to climb like a monkey.....

to climb like a monkey............
to yell like a human......

chris sharma is the herald guru of climbers in the west-- the best of the best

but don't forget the monkey king.... that is pure technique


technique and yelling
plus upper body strength





technique technique technique
and being pumped. and not giving up or letting frustration get in the way.
its a good lesson.



just some videos for the day

"Hunker down, wait it out a bit. It's going to be that significant."

The storm of all storms is coming though Utah today.
Its a blizzard. For really, a full blown blizzard. They said it would hit sometime around 5pm, but more and more reports say its ahead of schedule. And even though this apocalyptic article urges the general population to take cover, i am tempted.not to go out wearing only leggings, but to go out.

On Sunday, Clark and I hiked up to Diamond Fork hot springs. It was gorgeous, almost no one was there, and it was SNOWING. Not a blizzard, like the currently impending doom, but heavily/blinding snow. And we were hiking through the middle of it, it was silent and peaceful. and i saw a beetle ( i like beetles)
then this:


of course, i didn't take this picture, and there was a good 5 inches of snow. And steam. Nothing as gorgeous as the steam and snow, so this picture does little justice. We got in the hot pots and soaked for a good 2 hours. It was a bit chilly at first, but we found the cold source and plugged it up. Some friends met us up there after an hour or so, but we were already on the way out. It had started snowing harder, and Clark and I were debating on staying until the snow let up. it didnt.

Last time i went to these hot pots in winter, my hands were too cold to button my coat up or tie my boots. I started crying and panicking because i felt so helpless... clark ended up tying my shoes for me. I was amazed at how fast i became helpless. But this time i wasn't helpless. I got dry(ish) and dressed and shoes tied, with enough time to pick up trash and throw my mitten in the river.
But we moved out. The snow was even heavier than before. Far more blinding. We could barely recognize the trail, all the footsteps had already been filled and covered with snow. My eyelashes froze together multiple times, and my coat was wet. It really wasn't that dangerous (except for maybe 2 parts where the trail is really hairy), but it was lovely.

And then hot chocolate and soup was lovely, curling up on the couch and watching arrested development.

So... with this impending blizzard doom, i plan on heading home, getting some soup, cleaning my room and covering cold leak areas of the house (like our windows or random holes in the basement), packing for idaho (we leave tomorrow!), finding a sled, thermal up, put some hot chocolate in a thermos, and walking to the foothills to watch the impending doom. Then maybe sledding through the impending doom.

'Glen Merrill, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Salt Lake, said, "This will far surpass anything that we've seen, probably for the last several years."'

i love the seasons
happy thanksgivings

What some people be doin these days.

"Light Going Out," by D. Kent Watson and Eric Haven

This is a song by a friend i knew indirectly from high school. He is currently going to school at University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, and undeniably kicking butt. His music is quite genius. Iwas able to work with him on a project, and i am grateful for the experience. He taught me about using digital music programs, as well as the the kindness and friendship generated in musical exchange. He is humble, and funny; his ideas are fresh. And he pushes collaboration over state lines, sending music back and forth between musicians separated by long-distance until a song is finished.

The volume and quality of music he is able to produce is simply impressive.

He is also an art student, and here is one of his art projects.
This is how it's described:

"The camera in the room takes a still frame shot and uses it as a reference image. When there is movement in the room it compares that change with the reference image and determines there is a body. This is body tracking. Than Max/Jitter finds the coordinates of the movements. Depending where the person is in the room triggers different video clips. This gives the appearance that the person in the video is following the person in the room"

his work is fabulous. i'm a fan.

:) go kent

sarah blasko

I am really liking sarah blasko, for her voice and her honesty and sheer beauty.



oh my <3

more? okay.