This is my week. I have finished working with Voile. I do not start at Petzl until next week. I have a few things to do around this house, but other than that it is my week to play. Due to the lack of climbing partners yesterday, I stayed at home and got some of the things done. I also watched the Godfather for the first time. That is what a movie should be. It was phenomenal. One scene I have to mention is when they kill the brother-in-law, Carl, in the car. The shot is taken from outside the car and your attention is drawn to his feet that have broken through the windshield while there is so much more going on behind it. It is fantastic. But I digress... today I went climbing. I had some time this morning to go through my books and online to try to find some new places for me to climb. I bookmarked a few. I met Brock at his house around noon. We decided we wanted to climb trad and I had it narrowed down to 4 climbs. We ultimately decided to climb Becke
y's Wall simply because I have been there recently and I knew what the story was. The approach was just as hairy as ever. I led the first pitch this time (last week I led the second pitch), and Brock followed then he led the second. He is a much better climber than I. He spent much less time leading the second pitch than I did last week and he has even less trad
experience than myself. I am looking forward to having the chance to become a better climber over the next while with the bouldering wall at my new office. I took my GoPro camera today and mounted it on top of my climbing helmet. It worked great. I took some first person footage of me leading the first pitch, but it turned out to be really close up and really slow moving (not to mention it was like 732MB!) so I deleted it. I will possibly add some climbing video as the year goes on, but for now I hope you enjoy the photos I am pleased with how they came out. The quality is nothing like with my D60, but they are not half bad. You just can't zoom in too close o
r you will figure out how low quality they really are. We had a great afternoon out there today. The weather was beautiful. The climb was fun. I feel like I am getting better at gear placements and everything that goes along with them. This is my week. The only bummer is that it is supposed to rain like the rest of the week. What? Not on my week! On Rock.
This is my week. I have finished working with Voile. I do not start at Petzl until next week. I have a few things to do around this house, but other than that it is my week to play. Due to the lack of climbing partners yesterday, I stayed at home and got some of the things done. I also watched the Godfather for the first time. That is what a movie should be. It was phenomenal. One scene I have to mention is when they kill the brother-in-law, Carl, in the car. The shot is taken from outside the car and your attention is drawn to his feet that have broken through the windshield while there is so much more going on behind it. It is fantastic. But I digress... today I went climbing. I had some time this morning to go through my books and online to try to find some new places for me to climb. I bookmarked a few. I met Brock at his house around noon. We decided we wanted to climb trad and I had it narrowed down to 4 climbs. We ultimately decided to climb Becke
y's Wall simply because I have been there recently and I knew what the story was. The approach was just as hairy as ever. I led the first pitch this time (last week I led the second pitch), and Brock followed then he led the second. He is a much better climber than I. He spent much less time leading the second pitch than I did last week and he has even less trad 
experience than myself. I am looking forward to having the chance to become a better climber over the next while with the bouldering wall at my new office. I took my GoPro camera today and mounted it on top of my climbing helmet. It worked great. I took some first person footage of me leading the first pitch, but it turned out to be really close up and really slow moving (not to mention it was like 732MB!) so I deleted it. I will possibly add some climbing video as the year goes on, but for now I hope you enjoy the photos I am pleased with how they came out. The quality is nothing like with my D60, but they are not half bad. You just can't zoom in too close o
r you will figure out how low quality they really are. We had a great afternoon out there today. The weather was beautiful. The climb was fun. I feel like I am getting better at gear placements and everything that goes along with them. This is my week. The only bummer is that it is supposed to rain like the rest of the week. What? Not on my week! On Rock.
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