Heading Back to the Top

This weekend was quite an adventure. Friday I climbed for about an hour to work on technique drills to get back in the swing of things. Then to relax for a little bit I went to the hot tub. After that I helped work open climb and teen night. Saturday, I could not wait to go to Adventure Rock!! I worked open climb and then headed up to Adventure Rock to get my new climbing shoes that came in. I was super pumped to finally climb in them for a whole day of climbing. I got the La Sportiva Women Muira VS' and I am really happy I got that shoe. It is really nice and a major upgrade for me. Saturday for climbing actually was alot better than I had excepted with my back still really tight. I was able to climb a 5.10 top rope like nothing had happened the week before. I had a really awesome day climbing. Sunday was fun. In the morning I helped my parents move some things around the house. At work we had a Girl Scout Merit Badge for Rock Climbing which was alot of fun! We had open climb which was really busy for a Sunday. After open climb we had league was fun because  got work with a kid that new to how league was ran. I did a bunch of easier routes to show how some things work that you wouldn't normally think would work. Monday I had school which was really fun. In my engineering class we went to launch model rockets. We learned how launching mechanism were set up/assembled. In my machining class we are designing clocks that we are going to create. We start building our clock Wednesday. Our climbing team is having a climb-a-thon to help us raise money to help pay for regional and national registration fees. All of the photos from last weekend and this weekend are posted both on Facebook and Flickr. Check them out there are alot of really cool shots.

Split Second Change

This weekend was really interesting. Friday I had school, a plyometric work out and then had to go babysit til midnight. Baby sitting was fun cause we tried to play mouse trap but the dog kept on stepping all over the game board. Saturday we took down an antenna off my buddies roof. After that I had to work until 4pm after work we up to Adventure Rock. While we were there I was having a really good day climbing. I was able to finish two routes that i have been having a lot of trouble with lately. I got both of them in only one fall. Nearing the end of my climbing I fell and got a back injury. Sunday i got to sleep in until 10am. Once I got up I had about an hour stretching session. Sunday my back was really tight when I was sitting or leaning against like a pole. I attempted to climb Sunday just to see how my body was feeling. I ending up doing about 15 climbs that slowly got a little harder. I worked up to about a 5.10 and i felt like nothing ever happened the day before. Monday was school and work. At school we are finishing up a project that we have sent about 4 weeks of class time on. We had climbing classes at the Y that lasted to about 8pm. After classes I had another hour for stretching. My back is feeling better than it did Sunday but my neck started to bug me a little.

This is the Way to Go

Super awesome weekend!! Friday I had one final to take than I got to go home and help a buddy fix a truck. It took us about an hour to find one part that took only 2 minutes to replace. I had to do a work out in plyometrics. It was fun but it was really hard to do. After that I worked open climb at the YMCA and then teen night. Nearing the end of teen night everyone went and played basketball. Saturday was cool. Worked from 10am to 3pm for open climb and parties. After work we headed up to Adventure Rock where we climbed for the next 6 hours.While we were there i attempted three 5.11 lead. One I got two holds from the top; the other two I got alittle bit above halfway.When we got back from Adventure Rock we watched Cars 2 which was really cool even though i kinda feel asleep more towards the end of the movie. Sunday was tough. I had a hangboard work out that lasted about 10 mins. After that my older brother and his new fiance had to leave to go to pensacola. At 11 I had a lifting program that was hard then I had a climbing program. When we got back from the Y we got to see all of the pictures that my mom took while she was in China. I also just ordered a new pair of climbing shoes. I got the Women Miura VS through Adventure Rock. Im hoping that I will be able to wear them when I go up ro Adventure this coming Saturday. Im really excited to climb in them when they come in.

Four day weekend!!!!

I had a four day weekend. Thrusday and Friday I didn't have school so i went over to a buddies house and help move funiture around. Friday during open climb i got to teach a couple of people how to belay. It was alot of fun because they really picked up quick. We had worked on that for about an hour on working on how to belay and get the technique down. Saturday was alot of fun because I worked in the morning at the y for open climb. After work the team headed up to Adventure Rock to get some good training in for the day!!! It was a lot of fun because i get to try a 5.11 lead which i was really close to the top. Im really happy with how Saturday went for climbing. Sunday was cool because I had a work out and then worked open climb. After work I got to go out at trick or treat which was fun because I got to see alot of old friend I haven't seen in a while. Monday was fun. Science we watched a movie on cancer which was really interesting. In my engineering class we are building a Rude Goldberg machine. This class is my favorite I'm gonna be upset when the semester ends. Block three we are in electronics. We get to learn how we set up and draw semantics. After school I had to finish a bunch of reviews for finals this week. After that I worked at the y for climbing class. I also signed up for the president challenge. Im going for the platinum , I have to get a million points in a year. Everything active that you do you get points for. I'm at 5000 points in just two days.

