Whaaaat uuuup and Merry Christmas BTW. 

Yessss I am back from Florida and Im very happy to be back. Florida is crazy! To many people, fast food, shops, cars... to much of everything over there. I dont like it. But it was very nice to see my Grandparents I love them very much.

Well I hope yall had a good Christmas. It was a snowy one here in Bishop which was nice. Most of the boulders were wet, but some stuff was dry.. like Therapy which is a pretty sick v8 in the Happys. Check out some of the pics. 

Hard to see whats going on in this pic, but yeah you sit start and move into these pockets that are funky to handle.. but once you get established on them they feel better but getting there is a little awkward. 

Here the left hand is in a pocket pinch thing, and the right hand is on an undercling crimp thing. You get your feet high up and try to snatch the lip which is pretty good crimp. (Next Pic)

Once you get the lip like above, the fun part comes. (below)

Then you switch your feet and throw a left foot toe hook, then match it with both feet! It feels super cool and good , most of the time toe hooks dont feel this good.  

Here I have the double toe hook. Then I bring my left hand (the one on the lip) to where my feet are because its a really good hold. Then you take the feet back to the wall and thats where I got stuck.. haha.
But tomorrow im gunna go back and see if I can figure out some more beta. Feels pretty hard but its fun to try new things. 

Unexpected Surprise.

So today I had an unexpected surprise.. I worked the Checkerboard but it was just to cold to be crimping that hard so I thought I might take a little trip up to the Pollin Grains. The Pollin Grains are a group of boulders that are all very nice and all very tall.. When I saw Suspended In Silence I just had to try it! 

This is the first moves which are def. the most fun on the problem. You do this awesome Dyno to a really good jug. Super sick because when you stick the jug your feet are flying behind you and it makes you feel like a bad ass. haha 

Suspended In Silence v5

Then it starts to get high, and a little insecure. 

Then it gets even higher! but the holds at the top are good and solid. 

This is a really nice problem called Sindy Swank V7. Perfect gassy patina. 

This left hand is a really sloppy three finger crimp. It was hard to hang on to this hold. 

Then you do a big move to a good hold and match then get the lip of the boulder. Then there are some sloppy holds with high steps but the go pro died before i got there.. I dint finish it anyway but next time for sure. When im back from Florida ill go back first thing.

Progress.. 

Today was cool made some progress on the Checkerboard, like two moves but still its progress. And I found some better beta for the intro moves which saves energy and time on the climb. Starting to feel kinda sick, I really hope Im not catching a bug or something.. I have a long drive to Vegas on Sunday morning and I dont want to be sick on a plane that would suck. 

But yeah check out the new pics of Checkerboard and another problem that is really awesome called The Painted Cave v6. 

Heres the new intro beta. 

And here are the few new moves I learned how to do! Im really stoked because once I stick that side pull I think its pretty much ova! 

Another view, I like this camera angle because it really shows the whole boulder and how tall it is. 

Haha, heres me falling! ahhhhh splat.. JK

Getting in the zone. 

Painted cave, its nice because its really sloppy and its a good change from all the crimping iv been doing on the Checkerboard. 

Some really fun moves here, from the underclings you bump up to these really cool slopers. There a little grainy and tear up your skin but the move are good. 

More on the CB

Well thats all for today, im going to go to the tent now and read... its gunna be cold and im kinda just ready to be in Florida. But its all good this place is much nicer then Florida anyway. Just my skin hurts.. and im tired of the constant pain. Good night people.

Pressure is on!! 

Yes, things are gunna get intense these next few days. I have a new project and its kinda like a new level of climbing for me. Below are pictures of the new project. Its called the Checkerboard V8, and is one of the most beautiful lines I have ever seen and climbed on. The rock is bullet hard and has perfect patina crimps. Like I mean perfect, they are not sharp and they are all in-cut. It has everything in a boulder problem I like, Its got a nice jug start and finish, its got really nice rock, its granite, its got stellar moves on it, and its a little bit of a high ball! Perfect wouldn't you say? But any way the pressure is on and im stoked, I leave for Florida in four days to visit my Grandparents and my Sister! Im resting today but im going to climb till I leave. Hopefully I can grow some new skin today and tonight because im going to be trying the Checkerboard like everyday probably. Im not getting my hopes up to finish it before I leave because if feels pretty hard but im going to give it my all!! 

Here is the start moves, its a little tricky because the feet are really slick and if you look below me the ground slopes down. You dont really want to fall here because the landing is not flat and its a big rock thing, so there is potential for hurting yourself..

Here you are still over the bad landing, but on really good hold for both the hands and the feet. And man do I mean good hand holds, there are like inch deep in-cut crimps that probably will never break! This rock is so solid. 

Some really cool cross through moves, then to the lower crux. The lower crux consists of making a hard cross over with the left hand, then gaining a good right hand crimp. 

Here you can see the landing is a lot better and flat, and now im over my pads :) Thats a good feeling. haha. But its not over yet, here it starts to get high off the ground and then there is the upper crux which I haven't been able to do yet. 

