Last Monday I drove up to Boulder, Canyon with Matty Hong and Scott Clark. It was feeling warm in Boulder but we decided a long awaited recon mission to check out "The Game" would be worth the 10 minute drive. I have tried the boulder on and off since I witnessed Carlo Traversi make the 2nd ascent in March, 2011. I tried it numerous days that season, and while I was recovering from a ruptured A2 pulley at the time I managed to make great progress until my attempts were shut down by warm summer weather. I let...

Last time I came to Font, it was to be sort of a vacation... There were projects I wanted to do, of course (there always are), but my intention was to sort of take it down a notch and have a little more fun, to not get wrapped up in the epic battle that usually ensues when I’m trying to climb at or near my limit. I managed to do a few of these projects that didn’t necessitate the simmering insanity that is a typical side effect of the mega-project, and they were some of the...