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Winter and Weather Change

Date: 12th November 2008

The ice season is on around here, but the temps have been really warm. Only the relatively high and north-facing ice (Ranger Creek, Replicant, etc) has stayed in. The last month has really reminded me of winter in Colorado–highs above freezing most days, warm enough to rock climb in the sun, a few degrees below freezing at night at most, pretty stable weather in general. While this has been pleasant, it’s not right for mid-November in the Canadian Rockies. It rained here in Canmore last night, and the most snow we’ve seen this season was in August. WTF? I’ve decided “global warming” is a misnomer; what the term should really be is, “Weather Fuckitedus.” It may be colder, warmer, windier, wetter, dryer, sunnier, cloudier or just generally totally unpredictable compared to any pattern you might once have recognized.

Training: It’s fallen apart a bit due to weather-induced lassitude. It’s hard to get really psyched to mixed climb when it’s sunny and plus five, or raining. But these little lulls often lead to better results in the end. I’m likely tired from all the mad travel, and my motivation is the first thing to suffer when I’m not fully in the game mentally. I expect things will come back with a vengeance here shortly. Over the years I’ve found that pushing through demotivated periods often leads to injuries, or severe and long-lasting demotivation. Better to focus on things in life that need to get done, stay healthy, train when the energy is there, and know that it will come back when it’s right. That was a hard lesson to learn for me…

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  1. JD LeBlanc   November 13, 2008 4:35 am

    Dung showed me all your problems (the one’s at the vision gym) all done … it’s ok to sort of weight the mats/floor/wall/spotter? Thought so, that’s how i learned at the CCC from that Walson guy.
    My knee’s still a bit off, well it’s unbalanced, but what the heck ain’t these days? Maybe Lehman Bros. almost got fully anhililated by the doctor import – damn freaking strong for 49! Dudes maybe been in the closet with Raph – frightening in so many ways …

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