And this is where the upper crux is, for me at least. Once you get the good right hand crimp, you do this funky cross over with the left hand. The feet are really high here and it makes it kinda awkward. Plus the hold for the left hand is not that good.. its kinda sloppy. But anyways once you do the left hand cross over, you drop down to a low crimp for the right hand and then make some hard pulls to good holds and then one last BIG move to the top! Man I am pumped on this boulder! 

Here is a different camera angle. 

Here you have a better view of how tall and big this boulder really is, its massive! like as big as a house almost! 

Good moves here. Really fun and not to hard. 

Once you leave those good feet, it really starts to get pumpy.. But the end is not very far form there. I really feel like I can do this boulder problem. Its intense because iv only climbed on it for one day and im already kinda nervous and intimidated because its such a famous boulder problem. Chris Sharma did the FA back in the day and yeah its just got some history.

Another thing that Eckhart Tolle wrote about is Enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is enjoying what you are doing but also there is a goal that you are trying to reach. But if you make the goal only about yourself and make it the main focus for the activity then you become stressed and the enjoyment is gone. I feel like this is the same with climbing, if you get to caught up in grades and getting to the top because you feel like it will make you more and you make it a means to an end then the whole point of the activity is lost. But when you are climbing just to climb and test your limits and you remain in the present moment then enjoyment flows into what you do. Its hard to explain but you get the point, dont get caught up in ego and things are much more fun. HAHA.

Well tomorrow im going back to the Checkerboard! Iv got all these emotions in me right now, excited, nervous, fear, anxiety even. But thats alright, for now im just going to focus on the now and we will see what happens tomorrow tomorrow.. But wish me luck! cuz i feel like I need it.

Another One Down

Ahhh mucho stress is gone. I finale finished my proj. Acid Wash Rite V7! And I am pumped because it started to get a little frustrating falling off at the end over and over again. But today it worked out. And the funny thing is yesterday I was thinking "im gunna rest for two days." But right before I went to bed,  I decided I should go and climb since it might rain tomorrow. And good thing I did go climb because it was a perfect morning. I got to the boulders at 9:30 and to my surprise there was no one there!! It was awesome, it was quite and the temps were perfect. 

Here is the first move on Acid Wash. 

Lock off the left crimp and then do a series of really cool bumps with the right hand. From an undercling then to a tiny pinch and then bump to the lip which is the Red Point crux. 

This is the tiny pinch move! Its hella powerful. Looks like I got chicken wings in this pic. HAHA 

And boom get the lip, then hit the undercling, then match the lip and pull over! YEEEAH! 

And I am out of there! Done with it. Not that I want it to be over, it just feels good to get things done when you climb. Its a weird thing climbing, you want to go out and climb, but then you get these projects that shut you down and you really want to finish them... Its like a paradox kinda. 

This is Every Color You Are v6. One of my fav. in the Happys. :0 

Wowa! looks like i might fly away! haha jk, I such a cool move, lots of body tension to keep your feet on. Or you can let them cut like me. haha. Sloppy foot work... But I like swingy moves like this. 

Hanging like a monkey! No wonder climbing feels so natural, were all just big hairless monkeys right? Well with a big brain to. :) 

Man dont want to let go here might fly off the Earth! 

Almost to the end... but I dint finish it, got to pumped and its kinda scary with out a spotter.. Next time for sure! 

This is Reio's Secret Arete V3. Might just be one of the best v3's in all of Bishop! Its an arete made of perfect rock, and it looks like it was cut by a laser! its awesome! 

Here is a nice cool-down I did. Very fun.

Oh and BTW, I was reading my book: The New Earth by: Echart Tolle, and he was talking about how there are three thing in life that create peace: Acceptance, Enjoyment, and Enthusiasm. The part about enjoyment really caught my attention because I could relate it to climbing. He says "enjoyment doesn't come from what you do, but it flows through you when you do it.. Like the activity that you are doing is a bridge between conscious presents and the human form. Thats why climbing is so fun because you are always in the now, never worrying about the past or future.
Its hard to explain.. but yeah I thought it was a cool thing he said. 

Photos of yesterday. 

Got some cool pics from yesterday, check em out. 

Owww... My fingers hurt. But im resting today, maybe two.. 

This is Grindrite v3, I think its called that because its cuts up your hand!! But it was pretty fun, like the start has a cool heal hook, and its just got big moves. Oh and the lava horn at the top is cool!

This is a V1 that has really cool hold and a scary top out! I thought it felt hard haha. The v1's still kick my but sometimes.

This just might my favorite boulder problem at the Happy's.
I could go on and on about how sick this boulder is, like how the rock is top notch quality, and its on an arete, and its got my favorite hold which are fatty pinches like in this picture, but yeah you get the point this boulder is sweet. 

Smooth moves all the way up. 

Top out is a little tricky but its all good.

Felt good. 

Keep it real and thanks for checkin in.