Fundraising weekend!!

This weekend went great. It started off by climbing real hard Friday for about 3 hours and then relaxing to watch a new climbing movie which was the coolest movies I have seen. Saturday was a pretty fun day because I helped out with a fundraiser for a club that I am a part of. It helped raise money so that we can buy the things we need to help build a supermilage vehicle for Challenge Wisconsin. We raised over $500 to go towards parts for our vehicle. After we had dinner and everything we played a card game which i had won. Sunday I got to a a lifting program and then got to set a bunch of new routes at the YMCA during open climb and league. After climbing the team had a fundraiser at tazinos. We had quite a few people there to help support our team. I'm pretty happy with how many people showed up.  Monday i had school which had went by really fast. For the next two weeks i have three days of school due to Halloween weekend and finals coming up the week after. After school i had a core work out then worked climbing classes until 8pm. Starting next week i will be having a new weight training program. I'm excited for it because the one i am doing know its old and kinda boring cause I'm always doing the same thing each week. This past week i had won a petzl climbing helmet from a blog contests. I'm really excited because i will now have my own climbing helmet and wont need to borrow any ones. I cant wait until it gets here!!

busy but fun weekend

This weekend was alot of fun. Friday, when I got out of school I went up to adventure rock for Friday night Freak-out. While I was there I completed my second 5.10 at adventure rock.The route was alot of fun just got stuck in one spot. Since I had to go around this corner I had to heel hock the rock that my hand was on to reach the next hold. After that i had to lunge for a slopper that I stuck but the hold spun on me so I had to do it again and I stuck it again. This route was a brand new route that was just out up only a couple of hours before I there. When we were done bouldering we heading to the treadwall where I attemped a program that was a 5.13 and last a alittle more than a minute on it. Saturday was long but fun. We had open house at the local YMCA where 125+ people came through to the rock wall. Open house ran from 10am to 4pm and then we had a party after that till 5pm. Once everything was all done at the Y we heading out to a friends party. When we got home we started playing wii bowling for the next 3 hours which. Sunday was alot of fun. It started off with me doing a lifting program. Training was pretty cool because I did all my routes by lead climbing them. As of the moment there is not a route that i can not complete at the y. I have just completed all of them which is really cool because I can say "yeah I can do everything in here". Especially since couple of them are brand new routes that were put up this week.  All of the photos from this weekend are up on flickr. On October 23rd my climbing team is having a fundraiser. We would appericate if you came to help support us. The fundraiser is at Tazinos off of highway 50 in Kenosha, WI.

Taking it to the Max

This weekend was alot of fun!! Friday was a short day at school so I had time to finish a bunch of things. Friday night was open climb plus teen night, that gave me the chance to do a alot of technique drills. I also set a route at is really fun because you do a bunch of weird moves. Saturday I had to work till 1 pm then me and my coach headed up to Adventure Rock for a major lead climbing day. I was  having a good day climbing both sport and bouldering. Sport climbing I completed a 5.11 top rope and bouldering I finished a V4. I'm really happy with where I am at for both sport climbing and bouldering. After we were done bouldering we went to the treadwall where I finished a 5.11 program that was almost 200 feet tall.  Sunday was a fun but a training day. Did alot of laps and weighted climbing.  We also worked on power moves to help with overhangs while lead climbing. Worked on clipping my quickdraw off a bad hold for routes that there isnt a hold you would prefer to clip off of. This next week will be alot of fun because Friday night is Friday freak out at Adventure Rock till 11pm. October 21, is movie night at Adventure Rock till 10pm. I'm leaving around 3:30 so I can climbing really hard before the movie. All of the pictures and vidoes will be loaded in the next couple of days. You should check them out! It shows how the treadwall looks and how steep of a overhang was created on the treadwall. Check them out!