We set a tough little problem for the kiddos on the roof this summer and to our delight, they did really well on it!
Will gives it the ‘ol college try
Our little climbing prodigy!
Category Archives: Climbing
Our favorite pastime
Destination: Flagstaff!
Hey all! It’s been a while since I posted and I have a lot to catch you up on. I wanted to wait to post these pictures in the hopes that I would have some actual completed projects to show you but unfortunately our problem just would not die. It’s a V8 called Carnivore and it is SO fun but SO hard. You are totally gassed by the end and it’s takes a lot of strength and endurance to finish it. Plus the top out is hard as all get out. We took a total of 3 trips up here to work on it and got to the same place every single time! Aaaaarrrgggghhh! So frustrating. But we’re hoping that some more training over the summer will help us tick this off in early Fall. We’ll keep you posted. The weather was beautiful and our good friends came up with us 2 out of the 3 times so we had great company. =) Hope all is well with everyone!
A little vid of our progress so far:
Some Night Time Climbing Action!
Hey all! We thought after all the pictures of our awesome woody, we should show you how we climb on it too. We whipped out the camera the other night and got some video of everyone climbing around. =) Enjoy!
The turkeys showing off their monkey skills:
Now it’s Daddy’s turn:
And finally Mama’s turn:
Our new bouldering gym… =)
Hi people! Well, we survived!!..barely. =) The past week was hell on Earth but we finally finished our massive monstrosity of a bouldering wall. We made the last push for it’s completion on Friday working from 7 in the morning until 10:30 at night. It was freezing cold, windy and downright miserable and I was ready to kill myself…buuuuuut I’m glad I stuck around to see it to the end. Haha! Our potluck and setting party on Saturday was a resounding success and we got some super good problems put up. We’re both completely exhausted but are planning a session on it tonight with some friends from out of town. There’s not much else to say other than I’m so glad it’s finally finished and we can now enjoy hours of fun whenever we want. This wall has been a long time coming…and hopefully we get years and years of enjoyment out of it. Yay!
The ridiculous process of putting the roof sheets up!!
Our arms and shoulders were about to die by this point!!
Time to PARTY!!!!
New Year, New Woody!
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all rang it in right and are ready to start fulfilling your resolutions! Our first day of 2015 started off with a huge undertaking…the birth of our new climbing wall. I wasn’t sure it was going to happen as we drove home last night from Mario and Maria’s house watching snow fall all around us. We have been trying to beat the weather ever since we got home from vacation at mom’s house and it looked like we would probably be losing this battle. I had enlisted the help of some of our good climbing friends to come over this morning and help us, but wasn’t sure anyone was actually going to show up…especially when half an inch of snow was covering the ground and the temperature was 32 degrees. I had promised them a delectable breakfast but wondered if even that would tempt them. Climbers, after all, can be pretty flaky. However, to my delight and surprise, every single one came and helped out…on a holiday, no less! I am so grateful for such awesomely good friends. =)
Unlike most of our projects, the assembly of this massive beast went off WITHOUT a hitch. I wasn’t sure what I expected to see putting the trusses up, but when we finally had them all erected, I was in utter shock at how massive and beautiful our woody was. Tommy has such a beautiful brain (haha!) and the vision of what he wanted is exactly what is standing outside in our yard right now. I am so excited to get everything together and start climbing on it!! Our plan is to start putting holds on next Saturday…we’ll have a setting party and get everyone over here to help out. So stay tuned…those should be really fun pictures. =)
Hope everyone is well and had an awesome New Year! Love you all – enjoy! And Thank you Grandpa for coming and watching the boys today! This couldn’t have happened without you!! xoxox
