Last year around this time, I produced a video called, “Winter Waltz” (Found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlOvcmdPIX8&t=218s). Again, I find myself in a cold winter in the Northeast but now after 8 months of traveling around the country truly experiencing its climbing, “Winter Blues” seems far more appropriate. The contrast from where I was and how I was feeling 2 months ago seems pretty extreme.
Of course, the positive side of fighting cabin fever is I tend to dream up big, ambitious ideas and goals for the next year. Last winter, as bad as it was, produced last year, which I’m not sure how I’ll ever top. Now, Gunkclimber and myself are planning & training for a push on The Nose in May. Putting winter aside, the necessary infrastructure to train for a big wall doesn’t really exist in PA. So we have to get creative.
I’m not really able to post much of this on my Youtube channel (there are legit reasons, believe me when I say I would like to) but I will be posting this stuff on my Patreon. If you’re interested in seeing us learn aiding, jugging, assembling portaledges and the such, please subscribe to the Patreon (link available on the bottom of the page or on the Home Page).