XP's blog

July 23rd, Evening:   more...

July 20th:   more...

On Sunday, July 3rd, I climbed up two 5.9 routes (Spider & Frenchman at Rattlesnake Point) in my street shoes top rope without falling. I thought I was good enough for the Beckey-Chouinard route.   more...

This morning, I was hoping to run 10km. But my legs were reluctant to even start running. I dragged them along.   more...

I have been running almost everyday except the days I teach climbing or climb. I ran 6km last night. Today I trad led at Rattlesnake Point. First, Amphitheatre (5.9), then, Holy Cow (5.8).   more...

My long time climbing partner Ilia asked me about some information on Banff and Jasper as he was planning to visit there in July.   more...

I climbed with a friend at Buffalo Crag on Saturday Aug. 7, 2010. When my friend was trad leading on the Dune route, she encountered a hornet nest in the upper half of the route.   more...

Pictures and description of the experience:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31641994@N05/collections/72157624545878960/

Xiaoping

Ken and I talked about this last year. Shawn and I talked about it last year. Roger and I talked about it last year.   more...

Last night I climbed with a friend in a gym. She used to be able to clean 5.11, but was now struggling with a 5.9.   more...