If you’re a climber girl you’ve probably known the pain of finding great climbing pants. I know I have. Sometimes I’d think I’d found the perfect pair only to have them tear or lose their shape. Well, can I tell you how lucky I feel that Outdoor Research sent me the Women’s Voodoo Pants to [...]
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Joshua Tree Freedom - 9 Days Climbing in the Park
I came back from Joshua Tree National Park on Wednesday, March 6th. I didn’t know it was March 6th, in fact I didn’t even realize it was Wednesday until a few days later. This is the kind of freedom going camping and climbing to a place you know well (and having a flexible schedule) can [...]
Trip Report - 4th Annual Jtree Tweetup, Joshua Tree National Park
The Fourth Annual Jtree Tweetup, which officially took place from November 9-11, 2012 (though many came early and some stayed later) was a lot of fun as usual. This year it was cold and windy, though thankfully not as windy as the forecasts had originally said it would be (one day had predicted gusts of [...]
ClimbTalk Radio - My Guest Appearance
This past Friday I was a guest on KVCU 1190 AM, CLIMBTALK rock climbing radio show which is broadcast from Boulder, CO and hosted by Michael Francis Brooks & Dave McAllister.
First off, isn’t it great there’s a climbing talk radio show!?!
Secondly, fellow guests included Peter Mortimer of Sender Films and the ReelRock tour, and Jay Peery [...]
Yosemite Valley Trip: 7 Days of Awesome - Part III - Rest Days and Half Dome
Part III - Rest Days and Half Dome [See Part I here]
Yosemite National Park. Day 4. “Rest” Day
The concept of a rest day during a climbing trip is that you rest your body so that you can continue to climb and so that you don’t injure yourself.
Michael, Kelly and I were thinking we’d like to [...]
Yosemite Valley Trip: 7 Days of Awesome - Part II - Bad Luck, Good Luck, and Commitment
Part II - Bad Luck, Good Luck and “Commitment” [See Part 1 here].
Yosemite National Park. Day 2
“I have triple A,” I said.
“Do you have your card?” K asked me.
“It’s in the car,” I said, “But we don’t need it to call, they can look me up on their computer.”
Now we just needed a [...]
Yosemite Valley Trip: 7 Days of Awesome - Part I Day 1. - The Nutcrackers
A Trip Report: Yosemite National Park. May 2012 with Flashbacks to April 2011
This was the best Yosemite Valley trip ever. K, Michael and I all agreed when we finally said our goodbyes back home. Seven days in Yosemite are bound to have wonderful moments but even the little mistakes made turned out well, and sometimes [...]
Joshua Tree April Trip - Allergies and Heat? Move Like a Turtle, Eat Like a Winger
“I think I took the non-Non Drowsy allergy pills,” I said as my husband and I walked along looking for Future Games Rock in Joshua Tree National Park. The fact that I used a double negative should have alerted me at the time that my guess was correct. However, it wasn’t until I nearly fell [...]
7 Methods of Battling Stinky Climbing Shoes
So one of my friends on Facebook (who shall remain nameless because I don’t think s/he’d want me to incriminate him/her) was asking about getting rid of climbing shoe funk. I started to reply and realized I was getting rather long winded and also realized others might want to read and share their own solutions [...]
#YosTweetup April 2011 - Yosemite Climbing Trip In Pictures and Video
My mind has been in the visual space lately, how could it not be, five days spent in breathtaking Yosemite will do that to you.
Suffice it to say that I had a great time at the YosTweetup, Luke and Lizzy were fantastic organizers, even in the face of unusual weather (it rained every day even [...]
