Resting...

Liesel and I have been in Bishop for a week and a half now, the climbing has been AMAZING and the community and weather have been equally wonderful. We have been on a schedule of two days on, one day off for climbing. On rest days we generally go for a run, for the rest of the week we will be going one on, one off in hopes of doing some real recovery from the beginning of our time here in Bishop.

This morning I stumbled across a blog posting from Chris Sharma that touched upon this subject, he wrote:

"It's nice to find this balance here. One of the biggest challenges living here in such a climbing mecca is that its easy to end up climbing too much. It's normal when you go on a trip and you want to climb everyday to maximize your time and get as much in, in the 3 weeks that you have. But being here longterm I often find myself so beat up from so many day and months in a row with very little rest. For me learning to not feel obligated to go climbing even though there are 50 projects waiting to be done right out my door, has been key to sustaining my motivation over a long period of time."

We have only been here for a week and a half, but I am really focused on sustaining the psyche and motivation required to achieve personally high level goals. I have not specifically bouldered this much ever, I have not purely climbed any discipline as much as I have for the past year and a half. So basically this all boils down to today we are resting... tomorrow BUTTERMILKS:)

Here are some videos from Jason Chinchen of the climbing in the Tablelands of Bishop:

http://www.deadpointmag.com/climbing-videos/watch/strength-numbers-v5

http://vimeo.com/18961597

And check out Jason's ongoing blog at

http://www.sierrasalve.com/sierra-salve-blog.html

and pick up some Sierra Salve at your local gear shop... Durangotangs can find it at Pine Needle Mountaineering and the Rock Lounge climbing gym very soon.

Now everyone motivate and have a rest day!!! from whatever your doing:)