New and experienced climbers over 50 #36

Buck Rogerswrote:

Embarrassed to say that when I went through the US Med School system in the late '90's we literally did not have ONE lecture on nutrition over the entire four years.

The subject was never mentioned.  I hope it is better now but I doubt it!

Great "Climbing" article there, M M.  Love that they stress the positivity of this thread.  Truly is a campfire here on the internet (Lori: Was that your quote in the article?")

Nick!  Your trip is looking amazing and getting me so psyched!  You'll have to share all of your favorites with me as I am heading there in June for 3 weekdays and praying for good weather!

The local climbing guide here at West Point who teaches the Cadets showed me a great bouldering wall last Friday on post that is just a crimpfest traverse.  Such a great workout! Going to head there again this afternoon as it is a ten minute walk from my house.  No excuses for me now!

Reminds me of the side of Macky Auditorium on the CU campus in Boulder. Not sure if you are still allowed to climb on Macky today.

M Sprague… that bread is a work of art!

One of the nice things about Barcelona (and perhaps Europe in general) is that folks still appreciate good food—although the fast food fashion is striving to make inroads and you’ll find KFC, Burger King, and MacDonalds in town. Most every barrio in Barcelona has a market with fresh fish, meats, fruits, vegetables, eggs, etc. all available. Ours is called Mercat del Ninot and is about 150 yards away. I’m always impressed at the difference in taste between the fruits and vegetables here and what’s available in the States. (In the US, I think appearance and transport take precedence over taste.) 

Bread is something we buy almost daily since it gets a bit stale and hard within 24 hours or so… which perhaps means it is more than likely real bread. There is a smaller banana from the Canary Islands that has a much fruitier taste than the  Central American bananas… I could go on.
one of our favorite places to eat is at one of the small informal restaurants within the Mercat del Ninot. They cook up their own fresh meats, chicken, etc that they sell there and it is really good stuff at a reasonable price. It’s always packed for lunch.

I have to confess, though, that I counteract all this good food with too many chocolate croissants, churros and chocolate, and xuxos (sort of a custard/creme filled croissant with sugar sprinkled on top). 

What’s happening with trade chicken?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg419qw9g15o

Seems like Trump could have one of his many minions simply call “accidentally” whereupon talks can begin?

BBC because, one side of the media is bent over so far they can touchTrumps balls with their noses, and the other can’t utter a single sentence without stating all of Trumps character flaws.   

Daniel Joderwrote:

Reminds me of the side of Macky Auditorium on the CU campus in Boulder. Not sure if you are still allowed to climb on Macky today.

M Sprague… that bread is a work of art!

One of the nice things about Barcelona (and perhaps Europe in general) is that folks still appreciate good food—although the fast food fashion is striving to make inroads and you’ll find KFC, Burger King, and MacDonalds in town. Most every barrio in Barcelona has a market with fresh fish, meats, fruits, vegetables, eggs, etc. all available. Ours is called Mercat del Ninot and is about 150 yards away. I’m always impressed at the difference in taste between the fruits and vegetables here and what’s available in the States. (In the US, I think appearance and transport take precedence over taste.) 

Bread is something we buy almost daily since it gets a bit stale and hard within 24 hours or so… which perhaps means it is more than likely real bread. There is a smaller banana from the Canary Islands that has a much fruitier taste than the  Central American bananas… I could go on.
one of our favorite places to eat is at one of the small informal restaurants within the Mercat del Ninot. They cook up their own fresh meats, chicken, etc that they sell there and it is really good stuff at a reasonable price. It’s always packed for lunch.

I have to confess, though, that I counteract all this good food with too many chocolate croissants, churros and chocolate, and xuxos (sort of a custard/creme filled croissant with sugar sprinkled on top). 

Ooooh!

Did you go to CU Boulder???

My 11th grade son is looking at that one and The Colorado School of Mines.

He loves living in Colorado and wants to go back for Uni!

Pretty intelligent kiddo looking at STEM careers, esp Comp Sci.

apogeewrote:

This is Bandit. Far and away the highest quality relationship I have in my life. Every…single…day, all day long, he brings joy and laughter to my life, like nothing else does.

And how old is Bandit? Perhaps six years?

Very happy and energetic looking friend.

Daniel Joderwrote:

Reminds me of the side of Macky Auditorium on the CU campus in Boulder. Not sure if you are still allowed to climb on Macky today.

