Comments on: Freedom

By: steph

steph — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:57:09 +0000

Thanks Ryan! That was a great day, and meeting you guys was a definite highlight. Drink a fine glass of California wine for me :), and think of me out here in Colorado…..
xx Steph

By: ryan kelly

ryan kelly — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:06:20 +0000

Hey Steph!
Love the photo section of your site. Inspiring stuff. It was rad to meet you after reading about you in the climbing rags. Keep the posts coming. Hope to see you out there again! Come visit us in wine country when you need a recharge. Jericho Canyon Vineyards, Calistoga!

Ryan

By: steph

steph — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:58:29 +0000

Hi George! I climb on plastic a little bit….I have a great outdoor wall in Moab, which I love, especially in the winter. And when I am traveling, I always like to go to local climbing gyms and move around a little. I went to the Spot, in Boulder, last Saturday evening, and had a really good time. What a great gym! There’s just nothing like the finger strength you get from plastic, is there?

But for “training”, I mostly like to go to Rifle, Colorado, and climb. Since I have never been a pure sport climber, I find that getting stronger on steep limestone dramatically improves my climbing when I go back to “normal” stuff, like Yosemite or Indian Creek…..And I LOVE Rifle. I love everything about it! So it’s easy for me to want to climb there, which is probably the most important thing for a training plan.

I’ve also found that yoga is really good training for climbing, and in the last few years, I have been making sure to do lots of core workouts at the end of yoga sessions. Those two things have made a noticeable difference for me with climbing.

I also like to trail run, and skate ski in the winter. Skate skiing seems to be really good for climbing too.

By: george

george — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 05:42:34 +0000

hi!
do you climb indoors?
can U talk a bit about ur training?