Posted in Random on November 21, 2009
Last weekend, despite the rain, me and a couple friends went up to Rumney for some climbing, and the birthday celebrations of Kelly Adams. A well-known dinner spot, the Common Man Restaurant, in the neighboring town of Ashland, seemed like a good fit for the occasion on Sunday evening. As we sat in the charming [...]
Posted in Climbing news on November 18, 2009
MetroRock Newburyport was filled to capacity Saturday morning with over 150 competitors from as far away as New Rochelle, NY (or the U.K., if you count Ty Landman), everyone vying for the top spot in their category, or the cash prizes ($1100 worth) of the Pro Finals. The energy of the competition was amazing, with [...]
Posted in Climbing news on November 16, 2009
Preface: All of the good photos I took of the competitors will be up in tomorrow’s post, or I’ll add them to this one. There were even some semi-professional-looking ones. Yeah, your appetite is wet. Now, the results: (I will only be posting the male and female open competition results… for the rest, check out the [...]
Posted in Climbing news on November 14, 2009
In the spirit of Boston Rock Gym’s Heart of Steel comp, a cash-prize, sponsor-laden bouldering competition, MetroRock is putting on a show of their own. The Dark Horse Bouldering Series is a five-comp (including Pro Qualifier round) series spearheaded by the local pro, Dave Wetmore (check out his website). I can attest to Dave’s setting expertise, so [...]
Posted in Editorials, Media, Videos on November 12, 2009
So I’m watching a video on VideoClimb, while chatting with people and flipping between tabs. I’m gradually more drawn into the outtakes from this one film called “The Sends”, featuring a lot of prominent Swedish/Norwegian climbers, when I hear one of them mutter something I wrote about in my post on Zen. Swede Peter Bosma looks frustrated and [...]
Posted in Editorials on November 12, 2009
I feel the need to speak about a number of issues that have been weighing heavily on my mind. The first is an ongoing issue with the climbing scene in the northeast: there seems to be a significant shortage of climber girls.See, I’m not speaking of some imaginary woman who climbs 5.13, keeps up with [...]
Posted in Wear on November 10, 2009
Holy shit. No one on this expansive interweb has done a decent job of telling a typical sports enthusiast what headphones will actually work during their activity. Here is a breakdown of my 2007-2009 experience with musical workouts: Let’s start with the worst, most frustrating design: Sennheiser MX 85: Sennheiser is a German company full [...]
Posted in Editorials on November 9, 2009
I know, you just read the title of the post, groaned, thought of 12 cliché statements you’ve heard about Zen philosophy from someone who uses more mind-altering substances than you do. It’s unfortunate that “touchy-feeley” subjects like Zen, Daoism, and spirituality get the bad rap of stuff only hippies care about, but if you need [...]
Posted in Editorials, Random on November 3, 2009
There are a few activities in which people can participate throughout their lifetimes: Golf, Baseball/Softball, Running, and Rock Climbing. Let’s examine an older participant in each of these sports, and how it would be done when someone was, say, 65: Bill: Bill played baseball throughout his youth, in hichschool and college. In his middle years, [...]
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