Friday, May 8, 2009

being a foreigner listening to pearl jam


Two stories today that will make sense in the end, I promise. I walked the dogs in the morning today, like every day. I decided to listen to Pearl Jam, the No Code album, which I really like. Sometimes I don't quite understand Eddie Vedder's lyrics though because he has a f... potato in his mouth. This time it sounded like something I want to have printed on a T shirt, I will get back to that later. A couple of years ago a friend of mine told me that she was approached by a girl in the climbing gym about this boulder problem she did. The girl told her how cool it was that she could send that problem and asked her how she can stick that funky move. My friends response: "Because I am better than you". I think that's just wrong. I know that climbing is such an ego boost when you get better and if you have a project for a long time after you send it you feel just great, like you can do anything. But I think it really is all just for yourself, not to be better than other people, just better than you were before. So back to Pearl Jam, the line he sung I still don't know but to me it sounded like "come to send, not condescend".

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

a couple of things

1, go buy the album "third" by portishead.
2, if you are sick, stay at home and recover.
3, huskies are cuter than pugs

climbing was great yesterday. lindsay and me went to loHo after work and met these young kids, the metal kind with long hair, trashed car, bandanas and metallica shirts. we had a blast, such a positive climbing spirit they had. no competition, just having fun playing around, no ego, everyone helping each other out and pushing each other in a very positive way. travis and me sent a couple of V5 and V6, lindsay got super close to two new V6s and then lindsay, travis and me started projecting a V8. he actually got it, it was great. the tip of my right my index finger split down way beneath the skin on the 2nd move crimp. now I have a new project at loHo!!! V8 baby, I hope it goes soon! I will talk about it if it does, no worries...

Monday, May 4, 2009

climbing anyone?

this weekend was kinda mixed. I climbed at loHo friday after work, lindsay started feeling not so good and thus didn't come with me. I brought a little videocam with me and the funny thing is that all of the sudden i wanted to look good while climbing. no grunting and stuff. i caught myself trying to smile while pushing through hard sequences. funny, i never had that happen before. saturday we went to lake como to boulder there with a couple of friends. it was a blast. luckily my friends had good stories to tell on the 4 mile hike out after a couple of hours of pretty hard bouldering... sunday was slow with rain and hail... today back to the horse!!!

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

tales from new boulders

been climbing a lot lately and now my tips hurt. better than coming down with swine flu I guess... we made a new problem this weekend on the newly named Nutbrown boulder at loHo. great problem, V5ish. if you are small probably V6... even if we all had to go through being mooned by chase while projecting it, it was worth it! ( | )

Monday, April 27, 2009

Slow Lori

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLdQ3UhLoD4

adorable!

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

biking

I biked to the falls at lake como yesterday. which was nice. but, check this out:

Inspired. Danny MacAskill from dave on Vimeo.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

finally


well, it has been a while. today though i had TWO eggs for breakfast (long night last night) after melissa´s party yesterday. then: climbing !!!!! llost horse in february !!!!! it was amazing to be on rock again. now i want spring! yukon and kaia were off leash and we still have them with us, which is really exciting too. oh, and i have a new bike! woooohoooooooo!