New blog...

The end has come for Nearly Incompletely.

Don't dispair, there's a new blog from me coming in 2011, on New Years Day at 12am.

Good Times For a Change

That's where I'll be. Follow what I say.

Thanks for reading.

The End...?

Not for this blog! For the year fool!

It might have blown past some of us. It was filled with good times and bad alike. You can't forget everything no matter how bad they were. Don't be a bitch and deal with it.

This year was brought to you by...

Failure and Success. Criticizing and learning from the criticism. The letter F. For Fools, Fuck Your Face, and those "In Your Face!" moments.

See you in 2011 mother-fuckers!

Mickey's Beach + Photos from the past couple of days

Thursday was the last dry day for awhile. The rain is currently pissing down on the Bay Area and the entire coast (so I've heard).

Will, Bryan, and myself went out to Mickeys for the day. Bryan has never been so it was a good day as any other to get some climbing done. Or try to at least. The north side of the boulder was wet from the previous rains. Bryan did mange a good go on the easy sit near Bound By Tension, but came within a hair of sending. He was psyched none the less and really, that's all that matter that day. The temps were perfect but the wind made it feel colder. It was hard as hell to warm up and having a bum toe didn't help either. But we managed and pushed on. Will is hellbent on Orange Buddha Arete. He's put in four days of effort on this thing. Granted it's not the BEST problem in the world or the most photogenic, but he's put in too much effort to give up. I really enjoy climbing with him and Bryan. No pressure, no "I have to do this before you or I'm bummed" that I get with some others I have climbed with in the past outside.

Nothing.

We crack jokes all day long and don't give a fuck. Yes, we want to do the problems. But we wont be bummed if we don't. More like we wont let it get to us or mope about it on the drive home.

Anyways, here's some pictures I took this week and last (I think last week...I can't remember).

Pissing rain

"I am so cold. So very very cold. SOOOOOOO COOOOOOOLD! Thank You."

©Will Rathavongsa

©Will Rathavongsa

Bryan Creed

©Will Rathavongsa

Dave and the new FIVE TEN shoes

Will

Chris Bloch doing something hard in the cave

Nothing to see here, move along folks

Another couple of weeks without an update. I should find some things to do so I have something to update on. Route setting? Yawn. Climbing? Once I go on a trip again and take pictures. Hopefully I'll be making it to Bishop these coming months. That would be optimal. Or Mortar Rock again. Castle too. Mickeys.

SHIT! Anywhere. I would like to climb outside. Bishop would be optimal since I have a lot of....well I would say unfinished business but in reality, I've barely even started. I have climbs I've tried that I would like to do now that I'm a little bit stronger and older. And have leveled off the swearing to a minimum. That's helped a lot.

Every year I think, "I'm strong, I got this," then I get frustrated at why I chuff on things I THINK I can do. Come next year I think, 'What the fuck was I thinking then? I sucked!'

Maybe I need a short, mid, long term goal list so I have something to reach for. I don't train. My "training" consists of climbing a lot. I don't campus, I don't run or do ring workouts. I don't do conditioning or pull ups. Motivation for that is low. I used to on a climbing team. Working out a new system should be helpful and I should take this rest time to devise a plan to put into action effective immediately.

What's Happening

Two weeks have gone by. Us route setters at Bridges Rock Gym have reset the backside of the South Boulder on Tuesday November 30, 2010. The total amount of route setters at any given time should not exceed 6. That has proven to be the magic number in terms of having ladder space, wall space, holds, and bolts.

There are 30 brand new problems V0-V7 that will help keep you occupied till the 21st of this month (December) when we reset the North Corridor and on the 28th when we reset the West Wall. If you haven't already though, there are a ton of cave problems that are hard and the east face of the North Boulder. 

The past two weeks I have been climbing solely at Bridges after being sick for a week. I feel light and strong. It's a big confidence boost and sparked a new "training" program that benefits me. It goes something like this....

1) Don't get into other people's business unless they tell you about it

  a) Unless you could care less

2) Climb, a lot

That's about it. It seems to be working for me and my head. I feel focused and motivated to try harder things. Some nights I'll go and project (okay, MOST nights I do that). Other nights I'll repeat all the problems of a certain set. The new set on the South Boulder is PRIME to do just that. Repeating things doesn't have to be boring. If you set a time limit on how quickly you'd like to do it, then it gets your ass moving. I didn't have a time limit and I had to rest longer because my left big toe is in a slight amount of pain, but I worked out that I did 30 problems in under two hours (with rest time). That's about a problem every four minutes or so. Seems slow. I bet I can go faster. We shall see.

But that is my new "training" program. I don't train or do anything special like normal people or how I used to when I was on a climbing team. Partly due to the fact we don't have a lot of weight equipment (i.e. pull up bars...those things). Guess I'm gonna improvise. But the campus board is ready to be put to use. So get your asses into Bridges Rock Gym in El Cerrito. You will NOT, be disappointed.

And if you are...TOUGH SHIT SON!