That was the name of the pretty little climb we did on the Petit Dent de Morcles. On paper, it should have been harder than it was, but maybe it's the effect of thinking something will be difficult and overestimating it? That's a thing, I guess. If you think something will be easy and it's... Continue Reading →
Joy
It's the weekend! Tomorrow I'll climb with friends so I'm happy. The weather is supposed to be lovely and I'm hoping it will be a nice day. My partner has a training weekend for his job so we aren't going to see each other, but it's kind of nice to miss him sometimes? I'm also... Continue Reading →
Quartzite
I thought I hated climbing on quartzite. It's a hard rock to figure out; the holds are never where you think they are going to be and sometimes it just feels soapy. Depending on the orientation, it also tends to gather a lot of lichen and moss (lichen: 'I liken it to moss'). I can... Continue Reading →
Chapeau du Gendarme, Ubaye, France (or “this path is worth finding”)
I've used that phrase before, somewhere back in another post from another time, "this path is worth finding". It was from a book of "14'ers" in Colorado, some of which the access was off the beaten path in a literal sense. When there was a nominal path, the guide book said, "This path is worth... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 