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when are you ‘strong enough’? | nomad in rifle
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Back in denver, trying to adjust to a climbing life not on the road. June 1, 2014. When are you ‘strong enough’? Something has been on my mind lately with regard to climbing…why is ‘downgrading’ of routes and boulder problems so rampant these days? Have grades inflated that much? Of course, i have no answers for these questions. i wish i did. but i will air my thoughts. I believe the most well known professional climber that is ‘guilty’ of downgrading, is jimmy webb. There is so much self-loathing and se...
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failure with a capital F | nomad in rifle
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Back in denver, trying to adjust to a climbing life not on the road. November 19, 2014. Failure with a capital F. 8216; kinky reggae. I do remember the very first time I got on it. I couldn’t do a single move in the crux. Not one. But for some reason I was drawn to this climb. The style of climbing suited me: steep/overhung power climbing with big moves between okay holds. I wanted to invest the time because it was really fun. I decided to commit. Newer bolted routes in the canyon kept me busy. But t...
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re-learning how to climb | nomad in rifle
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Back in denver, trying to adjust to a climbing life not on the road. May 14, 2014. Re-learning how to climb. To say that it’s been awhile is a bit of an understatement. probably close to a year and a half. in fact, i don’t think i posted a single thing in 2013. ‘so why now? 8217;, you may ask. well, before i answer that, a bit of an explanation on the hiatus. The mojo was building! Soon after this breakthrough, i sent a route i had tried a few times over the last few years. this got me thinking, R...
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The front range is FINALLY cooling off! | nomad in rifle
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Back in denver, trying to adjust to a climbing life not on the road. October 3, 2012. The front range is FINALLY cooling off! Fall in the front range, such an amazing thing. It goes from being balls hot to reasonable in the span of a week. Climbing here gets so much better, too, as the rock gets less smarmy. The psych levels def amp up for us climbers. The next time I got on it, I was with my buddy Dusty. It was the day after a block party hosted by vine St pub and we were both sporting some serious ...
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Damn it feels good to be a gangsta | nomad in rifle
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Back in denver, trying to adjust to a climbing life not on the road. August 19, 2012. Damn it feels good to be a gangsta. Yesterday, Saturday August 18th was a rest day. But on this rest day, I decided to build a platform bed in my apartment. This involved hauling a bunch of wood up a steep set of stairs by myself. Not fun! Due to my mis-timed nap, I didn’t end up actually falling asleep until about 4 in the morning. My alarm went off at 7 and I felt like absolute dog shit! I stabbed at it and missed 4 o...
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crammed in a van: March 2011
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Crammed in a van. Thursday, March 31, 2011. Never Eat Soggy Wheat (Chex). North, east, south, and west. We are all over the place. The fam on our crocodile tour. We touched a croc's back as our guide fed him raw chicken! Dad'l zipping through the trees. In the meantime, Juan was climbing in Red Rocks then visited Portland for several days, which he'll tell you about below. When we met up at the Las Vegas airport this past Monday night, we decided to drive down to Tucson, Arizona that same night! The reas...
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crammed in a van: May 2011
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Crammed in a van. Sunday, May 22, 2011. Special Edition Post - Tech Tips ( weekend update). In response to popular demand (or more specifically, a comment from our friend Toby on our last post) we have decided to write a post addressing the ins and outs of being crammed in a van. We'd been meaning to write this for a while, actually, so thanks Toby for giving us some more motivation! So, how DO we manage to avoid total chaos with two people living in a space the size of your bathroom? The left side of th...
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Back in denver, trying to adjust to a climbing life not on the road. November 19, 2014. Failure with a capital F. 8216; kinky reggae. I do remember the very first time I got on it. I couldn’t do a single move in the crux. Not one. But for some reason I was drawn to this climb. The style of climbing suited me: steep/overhung power climbing with big moves between okay holds. I wanted to invest the time because it was really fun. I decided to commit. Newer bolted routes in the canyon kept me busy. But t...
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photos and media | nomad in rifle
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Back in denver, trying to adjust to a climbing life not on the road. Urban climber: first burn. 8211; scroll down, the route is named ‘new horizons’. appeared in print in issue #50. Deadpoint magazine, issue #19. 8211; ‘east vs west’ article, pgs 26 and 27. Some of my favorite shots:. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. Follow Blog via Email.