M Sprague… that bread is a work of art!

One of the nice things about Barcelona (and perhaps Europe in general) is that folks still appreciate good food—although the fast food fashion is striving to make inroads and you’ll find KFC, Burger King, and MacDonalds in town. Most every barrio in Barcelona has a market with fresh fish, meats, fruits, vegetables, eggs, etc. all available. Ours is called Mercat del Ninot and is about 150 yards away. I’m always impressed at the difference in taste between the fruits and vegetables here and what’s available in the States. (In the US, I think appearance and transport take precedence over taste.) 

Bread is something we buy almost daily since it gets a bit stale and hard within 24 hours or so… which perhaps means it is more than likely real bread. There is a smaller banana from the Canary Islands that has a much fruitier taste than the  Central American bananas… I could go on.
one of our favorite places to eat is at one of the small informal restaurants within the Mercat del Ninot. They cook up their own fresh meats, chicken, etc that they sell there and it is really good stuff at a reasonable price. It’s always packed for lunch.

I have to confess, though, that I counteract all this good food with too many chocolate croissants, churros and chocolate, and xuxos (sort of a custard/creme filled croissant with sugar sprinkled on top). 

The utilization of man made rock ( or even brick) walls for training for climbing goes back, at least, to the earliest years of the 20th Century---far before the development of climbing specific manmade walls and gyms. I recall that in the late  1960s/early '70s, several groups of Boston-area climbers each had their own 'secret' training wall--hoping to gain an 'edge' over their 'rivals'---yeah, climbing is a non-competitive sport!!!!

As for food, I second Daniel's comments about the general quality and freshness of food in much of Europe. It is still common, especially in more rural areas, for folks to shop in several small local shops or booths in open air markets each with their own specialties---butcher, baker, veggies, etc. ---all very fresh and wonderful. I remember such shops around here when I was growing up, but they are rare in the US today.

Bandit is about six years old- he is a specialty breed of Rat Terrier called a Teddy Roosevelt Terrier, so named because of their stocky, muscle-y build. This is the fourth Rattie I've had- my previous pup, Max, was quite large for a Rattie, and some thought he might be a TRT, so when he passed, I looked into finding a TRT. There aren't many breeders of TRT's in the US...one that is best known is located in Holly Springs, Mississippi...so I made the drive out there from So Cal to get him. Worth every mile and hour of driving.

Alan Rubinwrote:

The utilization of man made rock ( or even brick) walls for training for climbing goes back, at least, to the earliest years of the 20th Century---far before the development of climbing specific manmade walls and gyms. I recall that in the late  1960s/early '70s, several groups of Boston-area climbers each had their own 'secret' training wall--hoping to gain an 'edge' over their 'rivals'---yeah, climbing is a non-competitive sport!!!!

ack - don't tell them about the Arches

Eric Engbergwrote:

ack - don't tell them about the Arches

For us, it was the Jamaica Plain RR wall---RIP!!!

Eric Engbergwrote:

ack - don't tell them about the Arches

With the immeasurable delights of Quincy Quarry on offer it's hard to imagine why anybody would get excited about a mere bridge!

Buck Rogerswrote:

Ooooh!

Did you go to CU Boulder???

My 11th grade son is looking at that one and The Colorado School of Mines.

He loves living in Colorado and wants to go back for Uni!

Pretty intelligent kiddo looking at STEM careers, esp Comp Sci.

My husband (Jim) and I are both Mines Alums and Jim is a professor there in Mech Eng. It’s a great school - happy to chat with your son if he has questions about it! 

Buck Rogerswrote:

Ooooh!

Did you go to CU Boulder???

My 11th grade son is looking at that one and The Colorado School of Mines.

He loves living in Colorado and wants to go back for Uni!

Pretty intelligent kiddo looking at STEM careers, esp Comp Sci.

I don’t know if I can help much. My one semester at CU was the fall of 1976. I eventually got my degree from NAU in Flagstaff. Loved my time in Flag. As to Boulder, our family has been in the area since the early 50s so I was always there, or in Cheyenne, visiting grandparents and then parents. We had a horse ranch out north of town that is now Open Space. Boulder is a weird and wonderful place. I loved it for its quick access to just about any outdoor sport (and climbing, obviously) and quirky food joints. I know nothing about any of the programs at CU, although I believe they have had some Nobel Prize winners in physics. 

