Ho man! What a session. Thought I was going to barf the whole time -brutal. Good to see some new faces out there. Four exercises per circuit definitely adds some more excitement. More »

Back in February of 2006, I climbed my first multi-pitch route. I had been climbing for about 3-4 months at the time, mostly indoors and on toprope. My hands were still soft, my forearms puny, my gear still shiny, but my mind was gung-ho on this new sport More »

WYW - Operation Destroy. We had a sick session today. Personal bests were beat in all exercises by all participants. Hell yeah. More »

Mission: The Northeast Ridge of Lone Pine Peak in Winter. This route rises 6,900 feet from the valley floor. Over three miles of knife-edge ridgeline lead to the pyramidal summit of Lone Pine Peak. From the moment Scotty suggested we try it, this route appealed to me. It’s so simple. Start on the desert floor. Get on the ridge. Climb all the way to the top. More »

WYW - Operation Destroy was not without incident this week. Kostas wrecked himself multiple times blowing chunks at least once and Shay crash landed out in the garden after “Flesh Storm”. Nate was KO’d after the 1st round due to soreness and left over fatigue earned on his recent assault of the Northeast Ridge of Lone Pine Peak. Nonetheless, we got our times in and that is all that matters. Good stuff guys - P=G! More »

We celebrated Kostas’ birthday in fine style: More »

WYW definitely has a new feel now that we have implemented some of the final changes to the program. We have been moving away from the endurance approach and into more of a true interval training scenario - Operation Destroy. More »

The sunrise in the Buttermilks was glorious as usual, blah, blah, blah. I vaguely remember waking up for a split second and seeing an incredible light show playing out on the underside of the clouds on the eastern horizon, but it was probably just a dream. More »

“Don’t worry about the anchor, I have a good stance” Kostas said reassuringly as Shay followed the crumbly crux face move at the top of the 2nd roped pitch, risking a 40 ft pendulum. More »

Charles and I got our Monday thrash-on: the idea is higher intensity over shorter bursts of time. It was pretty brutal. Charles is a beast. More »

This was the weekend of the big fires (October 2007). If anyone knows the proper way to do the video conversion from NTSC 720×480 (widescreen) to mp4/youtube format, please let me know. More »