Masochism and Ice baths

On the spur of the moment decided to go for a 10k run on the high peak trail on the rain. Then took an ice bath to reduce muscle soreness. Whole thing was good for me but epically painful. Couldnt be Andy Murray. now looking down the barrel if a day at Alton towers. Hopefully followed by looking into kahnemann's new book - thinking fast and slow.

Valkyrie HVS 5a summit.

Cat about to do the abseil. Froggatt edge, Derbyshire. WARNING the first pitch is really polished now. Joe brown at his best.

Old man of Stoer

Project:

Organise transport to Lochinver;

Ask if cousin Rich could fly us?

Usual epic drive to scotland?

Cheap flight (a lot of climbing gear??)

Then elect a swimmer to set up the tyrolean, then share out the pitches...

Cat on the turtle head at Rocher Potets

Very odd prob at RP. On the orange circuit (no. 10?). This is the elegant way of doing it.

Font 2012

Easter = Fontainbleau and ever more shall be so.

On 'L'y' no.2 on the black circuit at l'elephant.

High Tor (Derbyshire)

120 ft of beautiful unbolted limestone on the best weekend day of the year so far and not a soul on it. Weird how fashions change.

Chris coiling, John warning James that the woman behind him is trying to clip into the heel sling of his climbing shoes

James on christmas curry top pitch.

Tom (from Aber Uni) lunging

Top pitch of poor mans peutery.

Showing Aber Uni the table game

John stunning the students with the splits method of the box game

Christmas curry

ohhh okay. Must remember not to do this.

New addition to family

Since Big 'O' broke my mandolin I have been 8 string-less.
Big fingers required a bigger fretboard-
MANDOLO !

the simplest explanation for the dangers of materialism that I have ever seen.

Sockification

I know that this is a sock balling device but I:
a) Love the twee 'Wall-E' way it pulls its arms back after each movement sequence.
b) Think that it will be bought up instantly by the Japanese sex toy industry.

Theo Jansen - Animaris Rhinoceros

This weighs 2 tons and is powered by wind alone. and moves hypnotically. and is creepy.

Ideomotor apraxia

Fascinating MSc lecture today on Ideomotor apraxia. Key feature is inability to mime an action. Inconclusive as to why this happens. Patients can commonly use a knife, for example, but can't mime using a knife without a knife in hand. I think that it might be a sensory recognition memory cue effect. We pick up and heft things to feel how to use them (like archaeologists do when they reconstruct tools from bits from a dig site and then play around with them to see how they fit in the hand and what they could have done).

I think that the brain does have a cloud of interconnections that are interacting like a 3D matrix and it is so complex that we are not able to map it simply yet. It may not be just memory or just postural memory or just automatic engrams of motor coordination. It is probably a great deal more complex.

CLIMBING TRAINING:from Cavezzo a tribute to Wolfgang Güllich

I wince every time he goes for a rung. I Don't know how to get there without getting injured

Mark Grist on Girls who read

Couldn't agree more.

As a test go to Jinsy:

This is Jinsy

David Tennant

if you hate this (and marmite) best not favorite this Blog.

Daily Greet.

...and Tremadog trip in March. Turns out we are staying in traditional climbing barn. (Eric's of Tremadog). Eric of course is one of those people that is a world class hero and a really human being and cafe owner.

To be fair the attractions also include a barn that is so close to the crag that if you muff the crux on a route you could crash through the roof on the sleeping bodies of the late risers and a cafe opposite that sports a menu with a choice of "Climbers breakfast A, B or if you can manage it, C
...and the man who was the first Brit to SOLO THE NORTH FACE OF THE EIGER who will ask you how you want your breakfast. Go on, just try and do a measly VS climb after that.

Need to get fit enough to at least on sight some E1's. Love to do Neb Direct (look at the right hand side of the background).


Void

Eric's

Time to train: Msc In Neuro. Fontainebleau. Entertainingly brilliant sons -5 & 7. Balance.

Targets:
Msc in Neuropsychology:

2 modules done, four to do, one distinction, one exam result pending.

Fontainebleau bouldering in France:

Did Bossu 6b and Blue circuits last year and near miss 7a. Need to get solid on red circuits.

Entertainingly different and brilliant sons:
"Build self esteem first and the house later" - Diane Loomans. Praxia skills and self esteem 2012.

Also be a lover, earner, diagnostician, therapist, son, brother, brevans absinthe fiend and accepted failure.