Journey to V7: Final climb of the week (2/21/18)
I’m traveling this weekend so will be out of commission until at least Monday of next week. Decided to keep this session pretty light overall. Not much happened, but here are the stats: Here are
I’m traveling this weekend so will be out of commission until at least Monday of next week. Decided to keep this session pretty light overall. Not much happened, but here are the stats: Here are
I think the last time I went to BKB was early 2017. I’m a pretty big fan of First Ascent when it comes to the best climbing gyms in Chicago. I find the problems are
Today was the first day of the week I had a chance to check out First Ascent’s new climbing gym located in the loop. It’s awesome. And game-changing for my schedule. For me, it’s ten
I hit up First Ascent Avondale today and had a pretty solid session. I wouldn’t say it was a really hard climb but the point totals came out to be over 40, so I’ll take
It’s been a half week since I was able to get a climbing session in. I flew back from a bachelor party this weekend so was feeling pretty low energy. Today was a rough return,
Today was an insane climbing session. I don’t know what prompted this sort of high volume session but I was feeling it. I’m going to attribute it to the Clif and KIND Bar my friend
After my last session, I entered this week feeling really confident and that confidence carried into this session. Today was another great session on the walls. I wasn’t able to get any V6s but sent
Went back to First Ascent Uptown today for my climbing session. Today was a day of firsts. I tried a V7 and V8 a few times…they did not end well. No worries though, it’s all
Since March 7th, I’ve been riding a streak of really solid climbing. Today I ended with a fifth 40+ point session! Overall, it was a solid climbing session. I completed my first ever 5.11c on
Yesterday’s session was honestly unplanned. Originally I only intended on climbing today. Anyways, having gone pretty hard the day before, today’s session was tough. I started feeling the lactic acid buildup as early as the
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