76-pitch birthday challenge!

Here's a fun trip report that our guest Paul wrote up. Check it out!

76 Pitch Birthday Challenge!

Sick, I’m looking forward to reading about the rest of Paul’s adventures! One can only hope that they live long and healthily enough to have such a good goal to chase after!

Nice report and inspiring goal. A spur of the moment Pyramid peak jaunt in half a day at 75 is pretty darn good too! Cheering you on Paul.

Damn that is so cool!

At 76 years old, if I did 76 pitches in a year, I'd be pretty damn proud of myself.

I'm really looking forward to following this!

Good Luck!

Mark Hudon wrote:

At 76 years old, if I did 76 pitches in a year, I'd be pretty damn proud of myself.

It was fun to read and a fantastic accomplishment for someone who is basically coming back to climbing after a long layoff. It sounds like he's having a great time and that is what counts.

But Mark, I'd wager you will be doing far more than that in a year at 76 if you want to.  I'm about to turn 73 and haven't got out to climb as much as I typically do by this time of year.  But I checked my log and have done over 100 pitches so far this year outside and around 125 in the gym. I wouldn't be surprised if my similarly aged partners who live in J Tree and Bishop, where they can get outside more easily, have done double my outside count.

Don't diminish the importance of "wanting to".

I've said for years that the three things you need to be a great climber are Strength, Technique, and Desire.

You can get strength, you can learn technique, but desire only comes from within. You can't search the Internet to find a way to get it or learn it.

Desire is the most important of the three.

Here's the rest of Paul's journey on completing his 76 pitches for his birthday!

76 Pitch Birthday Challenge! part 2

So awesome to see it all come to fruition! 

So cool!

Congrats! 

Congrats Paul!

Fuck yeah! It occurred to me to do 40 for my 40th and I was whipped. I look forward to hearing from this!