ErikaNWwrote:

My husband (Jim) and I are both Mines Alums and Jim is a professor there in Mech Eng. It’s a great school - happy to chat with your son if he has questions about it! 

Wow!  What a small world and what a wonderful offer!!! I will reach out in the near future!  Thank you so much!!!

Buck Rogerswrote:

Ooooh!

Did you go to CU Boulder???

My 11th grade son is looking at that one and The Colorado School of Mines.

He loves living in Colorado and wants to go back for Uni!

Pretty intelligent kiddo looking at STEM careers, esp Comp Sci.

Buck - Sent you a DM. After a 31 year career as an engineer/developer for HP I have opinions on careers :)

Ericka - Ask your husband if he knows John Leland at the University of Nevada Reno. John runs the Mining Lab and supervisors the students who compete in the mining competitions.

Have to admit, cracks are pretty cool to me again. I’m enjoying the technique and feeling of getting perfect jams gliding up overhanging hand and thin hand cracks.

Finger cracks are still beyond my current skill level. Tried some old techniques, but I’m much heavier now. Fingers cracks will require lieback methods. Slightly overhanging are tough on my fingers and I can only get a few moves in before tiring out.

Will likely venture out to Yosemite sometime this summer.

Colden Darkwrote:

Low key disagree. When July rolls around and the red run happens on the Kenai and Kasilof rivers, my household can harvest 55 sockeye salmon. For free. Doesn’t get cheaper and healthier than that. If you have a garden, go berry picking, and get yourself a moose? Who needs Walmart for groceries? Kind of an Alaska thing, however…

I can harvest morrells in the forest that starts at the end of my street.  Spring hiking is huckleberry time.  Lots of fish is the rivers but I don't have the patience for that (or maybe it's skill/technique).  

ErikaNWwrote:

My husband (Jim) and I are both Mines Alums and Jim is a professor there in Mech Eng. It’s a great school - happy to chat with your son if he has questions about it! 

In 1960 I had a summer scholarship to CSM from the National Science Foundation to study physical chemistry and geology.  There were 50 of us, all 16 or 17, one from each state.  The Golden area was great and the geology classes were mostly outdoors.  Four of us found the back door into the courtesy lounge at Coors and had our fill of 3.2 beer.  

Idaho Bobwrote:

I can harvest morrells in the forest that starts at the end of my street.  Spring hiking is huckleberry time.  Lots of fish is the rivers but I don't have the patience for that (or maybe it's skill/technique).  

Nice. Dipnetting is the thing that allows “unskilled” Alaskans to harvest fish. If you’re willing to get wet and hold a net, you will get your protein for nothing and your chicks for free.

Colden Darkwrote:

Nice. Dipnetting is the thing that allows “unskilled” Alaskans to harvest fish. If you’re willing to get wet and hold a net, you will get your protein for nothing and your chicks for free.

My best friend used to live in Alaska and send me fish every year.  His wife and two kids didn’t eat salmon so he got plenty using the method above.  Now I have it shipped from there frozen at $ 15 a serving.  Not cheap, but worth it.

Daniel Joderwrote:

One of the nice things about Barcelona (and perhaps Europe in general) is that folks still appreciate good food—although the fast food fashion is striving to make inroads and you’ll find KFC, Burger King, and MacDonalds in town. Most every barrio in Barcelona has a market with fresh fish, meats, fruits, vegetables, eggs, etc. all available. Ours is called Mercat del Ninot and is about 150 yards away. I’m always impressed at the difference in taste between the fruits and vegetables here and what’s available in the States. (In the US, I think appearance and transport take precedence over taste.) 

We road cycle on Mallorca and stay in Pollenca an older traditional town.  NO fast food, but there is pizza.  AgroMart is a 500m walk with extremely fresh fruit and veggies.  The raspberrys last for 4-5 days after purchase vs 1-2 days in McCall.  This year a local friend arranged membership in Club Pollenca, a semi-private club dating from 1910,  with very reasonably priced salads and fish dishes.  Trying to resist getting the Aperol Spitz special at Euromart, a bottle each of aperol and prosecco for €18.  People living and visiting here from all over the world and everyone getting along and polite/friendly -----maybe they're all climbers.  

Raining cats and dogs here in the RRG....