DISQUS

Katie · 6 months ago

my memorial weekend was phenomenal...I'm sure I'll blog it soon. :) glad you had fun. great pics! life is good.

Shannon · 6 months ago

Your tattoo looks beautiful! What is it? (Too small to see well) Been thinking about getting one myself- working on being able to describe what I want to an artist, since I know I couldn't draw it well.

Jess · 6 months ago

I'd also love to see a close-up of the tattoo--looks gorgeous. I've got three--a relatively generic Celtic knot on my back, and then one on each deltoid. Shannon--the deltoid ones were both "concepts" I had that I went to see an artist with and worked with him on the actual design. I*'m like you--I knew what I wanted but could NEVER draw it myself. Best advice I can give: 1) ask around wherever you live when you see people with ink and find out where the most reputable spots are; 2) check out online portfolios (my experience is that most good places have them). When I got the first one done, I knew I wanted water in it and had a general idea of the overall "look" I wanted (in terms of line work, color tones, etc), so I searched portfolios for an artist who's style matched my ideals. He did not disappoint and I went back three years later for the next one. I've gotten tons of complements on both of them, with most people being very impressed by the work he did.

vegastradguy · 6 months ago

sounds like you had some good fun! i'm a terrible boulderer- its quite pathetic, really. im much better off sticking to crack climbing! on that note, Memorial Day was spent in paradise forks, and despite the rain forecast, we got in three solid days of TR and leading of some of the most demanding crack climbing anywhere. saturday was good- some .10s and low .11 warm ups before i made a TR attempt on Mutiny on the Bounty, a sweet route right up until the nasty fingers crux which befuddled and hurt me several times before i was able to get through it. sunday was more fun with a relaxed day in the sun, a lead up an old favorite, (Loose Lips, sweet hands and fingers the whole way), a TR burn on my current project- Three Turkeys, an overhanging gem that i finally worked the sequence out on and am almost ready to lead- just need to suss out the gear at the crux, and then a TR burn on Paradise Lost (after my friend almost sent on lead)- a wicked cool fingers/off fingers stemming problem- two hangs for me, but i had like 10 hangs three years ago, so im still pretty happy. The plum of the trip was on the last day, and despite being tired after climbing hard for two days, I managed to onsight Goldfinger, this wicked cool .11 that consisted of a fun .10 hands start to a V2 boulder traverse and up into a .10d/.11a stembox which is probably one of the most incredible stem box problems anywhere, all culminating in an overhanging thin hands lieback/crack to the top. I've had this route on my list for two years and was saving it for a solid onsight attempt- i wasnt sure if it was going to happen since paradise forks usually hurts me pretty good after two days, but i managed to send and it felt great. All my friends also did pretty awesome- everyone was sending hard all weekend long! And for a treat- Double Doubles at In N' Out on the way home for everyone!

nsmonkeygirl · 6 months ago

Hot pics of you!!! =) Your trip report is making me want to try bouldering outside! I've only dabbled a tiny bit outside and just barely more in the gym. I keep wishing that I knew more local boulderers bcs I don't need to spend money on a crash pad right now (still focused on my rack). =) Thanks for sharing - I definitely feel more motivated when i read/hear about people's adventures outside.

Name · 2 months ago

you suck

theclimbergirl · 2 months ago

Always nice to hear from people who have different views on climbing. The diversity in our community is one of the things I love about it.