Hobbylords

Work's been mental so lording has been slow but I managed to get some time off and finagled a trip to Red Rock in Nevada. I've been struggling with the mental aspects of climbing lately so I planned a very mellow itinerary that featured long routes but 0 stress to remind myself a) that I actually do like climbing and b) WHY I like it.  Our 'menu' was Birdland 5.7+ and Solar Slab 5.6, two classic trade routes that usually guarantee a conga line. With little ambition to push the limits, Trevor and I were down to wait around if we needed to and just have a nice relaxing adventure in the sun.  So we headed out towards Vegas on Thursday night after I wrapped work and got as far as Primm, NV.  Not much to say about Primm other than: "bleak". It used to be known as State Line, was established around a gas station - since replaced by cardboard casinos - and exists solely to cater to gamblers, jonesing so hard for a game that they can't wait to get to Vegas which i...

Found a few drops of my poor lost mojo today at Woodson with JT, Russell and Chris. The pilot light has been reignited. Set list: Rockwork Orange, Out of Sight, Unnamed 5.8 Corner, Some random 11-something, Undertow*,  Mother Superior*, Baby Robbins and Robbins Crack.  Rockwork Orange, 10a  📷RH Send train pulling out of the station 

Been really off climbing lately - a lot of effort to be scared and frustrated is how I’ve been thinking of it. I know I need to reframe my approach and mindset for sure and so today went to Joshua Tree to hit some mellow easy climbs and restart the fire.  I rolled out at 5:20a ish to meet my buddy Russell in town outside the park where there’s still signal. As soon as I got to town I figured the weather had other plans.  Snowed out.  We bailed and hit Big Rock for some chilled slab climbing.  Big Rock, CA: I got on an arching finger crack/lie back 5.7 and flailed. Took a much more dangerous but easier variation because I got wigged out. So stupid. I think I’m stuck in a repetitive mental cycle of fear when I climb which isn’t helping me get my stoke back - gonna keep pushing through and be more attentive to my mental dialogue like I was doing earlier in my climbing career.