Marathoned it

This morning, I drove from Morgantown, to the Red River Gorge - picked up my stuff - and then drove to Chatty - where I'm staying with my friend Brooke for the week =).

It looks like we're going to Foster Falls tomorrow - since its going to be rainy - and taking a rest day Monday - (more rain + Brooke has class.) - Then the rest of the week? Probably bouldering - but probably not LRC - since everyone is going to be trying to get in for the comp - and since I'm not competing - I don't want to take people's spots...so probably Rocktown - Foster Falls - some climbing...I'm really thinking about moving here next fall - but I'd like to check out the climbing too - don't get my wrong - I can boulder for the entire season (and spend the first part of winter at Hueco and the second part at Bishop) - but I sure do like routes =)

I got a bit annoyed today driving - my front tire is squealing - its really annoying - I think (and hope) that i just need new breaks - something I'll probably do this week...+ people were driving like morons + it was rainy...oh and it was about 10 hours worth of driving - including several stand-stills in Knoxville....

Yah Chatty!

The Future and Some Hand Lotion

I was walking through the mall yesterday (I was getting my hair cut) and this woman walked up to me - she was standing near a booth - well - first of all - I'm not used to being in the mall - and second of all - I'm not a jerk - if someone requests my attention - I'm not going to blow them off -

She was selling skin lotion - she said, "May I see your hands" - and i did of course - she went . oh...you have really calloused hands...i said - Yah - well I'm a rock climber, I need these....she goes....oh ok...well, are there any females on your christmas list - I go - yah, they're climbers too... and smile suggestively... and I go on to explain that I live in a tent and that I rock climb full time (and shoot photos.)

She then got another lotion (which was derived from the Dead Sea - lots of minerals and so forth) - and used it to clean my forearm - she said that my face was very dirty and that I needed to clean out the pores - I go - umm...I'm really sorry, but I'm not going to buy anything - she goes - oh no problem, thank you for my time....

Its funny - if I was at all vain or infact, knew any vain girls - she probably would have had the sale...but well....I think getting any of my female friends skin lotion would have been in insult...

Sooo the future part - well last night at the gym (i did the yellow and orange problem!! yaya) - I was thinking - maybe I should spend a season working at a climbing gym - that would be cool - and I'd probably get strong? I think I'd make a good climbing coach/route setter right? I'm sorta responsible?

Hair Cut!

I got my hair cut - it was SUPER long...not no more!

Out of the frying pan and into the fire...

Not so much so - I just left the Red a few days ago - it was really sad to leave - I really enjoyed it there - yah the climbing is nice - but I'm really going to miss the people - that's what really matters - people and friends...

Some I know I will see soon - some later - some never again - a thought which saddens me.

I'm here in Pittsburgh for the rest of the week - its really dreary - snowy - it seems every time I come north - its snowing and or raining - I leave 50 degrees and sunny for rain and snow...

That's life.

The past month has been good and bad -

Last weekend - I drove up to Coopers Rock (northern WV) with my good friend Ana Hayes - I was hoping to show her my home turf - though when we got there - there was about a foot of snow on the ground! Ana was a trooper - she bouldered anyways (and crushed!)

Its funny - my eating - I'm a vegetarian - but my grandpa thinks I'm crazy...he likes to feed me - but I keep telling him - NO MEAT =) - so I just pick it out of what he cooks me - he does really like to cook for me -

I asked him to get me soy milk - here - he got me soy milk egg nog (its actually pretty good + I looked at the ingredients and its legit - so what can I say?)

Next week - I'm going to spend the week in Chattanooga with my good friend Brooke - and then I'm going to do a bit more traveling - landing in WV for a few days to shoot a wedding - and THEN off to Hueco - I'll definitely be back to blogging now that I'm moving - blogging at the red would be difficult without being a chuffer - you know - talking about the routes that I've been doing - that is sorta frowned upon in the climbing world...

Until next week - good night and good luck...

-Danno

Just Hanging Out

I drove up to Pittsburgh for a few days - I just needed to get away from KY for a while...been working mainly on a wedding from a couple weeks ago - good wedding - I ran around like crazy the whole time - I don't think I got to stop running for about 12 hours...

I bouldered at Climb North - the climbing gym which I grew up at - it was nice to be back at the gym + they just had an ABS comp - so there were a bunch of new problems for me.

I'm not used to climbing two days in a row - let a lone bouldering - so day two - I got thoroughly thrashed - though I was sorta bad and had a non-diet soda and pink frosted cookies - which upset my stomach the whole time - oh well!

So I talked to my buddy Brooke and it looks like I'm going to spend a week in Chatty in and around the Triple Crown Comp - then I have a wedding - and THEN I'M OFF TO HUECO!!! =)

I'm really psyched!