Monday, October 27, 2008

Feeling the Slump

Spectacular sends abound around the world and at home. Big congrats to Jamie on finishing off No More Greener Grass, a truly amazing V12 at Evans. Jamie's effort is a testimony to the power of perseverance. Ethan Pringle's extended effort on the second ascent of Iron Monkey shows what a significant achievement Matt Segal created with that climb. Around here, things are kind of sucking. I am working on Steve Damboise's full V10 version of the Nook's Rock traverse and am not feeling the love. This is a classic endurance problem, linking a V7 into a V8 with a good rest, then an insecure and thin V7 finish. Yesterday I was pretty much flailing despite good conditions. On Friday, much the same plus I tore a haul strap off my Asana pad (Organic fans might have a point) and then got nabbed by the photo radar van on 9th Street going to get Sophia from daycare.

I have been building the info at Mountain Project for RMNP bouldering and surprisingly have received little feedback, positive or negative. Please let me know what you think.

I received my new pair of Dragons today and am breaking them in.

4 comments:

Ryan J said...

Congrats on finishing off the traverse. Were the new Dragons key?

Peter Beal said...

I did it in V10s. The Dragons are still being domesticated. More in a new post.

chuffer said...

drop me a quick e-mail at enlightenedchuffer@gmail.com, leave your phone number and I will call you about this issue and others.

Jesse and Colleen said...

I say good start on the mountain project RMNP info. I think this is great considering the mis-information out there.