Mar 31 - Apr 5

Monday - Millcreek bouldering after dropping off Abi and Lily at school. 50 minutes, 26 total: 17 sends and 9 attempts, 5 of the attempts were the hanging purple V2 in the OG sector. To get that one I'll need to get my palms a little tougher and probably able to bend my arms more to pull myself - the last hold on it is a far reach that I can't get by swinging myself.

Tuesday - Ft Union bouldering with my sister Beka. 

Wednesday - K is hanging out with Ethan and Bella today. 20 handstands, splits stretching while I blogged in my room.

Thursday - More sitting today, but I finished blogging July 2024! Yay. Did two 64 second handstands. It's 10 pm now. Let me try one more time and see if I can beat it... 82 seconds! That barely beat my PR of 81! I'm not sure if that is my #1 PR or just one of my PR times, but that's the longest that I can remember holding a handstand before so I think it is.

Friday - 

Saturday - 

Mar 24 - 29

Monday - bouldering this am at Ft Union. 

• 5 V0s
• 12 V1s
• 3V1 Attempts 
• 5 V2s
• 5 V2 attempts
• 6 V3 attempts
• 5 V4 attempts

I did NOT get the Red V2 in the cave. And actually when I saw it today I forgot it was a V2, not a V3. It's hard! My hands get so tired! Didn't get it today but I'll try again! It's hanging a lot, you're basically holding on upside down.

Then 3pm bike ride up the canyon. First goal was just the ruins, but I also knew I had time that I could try to keep going all the way to Snowbird, and I did.

 

Then I went a little more to Alta. 

I got my longest ride, biggest climb, biggest elevation gain (3696) and a few other achievements.

22.37 miles. Took me 2 hours 43 minutes to get to Alta.

Tuesday - Exploring Bell Canyon hike, 5.13 miles, 2 hours 15 min. Plus 210 walking lunges on the way home. It was so fun and pretty and a few spots had lovely pine smell, plus I love listening to the creek too. I love the mountains. I love where we live!

Wednesday - 6am bouldering at Ft. Union, 45 minutes, I finally got the red V2! I got it twice, woo. Also took three tries but I got the pink V2 too. This is the pink V2. It's really at an angle, and the holds aren't great, so it's pushing you out but it's hard to hold on and the foot holds are tiny too.

• Warm up Purple V0 
• green V1
• Warm up again 
• Easier red V2 
• Diff Purple V0
• tricky Blue V1
• Pink V2 (almost got it!)
• Light wall V0
• Purple v1 cave wall
• Pink V2 attempt 
• Red V2 got it!!! pic above on Monday
• Purple V1 west wall
• West wall red V2
• West wall Purple V0
• West wall pink V1
• Center west pink V2 attempt *pic below
• Center north Green V2 got it
• Center west Red V1
• Cave red V2 got it again!!!
• Cave pink V2 GOT IT!

This is the V0 warm up boulder 

This was the easier Red V2, I was able to get this first try a few weeks ago.

 

V0 purple on right, Pink V1 next to it, Purple V2 on the left that I dont think I got. 

this pink V2 below is impossible (some of it looks red) 

Green V2 that is hard but I was able to get today, I've gotten it a few times but it's a hard one

Blue V1 that is tricky, cause you have to throw yourself around the corner to the left to grab the blue that you can't see around the corner.

Thursday - left for a ride at 5pm, went from home to Hidden Valley, along BST, climb to Ghost Falls, then took Ghost falls down, lower rush, limelight, back up to BST, BST north back to Hidden Valley. 16.59 miles, 2 hours 37 minutes, 1888 elevation gain, 23 achievements, yay

Friday - date night top rope at Ft Union:

• South wall Pink 5.10b
• South black 5.11a 3 falls with rest
• South blue 5.10d haha but mostly a purple 5.7
• East center blue 5.10d volcano
• East black 5.10c
• North side purple 5.10c new
• North black 5.10a new
• NW purple 5.10c new

Saturday - Went to belay some friends at Ft Union, Bliss and Devree, who we took with our guest pass. I did a few boulders with them.

Mar 17 - 22

Monday - Bouldering this morning at Ft. Union. I don't know how to record boulders there. I need them to put up Kaya QR codes. :(  I did 24 total.

