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April 22, 2007
bouldering on palm beach
Amy's photo of me bouldering at Palm Beach today. An interesting day really - i wasn't really into it this morning. Weather wasn't looking too good but we drove up to Palm Beach none the less. Things looked good there - the boulders are literally right on the beach so the landings looked nice and safe (reminder to the non-climbing readers - bouldering is climbing small boulders without ropes - low level stuff.) The rock was great! really solid sandstone and just felt perfect. Warmed up on some of the easier problems and then started working the 'classic' traverse - severely overhanging on huge holds. The crux section took at least a half dozen attempts (great spotting Tim!) and as some threatening rain clouds started moving in I managed to send it. Felt great. Technically speaking, the problem (V3 for the climbers reading this) is about as hard as the more difficult stuff I was climbing back in 1995. Feels good to be getting my grove back.
Posted by yankinoz at April 22, 2007 09:09 PM
Comments
Just doing the same as you would for me...
Posted by: monkey_pushover_tree at April 23, 2007 12:09 PM
Bet this is a trick picture. Your standing and leaning from the wall. After the picture you turned the picture 90 degrees! However, climbing is certainly keeping you in good shape. Keep it up! Dad
Posted by: bob barker at April 24, 2007 01:33 AM
