What is everyone doing?

With all this free time to not be climbing, what have you all been up to? How are you staying fit? How are you staying psyched? Has the lack of climbing access made you more or less motivated to train? Any new hobbies? What have you been cooking? How are you entertaining yourself? Let me know, keep me entertained, and have a wonderful day.

Artem Vasilyev wrote:

I just danced at my cat for five minutes straight. 

Did they like it?

Hours of Online Chess

building a home climbing wall. holds arrive soon. anyone got a sick setup, post ya picks. freestanding, how do I keep this from swaying (slight), before I put the final screws and cut everything

On Conference calls 14 hours per day.  Taking very short walks between calls.  documenting my "work from home" experience with a new photo each day.  Weight lifting outdoors every other day.  hanging off the I Beam in my basement. eating way too much, prepping way too much food, watching too much TV.

Hung the hang board I got for Christmas two or maybe three years ago. Cooked so much lately. Tomorrow is Italian Wedding Soup with both meatless and meatballs. Fun with my son. Lots of uno, sorry and Yahtzee. Tiger King on Netflix. Made enemies on MP. You know, the usual.

gblauer Blauer wrote: On Conference calls 14 hours per day.  Taking very short walks between calls.  documenting my "work from home" experience with a new photo each day.  Weight lifting outdoors every other day.  hanging off the I Beam in my basement. eating way too much, prepping way too much food, watching too much TV.

I like the photo idea! I've been journaling each night before bed--I figure it will at least be interesting to read when this is all over.

To the OP, I've flirted with various hobbies/activities to fill my new spare time (reading, advanced yoga pose progressions, practicing systems on the ground, playing cards, training) but haven't made much progress on any of them yet. I'm trying to cultivate better habits/scheduling strategies...it's a work in progress, but I do think I'm making some incremental progress.

Etha Williams wrote:

I like the photo idea! I've been journaling each night before bed--I figure it will at least be interesting to read when this is all over.

To the OP, I've flirted with various hobbies/activities to fill my new spare time (reading, advanced yoga pose progressions, practicing systems on the ground, playing cards, training) but haven't made much progress on any of them yet. I'm trying to cultivate better habits/scheduling strategies...it's a work in progress, but I do think I'm making some incremental progress.

I've been journaling and writing too! History is in the making. 

I've been building anchors all throughout my house and have been spending a lot of quality time with my pets! Yoga is fun when your cat and dog do it with you 

Hangboarding lots, cleaning my man space to put a 8x8 climbing wall up. Treadmilling. Geting my reloading bench set up again after moving 3 years ago. Still working but staying home on the weekends. Self love. Lots of self love. Probably too much self love. 

Katherine Kinnison wrote:

Yoga is fun when your gotez do it with you 

FTFY ;-)

Trolling.
Running half-marathons around my 'hood while thinking about trolling.
Starting at the distant Sierras rising majestically over fields of the Central Valley, California's breadbasket, the grass emerald green with the full fervor of Spring... then going inside and trolling.
Baking cookies, bread.

Getting fat

Driving uber eats/dd
Hiking
Scoping new crags for possible development
Still climbing with my roommates
Baking treats and cooking nice meals

Suspension lift on my van was purchased, eventually I'll install it.
But otherwise in re watching the Marvel Universe in Chronological order. 

I have been dismantling old smoke detectors in the basement. By the time we are free to move about I should have enough Americium241 to build a small thermo nuclear device.

Allen Sanderson wrote: By the time we are free to move about I should have enough Americium241 to build a small thermo nuclear device.

Nice! You may need to

EvanHyatt wrote: building a home climbing wall.

Post/ share some pics! I'm thinking of doing the same... How has the process been so far? 

Enjoying nearly empty streets for bike riding and rollerblading.

Logan Hugmeyer wrote: Hangboarding lots, cleaning my man space to put a 8x8 climbing wall up. Treadmilling. Geting my reloading bench set up again after moving 3 years ago. Still working but staying home on the weekends. Self love. Lots of self love. Probably too much self love. 

Post some pics of the wall when it's done!

Staring at the Mountains in my new home on Whidbey Island in the PNW. Moved in NOV, and the weather is finally starting to turn... and now were stuck inside. Had a chance to get out to the local crag at Mt Erie a few times before the lockdown began. Got a chance/had to with zero other apparent options mentor a new climber on the basics, crushed his first lead climb before we hung up the rope for the forseeable future.

Cant wait till this is all over to check out Squamish and Index nearby. Its going to be quite painful, as the weather continues to get better daily. Until then, lots of indoor and outdoor bike rides. The MTB trails are still open and fantastic, although the number of times I think to myself 'wow I almost died there" probably means I should be dialing down the risk factor for obvious reasons. Trail running has been great too with less people out.

Otherwise, harassing my cats endlessly, we did some interior painting in trim work we never bothered to finish in NOV.

Had most the supplies still on hand, the one trip to Home Depot was scary, opted to go the moment it opened on a tuesday to try and limit # of people present.

Stay safe out there!

Hiking, mountain biking, climbing on the home woody.