1. V0 center NE purple
2. V1 - center NW green
3. V2 - center north Green 
4. V2 Center west pink attempt
5. V1 orange center north
6. V2 Center south pink 
7. V0 light south lime 
8. V1 south wall yellow
9. V1 south wall blue
10. V2 south light green cheated
11. V1 light lime
12. V1 light yellow
13. V4 light orange attempt
14. center north Green V2 again
15. center north deep orange V3 attempt
16. blue V1 north wall
17. north wall orange V1
18. west wall NW corner orange V2 attempt
19. west wall blue V3 attempt
20. west wall purple V2 attempt my hands are done
21. red V2
22. purple V1 attempt I’m done
23. V1 center NW green 2 more times which makes
24. 24 boulders total

Also a 48 min walk after I got home. Did Core Balance thing that Corey got, got through day 5.

Tuesday - some handstands and 30 min splits stretching. Watched a google ad for Svelte Training which I bought years ago and tried, then asked for a refund. Maybe I need to try it again, feeling stuck again. She says if you're over 40 you gotta do stuff differently. Just did this Meredith 7 min workout. 

Wednesday - 20 boulder this morning, also did the 7 min workout from yesterday again, also Core balance training for 15 min. Doing some research for Corey and myself on post Nasal drip and Corey's  heartburn/acid reflux/(I think might be Gerd now, though I had not been aware of that condition until today) - Here for chronic post nasal drip (not seasonal related) is caused by fungus/mold in the sinuses, so some remedies are: garlic, oregano oil (essential oil?) and don't feed the fungus with sugar or milk sugar

Thursday - Some dead bug (per Dr. Berg's advice, min 7:30, watched that yesterday) this morning, did 50 dead bug reps, aka extending and alternating legs and arms. 8pm did my own version of a 7 min workout, from what I could remember of the one I did the past two days. Then 50 handstands, 25 reps each leg forward. Watched this Dr. Berg video on things to suppress appetite: "Better than ozempic, stop your cravings". I've been doing avocado, apple cider vinegar, ginger, he lists about 22 things.

Friday - climbing after date night at Sandy Momentum. Did 9 climbs, one was a solid 5.10d! I totally did it. Didn't do the 5.11 a without cheating. 

• Orange 5.10a
• Orange 5.10b
• Yellow 5.10b
• Blue 5.11a
• Red 5.10a
• Purple 5.10a
• Black 5.10b
• Green 5.10d I did it! 
• Purple 5.9 (started Blue 5.10d in the corner but nope)

Then two fun boulders - White V2 and Orange V2 in cave area

Saturday - bouldering at Millcreek

• 1 V0
• 6 V1
• 4 V2 attempts
• 6 V2 sends
• 2 V3 attempts
• 3 V3 sends - a blue one on the south bolder short slab

Mar 10 - 15

Monday - Bouldering at 6am, did 25, then a 2:30 walk pushing K in stroller, 2.1 miles

Tuesday - Morning walk with 70 walking lunges 3x for total 210 walking lunges, 2.83 miles, 52 minutes. I saw the sunrise. 

In the evening I biked up the road to the Lisa Falls parking lot. Did dirty sprint on the way home. 12.15 miles, 1 hour 36 minutes, and I saw the sunset, so both the sunrise and the sunset today, yay.

Wednesday - Quick bouldering, only had 20 min so went straight for the hard stuff. Did 4 sends and 6 attempts in the OG sector.

Thursday - shoveling and some stretching

Friday - shoveling, stretching, handstands

Saturday - evening top rope, did 7 or 8? I lost track... Went to Millcreek at 6:30pm. Started in the east front Toprope area:

east front Orange 5.9

South west blue 5.10d/yellow 5.10c

West 5.10c blue/Purple 5.9

Purple 5.10c

Yellow 5.10b

Orange 5.10c hard but glad I can do it/did it again

Green 5.10a

Mar 3 - 8

Monday - 45 min of Bouldering at Ft. Union, pretty lacking energy since I'm on hour 36 of fasting, but still pretty good, did 22 - 13 sends, 9 attempts:

