For awhile now I’ve been wanting to do my lead belay test so that I can lead climb in the gym (need to practice for those sport climbing days in Squamish!) The problem is that to do a lead test you need to have someone who is either also doing their lead test or [...]
Posts under ‘Climbing’
Learning to Sport Climb
Photo’s of the Course
This weeked I was back up to Squamish for a weekend course on Sport Climbing offered through the Vancouver Alpine Club. It was a FANTASTIC weekend. For those of you who aren’t climbers there are a few different types of climbing – top-rope (where the rope comes down from [...]
Climbing – going outside my comfort zone
This week is going to be all about taking myself outside my comfort zone…not in a big way, but outside of it nonetheless. I posted a couple of weeks ago about an incrdible day I spent climbing (with Guide Sonnie Trotter) in Squamish and one of my goals this year has been to improve [...]
Indoor Climbing
After my amazing experience with outdoor climbing I was pretty anxious to get back to the climbing gym and do some more training. Indoor climbing and outdoor climbing are completely different animals – there really is no comparison, but climbing indoors is a great way to build up strength and endurance and to practice [...]
An Incredible day of climbing
Last year one of my New Year’s Resolutions was to try rock climbing. So I signed up for a course at a local climbing gym and gave it a try – and LOVED it! I’ve been indoor climbing ever since so THIS year I made a resolution to take the climbing outside. [...]
Saturday Climbing
Saturday morning I got my climb on with Caroline! We used to be Saturday morning regulars at the climbing gym but for the past while life has gotten in the way and we haven’t had a chance to go. I’ve kept up with bouldering and doing some climbs when I can but it [...]
You might surprise yourself
Stacey and I had not been climbing in so long we finally carved out some time to go to the gym. It felt really good to be back. At first I was worried I wouldn’t remember how to belay but it all came back naturally. I guess it’s like riding a bike, [...]
Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival
Went to the finale of the VIMFF last night – I’ve been wanting to check out this film fest forever but have never quite made it so I was happy to finally make one of the shows! Last night was all about climbing and the films and presentations were fantastic. My favourite movies [...]
Not my most brilliant run
*warning – whiny post to follow*
As most of you know Sunday is my long run day which for the past few weeks has meant a run of 28-30kms over 2 hours and 20 – 30 minutes. I was pretty stoked to head out on my run yesterday – I was feeling pretty good and [...]
Running and Climbing – a great Friday!
Yesterday was my speed training day with Devin. When I left the office it was POURING, that’s ok, I like running in the rain. We met up at the gym and ran down to the seawall. I was wearing a HR monitor and Devin had the watch to track it…for the most [...]
