Fun Run

Vertical Adventure

I'm really excited to be in touch with some of my local climbing community. It's very interesting learning about everyone's climbing interests. I just want to climb, but I'm meeting those who want to bring climbing to newer generations, those who want to find virgin climbs, renew old climbs, and then some people who want to climb the big numbers so they can make a name for themselves. There's just so much more to climbing than simply climbing!

The two guys I've been climbing with most recently are working on renewing climbs in our area posted onto MountainProject.com. The fun part is that we're finding new climbing in the area to add! It's not big cliff sides or anything, but there's so much undiscovered bouldering in the area, I can hardly believe it. I'm really excited about my new project I'm taking on this fall season which is pioneering the bouldering in the woods directly behind my apartment. Two hundred acres and plenty of virgin boulders! Don't mind me, I'll just be the weird girl in the woods with the big brush and a broom.

These picture are from Pawtuckaway State Park.

B.A. Lady Hiking

One of the best parts about hiking is the feeling of accomplishment each time you reach a peak. What adds to that accomplishment is when you are hiking in an all girl group. I'm sure there are plenty of people not thinking baout this, but it seems most women I meet are just not genuinely interested in going through the effort of hiking. It's more of a novelty, perhaps. But fortunately, I have met some other women who love to hike! (Duh, it's what I've been doing all summer).

My friend Nichole and I hiked Jackson, Pierce, and Eisenhower. It was very fun on Eisenhower with it's small, bald peak and the wind blowing so hard. We were trying to see how much we could lean into it without falling over. I have a feeling it would have been like that one Michael Jackson video if we had thought to take our packs off. We didn't stay on the peak too long because the puppy really hated the wind. I'm looking forward to going back to that peak. I hope it's just as fun!