Michael. Colorado. Graphic Designer. Rock Climber. Bike Enthusiast. Full-Time Nerd. Part-Time Optimist.
Always looking up…
One of my new all-time favorites: Seven Spanish Angels (V6) in Bishop, CA
Went snowboarding for the first time this weekend at Monarch Mountain! Also stayed at a really sweet “earthship” (a.k.a. bed & breakfast, Hobbit-style). Didn’t make an ass out of myself once getting off the lift… Great success! Colorado is sweet.
My friends Christine and Yosei working Making Waves, V4 at the Flatirons, CO.
Designed to represent the GBC at Mt. Gretna, PA. If you’re a climber on the east coast and haven’t bouldered here yet, GO.
Sending my first V8, Fly Boy Sit, at the Buttermilks in Bishop, CA!

Bishop 2012

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I’ve been posting some pictures from my recent climbing trip to Bishop, CA, but haven’t caught up enough in “real” life to write about it… So what can I say? It was an amazing trip! Better than my daydreams at work, prior to leaving, could have led me to believe. It’s been just over a year since I moved to Colorado from Pennsylvania, which has been the first time that I’m able to climb more than just a few times a week. It was rewarding to see my time, energy, and love for climbing payoff with some very proud sends. More so than any other time, I was really able to focus on climbing and not worry about anything else (in my personal life, the world, or otherwise). I was also fortunate enough to spend a week with some of my closet buddies. Nothing makes climbing better than getting psyched and working a problem with inspirational friends!

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Selected Ticklist:
The Pursuit of Wow, V0
Slight Inducement, V1
Heavenly Path, V1
Good Morning Sunshine, V1
Buttermilk Stem, V1
Big Chicken, V2
Cover Me With Flowers, V2
The Hunk, V2
Jedi Mind Tricks, V4
Bowling Pin, V4
Solarium, V4
Ketron Classic, V4
Serengeti, V5
Suspended in Silence, V5
Fly Boy Arete, V5
Molly, V5
Anti-Hero, V5
Strength in Numbers, V5
Saigon, V6
Seven Spanish Angels, V6
High Plains Drifter, V7
Fly Boy Sit, V8

Fly Boy Sit, V8 | Bishop, CA