Flowstate

It's important that all local climbers understand............this is about (far) more than just saying you don't want it to happen - the legalise that bans climbing at many locations is already on the books (has been for years) and until the community as a whole can demonstrate it's capable of treating both the land and other users with civility and respect, this is pretty much a done deal.

Concerned about losing the crags?? Keeping them open starts with being concerned about the state of the local community and lending your support to the Ontario Access Coalition

Climbers in Ontario: we need your help! « Ontario Access Coalition The Government of Ontario has been conducting a co-ordinated land use planning review since February 2015, and in its latest draft, rock climbing has quietly come under attack.

Not sure which has had the biggest impact on my ability to create: the construction, the cold, surgery or having been without a muse......

In the end, it doesn't really matter. The setting starts again tomorrow........

Surface application is finally complete - can hardly wait to get some holds on 'em..........
(which, for those who are as excited as I am, should happen Thursday/Friday of next week)

Dawn Wall Redux

I think it's been at least 5 days since I've seen anything in my news feed about the boys in Yosemite and that means it's time:

- time to offer respect for the accomplishment
- time to point out that media hoop-lah was likely the last reason they were up there
- time to express the opinion that most of the media coverage was completely mediocre (in every way)
- time to remind everyone that this was not the first (nor likely the last) time that the media has latched on to climbing in a way that deserves to be ridiculed.......

Monty Python - Climbing the North Face of the Uxbridge Road Climbing the North Face of the Uxbridge Road

A tip of the hat to Flow and a couple of great points for the young at heart (and everyone else!).

I May be Past My Peak But I’m not Over the Hill Older Athletes and Extreme Sports