Meltdown

After last week I have been trying to take it easy. I tweaked my right forearm trying a project with a terrible undercling. Reach over your, head pull it into your chest and lurch for a great pinch and you're done.. Luckily, the weather has been all over the map, rain, snow, heat, rain, rain, rain... all in the span of a week. Saturday Milton Rock Gym, in central PA, hosted their 3rd annual Meltdown competition. I had a really great time hanging out with everyone. A huge Thank You to everyone involved with getting it together!! Towards the end of the week I am hoping to head south to the NRG. I have had a line with a potential low start on my mind for awhile and would like to try it again. So much to do, so much to do...

Southern Exposure 4

This is the last video in my series from the south. ENJOi

Southern Exposure 4 from Tim Rose on Vimeo.

Thrice

I made the trip back to central PA today to wrangle up some outstanding projects from the previous weekend.  Managed to do a new line called Thrice, I feel its the hardest thing I have tried in the area. Super psyched, it went down today quick.  Check it out, short and sweet.


Thrice v13, FA from Tim Rose on Vimeo.

Hunter and the Hunted

I just got back from my 2nd trip this season to the south.  I came back with a renewed psych on a few local projects in central and Western PA.  Funny how leaving an area can help you discover whats there.  I can get caught up in what I think or I feel is possible... Maybe that will change.
Sunday we traveled to a sandstone area in PA that hosts a few less known projects, two of which I am headed back for.  Both are steep on small holds and have great movement.  They may be some of the hardest things I have tried in the area, for whatever that is worth.  On the subject of difficulty,  I am finding it difficult to stay in touch.  Perhaps my age is finally starting to show?  Is it normal to loose patience with drama and ignorance as you age?  I thought the opposite was true. Maybe I need a vacation....  One things for sure,  I am psyched to climb and I have a semester free from school to get some work done before I get back at it.

Southern Exposure 3

Southern Exposure 3 from Tim Rose on Vimeo.

The last video in a short series from my trip down the south.

Slippery Toad

The other week Bosley put up a new line at Catoctin and called it Slippery Toad, fitting as its on the bullfrog boulder.  We were fortunate enough to have good weather the other day so I went out to get my mits on it.


Slippery Toad from Tim Rose on Vimeo.

First vid from my trip

Southern Exposure 1 from Tim Rose on Vimeo.