I've signed on to do 100 climbs in 100 days. From the 1st of January to the 10th of April 2010.
Started by a friend of mine as a fundraiser for Friends of Australian Rock Art (a non-profit organisation based in Perth working towards the protection of rock art across Australia).
We can apply our own rules to cater for individual tastes and abilities but at the end of the day it amounts to a challenging amount of time on the rock:
- Only outdoor routes/problems (no plastic)
- All climbs must be grade 16 Ewbank (5.8 US, 5c French) and above
- All climbs completed from beginning on lead (sport/trad/mixed) without falling, resting or aiding
- Pre-placed gear (optional)
- First draw pre-clipped (optional/esp when safety is an issue)
- A multipitch route shall count as 1 climb only, must lead at least one whole pitch
- Failure on route will incur a 10 push-up penalty (swearing optional)
- Named boulder problems graded V4 US (6b French) and above can count
- No double-ups, i.e. each climb can only count once
A few weeks ago, I was a friend's house who had made this really good soup. She roughly outlined the recipe and a few days later, I tried it. It was great! Then yesterday, I was at lunch with some colleagues and mentioned the recipe and how easy and delicious it was. Today, when I popped into the office, two different people told me they had gone home and made the soup. Then they had brought some and shared it with the office. Everyone was raving about it.
PAM has discovered a way to solve an age old conundrum.
From News.com.au:
- Pulling a tick off the wrong way can lead to meat allergy. An Australian doctor found the link while studying rising cases of the allergy among people who live on Sydney's tick-prone northern beaches. "I now tell everybody I see who lives anywhere near ticks to use `Aerostart' (spray-on engine cleaner) or another high-alcohol substance," said Dr Sheryl van Nunen. "Stun the tick before you scrape it out and it can't inject what it injects."
Further ref: http://www.allergy.org.au/content/view/124/1/
Might have to try this seeing as it's now summer and the ticks are out and about. Especially when one goes trudging through the bush looking for boulders. :P Luckily I'm not yet allergic to meat.
Busy days! Been wrapping up two semesters, finishing up a big project and Thursday I start working at that new Quebec company. But after Friday, the next two weeks should be smooth sailing. Looking forward to it. All I have to do is work a bit, write a book review, and watch some movies.
As small part of the world kicking me in the nads* over the past few weeks, my ride decided to give up the ghost on me.
Now it hasn't exactly been the most reliable ride around since the first day but the little ninja had spirit and we had our fair share of fun. I guess I knew that things were going downhill as she left me stranded recently but resumed again after a bit of a timeout. As a final act of defiance she decided to quit on me completely.
This was the last picture of her taken a few weekends ago:
After a few of missed appointments with a nearby mechanic she was finally picked up this afternoon. We'll see what the prognosis is, but it could be time to move on.
* No I didn't really get kicked in the nads just lots of things went wrong and my world was crumbling around me.
An early start - 5:30am, to get out to Kalamunda for an early bouldering session and avoid the heat.
Mark and I still have our problems to work on out there and today seemed to be a bit a step forward for both of us. Not quite a break through, but I managed to figure out and repeat a problem on the arete that I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to start during the last few visits (dang my flaky memory).
