2016: Tis the Season for a Year in Review
Mirage 12c In my tick list for 2016 I stated that one of my main goals was to “focus more on the process than crossing something off the list.” And by that I meant that I wanted to be more picky in...
View ArticleAnniversary Trip to Hidden Valley
Although there have been a handful of daytrips scattered here and there along the way, the last time the CragDaddy and I were able to get away together for an entire kid-free weekend was almost 5 years...
View ArticleNRG at Thanksgiving
Did your post-Thanksgiving plans include shop til you drop or #optoutside? As you might have guessed, ours involved the latter. The forecast was beautiful for the early part of last weekend, so we...
View ArticleThe Ruchert Motion 5.13a – Grand Finale at the NRG
This fall has featured some pretty goofy weather conditions. October was hot, November was wet, and December is…perfect?!? Our NRG season typically wraps up before Thanksgiving. After that, the days...
View ArticleDeath by Chocolate and Coming Up Short
As much as I would love to have this post be a final “send”-off trip report (see what I did there? ;)) before we head west to climb in Ten Sleep, it just didn’t happen for me this past weekend at...
View ArticleThis Just In – Conditions Matter…A LOT!!!!!
Were you aware of that? You probably were. For some reason, I’d forgotten. Maybe because it’s been so long since I’ve touched rock as dry and crisp as it was this past Saturday. Or maybe because...
View ArticleSpring Sum-up: Because Summer is Already Here
A little over a month ago, I wrote a “here’s where things stand midway through spring” post. After enduring 90 degree temps in Kentucky over Memorial Day weekend, I’d say it’s time to officially close...
View Article2019 Year in Review
Here Comes the Rain 12b, Photo by Bryan Miller As I sat down to write out my climbing goals for 2020, I realized that despite a lot of personal reflection on my 2019 accomplishments, I never really...
View Article2020 Reflections
Grey Goose 12b Anybody else like to look back and do some end of year reflection on how they fared with their goals for the year? In addition to the satisfaction that comes from checking off those...
View ArticleSpring 2021: The Season of Redemption!
With temps creeping up into the 90s on a regular basis down here in the Southeast, I think it’s safe to say that Spring is officially “sprung and done.” And with the first half of the year behind us,...
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