Since it’s a new decade, it’s about time for a big change
for DreaminVertical – we’ve now moved our blog to our new
domain – dreaminvertical.com! It’s still a work-in-progress,
but we’re really excited about the move and we hope you will be,
too. So change your bookmarks and head on over to check out [...]
As the year comes to a close and climbing trips seem a bit less
frequent, I feel it is important to reflect. As a climber I like to
focus on progress and usually push myself to increase my
abilities. While I have been climbing for about ten years, I have
only been setting goals for the [...]
The year is drawing to a close and I’ve begun to realize that,
even though I didn’t allow myself to literally write down a list
of goals for the year (I find this just results in too much pressure and
disappointment…), I did in fact have a bunch of goals and I
accomplished a big [...]
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Back in March, Lizzy and I decided the next time we went to the Creek we
wanted to go with friends. Our trip had been awesome, but there is
something about spending time with good company in such a beautiful
place like Indian Creek. Over the week of Thanksgiving, we climbed with
many people and [...]
Although most of the sweet gear I get is for climbing or running or
cycling, there is some awesome gear that I use for my during-the-week
life. I know that most climbers out there are like me: we have a
“normal” job during the week to help support our climbing
habit on weeknights, weekends, and [...]
Things have been a bit slow here at DreamInVertical over the last month
or so. Life has been exceptionally busy and the climbing trips
have been plentiful. We are pretty behind on trip reports and
hopefully many will get finished over this holiday season. I finally
completed writing my reflections and trip report from my first attempt
on Freerider [...]
There are many things that are awesome about Stanford. One of these many
awesome-tastic features is the fact that we get an entire week off for
Thanksgiving. At Caltech, we only got Thursday and Friday off, and most
professors considered it a normal week of school when scheduling work
for the week. We decided to [...]
El Capitan! So big, so beautiful! I’ve been dreaming about
Yosemite for a many years. I can’t quite figure out when it
started but I quickly became infatuated with
this mythical climbing area. I had never been to
“The Valley” but read as many books about it as possible in
college. Perhaps the tales of John Long introduced me to [...]
One of the areas in the back yard of San Diego is Mount Woodson. This
area offers an interesting assortment of cracks of various sizes. Many
are short enough to boulder, but others warrant a top rope. Despite
taking good gear I think most of the routes are rarely led. Since
we can get out [...]
After spending most of last fall projecting Equinox in J-Tree Lizzy and
I have not been back in a while and have mainly climbed in other
places. However when a bunch of climbers are going to party in the
desert it is hard to say no. Back in October was the 4th annual
Intersection Rock BBQ. [...]
I first became interested in South by Southwest (5.11a, 5 pitches) on
Lower Cathedral Spire when a dude from Colorado mentioned it when we
were chatting at the Penny Lane crag in Squamish. He mentioned something
about it being easy for the grade in the Valley (hey, if I’m
trying to break into a grade, [...]