• Light wall - V0 Turquoise
• V2 green
• V2 pink 
• V3 green attempt 
• V4 turquoise attempt
• V1 hot pink got it and didn’t cheat!
• V2 gold Got It!! 2nd time
• V2 green attempt
• V2 green attempt cheated w/pink V3
• Yellow V1
• Purple V3 attempt
• Green V2 attempt
• Lime V0
• Then Cave - V0 Purple 
• V3 Red attempt
• Pink V3 did it!!
• Then West Wall - South Red V2
• Yellow V4 attempt
• Purple V1
• Purple V2 attempt I’m too tired
• Pink V1
• Purple V0

splits stretching 

Tuesday - 1 mile on treadmill in 20 min, then a 40 minute 2.4 walk outside that included 50 walking lunges 2x. 30 min of stretching

Wednesday - Bouldering at Millcreek, did 20. Next time, do the white V4 in the OG. I think (?) it might be doable? Seemed like it had good holds, it was just really long and some of them were far apart. But I was trying to do a blue V3 by it, and that was too hard but I was cheating with the white V4 and I want to try that one next time when I'm fresh. 40 min of stretching

Thursday - Took a cold walk outside at 6pm, did 2x 75 walking lunges on it. 2.84 miles total, 52 minutes. Also some splits stretching, and 40 handstands, 20 each leg

Friday - nada. I was going to go climbing this morning, but it snowed, so instead I cleared the driveway so Corey and Abi could leave at 7. Also like 10 min of stretching. Mucho interruptions today. 

Saturday - Top rope with Corey at 8pm (after a violin recital) We had to hurry to get 8 routes done before they closed at 10. Hardest one was an orange 5.10c, really should be a d or a 5.11a, pretty impossible one in the SE corner of the south wall. 

Feb 24 - Mar 1

Monday - Woke up on my own before my alarm, yay! so I went bouldering at Millcreek, Did 30 - 18 sends and 12 attempts. Found my old fitbit, got 10K steps today, took K on a walk in stroller for 50 min, 2.4 miles, plus 30 min stretching. Did an hour stretching yesterday too. I've been doing good with stretching since last Wed when I started to do it when I read.

Tuesday - bouldering at Sandy after temple, hike to Bells 2.47 miles in 1 hour 3 min. 

Wednesday - yardwork raking, 10K steps

Thursday - bouldering in AM, sent 16! I got pink V3! And yellow V2 that I hadn't gotten before didn't get 10k steps,

Friday - stretching - 20 min splits, 15 lotus, 15 deep squat

Saturday - Climbing with Corey, 9 toprope climbs:

• South wall - White 5.10d one rest one fall
• South wall - White 5.10b got it
• South wall - Pink 5.10b got it
• South wall - Black 5.10a one rest
• East wall - SE yellow 5.10b one rest
• East wall - red 5.10d prob 5 cheats and 5 breaks
• East wall - Yellow 5.10b impossible I hate it I bailed onto pink/purple
• East wall - Blue 5.10d volcano
• NE corner green 5.10c

Also 60 RDLs with 30 and 40 lb dumbbells.

Feb 17 - 22

Monday - Bouldering at Ft Union momentum with Melodie and Christian!

6 top rope then a few boulders:

• South center Black 5.10c got it all! And with no rest/breaks!
• North center Blue 5.11a volcano w/ orange5.9 decent effort
• NE corner Green 5.10c
• East wall Blue 5.10d volcano right away, got it!
• Blue 5.10c woo
• Yellow 5.10a good
• Bouldering on light wall: purple V0
• Green V3 attempt
• Cave purple v0
• Pink V3
• Purple V1 in new area on west wall

Tuesday - 2.89 mile morning walk, 5880 steps, 50 minutes

Wednesday - bouldering at night, 20 total - 13 sent, 7 attempts. 15 min stretching while I read my scriptures. This might be a system that could work

Thursday - 40 handstands, shoveling, 30 min stretching while read BOM, headstand

Friday - 30 min stretching with scriptures, yay, feeling in a bit of a funk tho...

Saturday - Toprope with Corey from 9:15 - 11, did 8:

• Center Boulder - NW Purple 5.10b
• Center Boulder - N red 5.10a
• Center Boulder - NE Green 5.10c
• Center Boulder - East Pink 5.10d w/ purple 5.9
• Center Boulder - SE black 5.10c
• South wall - pink 5.10b
• Center Boulder - East red 5.10d impossible, I hate it
• Center Boulder - Blue 5.10d volcano