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I haven’t updated my blog in a little while mostly because I’ve been too busy enjoying real life (take that you web-addicts) and by real life I mean rock climbing. Wanna call me an addict, whatever, get in line.
So recently a good friend of mine was telling me about a book that deals with a very different aspect of rock climbing (Most books usually deal with training and technique). The book is called The Rock Warrior’s Way by Arno Ilgner, and its focus is mental training.The obvious reaction to the title is probably: well yeah, it’s pretty damn scary to be up that high. Maybe that is the problem some people have but the book deals with so much more. I have never been the kind of person who freaks out or loses their composure, but there was an entire universe of things I was missing that the book pretty much highlighted for me with a big fat marker. I’m not going to go into detail because chances are you won’t understand it or care about it either way.
Arno was in St. Louis last night and after doing a slideshow presentation at our gym him, some climbers who came down from Kansas City, my friend Callie (who knows Arno and actually suggested to him to come to St. louis) and I went to dinner. Being the youngest climber among them it was pretty awesome to hear the stories and learn from their comparably infinite ammount of experience.
Happy 4th everyone …
