013

Despite how crazy it sounds, that title pretty much sums up our Father’s Day weekend trip to the New River Gorge. Here’s the specifics: POOPING IN THE WOODS: (Ok, so non-parents you might want to just tune out for this first paragraph…) For the past two weeks we’ve been kickin’ it local style while we went cold turkey with big boy underwear with C, and this was our first weekend trip sans diapers (maybe “sans” isn’t entirely accurate…I did have a large stash of pull-ups in my bag “just in case”). But I am so proud to say that…Read the rest of this entry →

Sending Projects (Finally!) at Obed Wild and Scenic River

May 30 2013

Historically if the weather is good (or often times even if it’s not), 90% of Southeastern climbers migrate to one of two world-class hot spots for Memorial Day Weekend – either the New River Gorge in WV or the Red River Gorge in KY. But for 3 years running our family has chosen to head in the opposite direction to the Obed River – a smaller (but almost just as good) climbing area just west of Knoxville, TN. Generally speaking, a “crowded” weekend at Obed is about the same as the average non-holiday weekend at the the New or the…Read the rest of this entry →

Keeping Elbow Tendonitis at Bay with Armaid (plus a GIVEAWAY!)

May 27 2013

While there are any number of items you might expect to see passed around a campfire on a chilly spring evening in the middle of the Red River Gorge, a wacky-looking contraption designed to massage one’s forearms is probably not first on the list. But that’s just what happened at our campsite on our most recent trip to the Red. Why? If you assumed it was due to overindulging in one of the many other items that are more commonly passed around a campfire, you’d be wrong again. Let me back up. Steve and I first discovered the Armaid…Read the rest of this entry →

New River Rendezvous X – A Recap of the Rollercoaster

May 23 2013

After skipping a year for the first time in 10 years, the New River Rendezvous was back and better than ever this past weekend! For those of you not familiar with it, the ‘Vous is a climber’s festival that raises money for the New River Alliance of Climbers (NRAC). It’s also a great excuse for the climbing community to get together and celebrate living near some of the best stone this country has to offer! Though it was the 5th Rendezvous for Steve and I (and Cragbaby’s 2nd), it was my first time attending as an athlete for Trango,…Read the rest of this entry →

Sending a Family Project: Flash Point (5.11d)

May 08 2013

This weekend the hubby and I had the unique opportunity to send a project together, one that was equally meaningful to us both, but for very different reasons. For Steve, Flash Point was about redemption. After a pretty successful toprope run this past January, he tied in on the sharp end with no expectations and shocked everyone (but probably himself the most!) by making it through the first two cruxes clean before pumping out one move before a good rest 80 feet up. After jugging back up he found some better holds that probably would have kept him on had…Read the rest of this entry →

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