Category Archives: Climbing

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

Finding Success in Failure (aka No More “Whining”)

Dec 26 2012

This past Sunday marked Day 3 of work on my most recent climbing project at my local crag, Crowders Mountain. This route was one that I had picked out for my Hit List for 2o12 – The Whining (5.11d). I chose it not only because it’s an area classic, but because it specifically plays to my weaknesses – a one-move wonder, go-go-gadget-reach style crux. The route only officially goes at 5.11d, but the running joke is that for every inch you are under 5.8, it’s a letter grade harder. Most are able to make the long reach by utilizing a…Read the rest of this entry →

A Rendezvous in Red Rock Canyon Sans Toddler

Nov 28 2012

What do you get when you combine the lights of Vegas with the sandstone of Red Rocks? A perfect weekend with just me and my hubby! I flew in to meet Steve late Thursday night (he’d been at a conference all week for work…so he says anyway 😉 ). One of our main objectives for this trip was to take advantage of being sans toddler and do some multi-pitch trad routes. (Non-climber note: Routes that are longer than one rope length are divided into smaller chunks, usually around 100-150 feet apart, called pitches. Sometimes each pitch will vary in difficulty,…Read the rest of this entry →

Hey Baby Let’s Go To Vegas…Without the Baby!!!

Nov 13 2012

We’ve got a big milestone coming up in our household. Any guesses? Nope…not potty training (unfortunately). You probably won’t guess, so I’ll just tell you – my first overnighter away from Cragbaby! For the past 2 years and almost 8 months I’ve woken up every morning in the same house as C (and for a good bit of that time, in the same bed!) And except for the occasional date night for New Year’s Eve and extended family vacations where C’s grandparents give us a night off from the bedtime routine, I’ve been there to give a good night kiss…Read the rest of this entry →

Twelve 5.12’s in 2012 – and Fashion Makes it a Dozen!

Nov 05 2012

Some of you may be familiar with my quest for “Twelve 5.12’s in 2012” this year. For those of you that aren’t, here’s the skinny…At the tail end of last year I managed to eek my way through my very first 5.12a (TKO at Crowder’s Mountain) for the “send.” (Non-climber translation: leading a route from the ground-up with no hangs or falls on the rope) With one under my belt, the next logical step was to establish myself a little more firmly within the 5.12 grade. I figured averaging one per month would be a reasonable expectation. Plus, twelve 5.12’s…Read the rest of this entry →

Some Climbing Pics…plus VOTE FOR CRAGMAMA!

Oct 16 2012

I posted last week about the highlights from ROCKtoberfest, the annual climber’s festival that benefits the Red River Gorge Climber’s Coalition. In that post I mentioned the fact that the whole scene was so busy I hardly had time to even think about taking any photos, never mind actually digging my camera out of my pack. Ironically, however, part of the reason I was being pulled in a million directions was because of photos – one of my fellow Trango teammates, Dan Brayack, was hard at work shooting images of all of us climbing routes. The photos will be use…Read the rest of this entry →

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