layton

Ivan and I helped usher in his new year of life at the crags today. Happy times!

Thanks, I love you're website!

I think they are a huge step foreward, but they still have a narrow toebox and a toe spring. The good thing is you can bend out the toe spring and stretch out the toebox. That's what I was going to buy for my next running shoe.

Pullman for nice weather and better job Portland for keeping your girlfriend cuz she ain't joining you bud.

I gotta get me a pair!

Did you do anything 8-10 months ago? Climbing, or a fall or anything? Is it red or swollen? Joint pain anywhere else. Tired? Sick? Some ideas: de Quervain's tendinosis or thumb extensor sprain, capsulitis, degenerative or inflammatory arthritis, game keepers thumb, scaphoid fracture. I'd get an x-ray to rule out the latter ideas...they're fairly cheap and easy to take.

Nuts & Gum make a particularly terrible trail mix.

oh, and a lot of time the medial part of your quads (the VMO) is weak and causes a patellar tracking dysfunction leading to ITB. One good exercise is to squeeze a medicine ball (basketball or smaller size) between your knees and do squats leaning against the wall. Hold an isometric contraction at 90degrees for a while on each rep. Taping your patella medially can also help. Lots of stuff you may not have tried.

I'm shocked that a climber would consider this 1.) new information and 2.)not enjoy it

Yes and no....if you saw someone who could find the weak link, it wouldn't matter what their title was. As far as having your knee or foot adjusted, hell it's worth a try, but no promises. An adjustment to the fibular head can really help some people...like a person I treated today for ITB. Have you tied "Graston" technique (a glorified x-fiber or gua sha therapy) If you get the injections, just try to limit the amount. One time only. If you're fed up, you're fed up and it's about 50/50 if it's gonna work or not...and if it doesn't you need to be careful about tissue damage for a while.

the ankle bracelets detract from how stupid the shoes look at least!

Expect for it to recur w/the injections. Listen to downfall's advice. You need to change something...

did you have a seizure?

borrowed from surfing like so many other terms

I think I rapped it from the top of P.3 w/a 60 in 2 raps via the way up.

A medial forefoot wedge is nothing new! But they work. Still, the fundamental issue is the shoes. A flexible shoe with a toebox being the widespart of the shoe (hard to find), no heel elevation (even harder to find), and toes that don't point upwards will do much more than any orthotic. Then you can add a medial forefoot wedge, metatarsal pad, hindfoot wedge, and a heel lift(if there is a leg length discrepancy). If anyone knows of a super low-profile orthotic that can be customized with these features and doesn't require plaster casting....let me know.

lemme get my snake and tamborine

I should be there in 3 weeks!

i think you should complain about it on the internet

Yeah dude, you crashed or suffered high altitude sickness at a low altitude and got cold d/t lack of energy to burn. When you put your jacket on, I suspect you ate something.

Nice job Blake, you deserved to win your categories...the rest, not so much. Dissapointing photos this year. I can't believe #6 didn't win the skiing/boarding category!!! Wish more folks entered. And 70 votes per, WTF?

dude, you're fat

Researches and students at WWU in Bellingham designed a car that runs cleanly and smoothly off manure from cows. Talk about a way to solve two problems at once. The reseachers said it would never fly, but they just wanted to show that if they could design a car to run off of cow shit, there's more than just oil!!!

there are support socks for the legs/calfs, so maybe there's something for your arm? There are muscle stim units that can be sent to pump mode, as well as ultrasound...but I don't see what the point would be if it happened post climbing, you're not gonna drag around a bunch of equipment like that to the crag!

3 weeks actually! Come on in, I really would like to help my fellow comrades with their injuries! This is for you, not me. -Mike