We've had good weather in the and have climbed ourselves to exhaustion. There are now new, bolted routes in the Dolomites, taking advantage of areas which are perfectly climbable but there's just no way of adding much mobile protection. There still seems to be a bit of a war of some local, anti bolt guys... Continue Reading →
Wandering Around With a Rope
So normally, my partner and I choose a rock climb based on how difficult it is, its orientation (facing the sun or not) and various other things. I've never had to fit my brain into the psychology of the folks who climbed a route for the first time. We did a Demetz/Glück route on the... Continue Reading →
Foro Walking
I just went on a four day hike with a friend, our annual hike. We had a very nice time, and the only bad thing is that my right foot was hurting, mostly 2 on a scale of 1 to 10, but I had about an hour at 7, which was memorable. (I have a... Continue Reading →
Taking Your Own Advice
A woman I know had the courage to ask for advice from a yoga group I'm part of. She said she's been feeling out of sorts recently, repeatedly falling sick and not taking time for her own practice. I wrote back to her, knowing that the whole group would respond to such an appeal (we... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 