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Weird stuff at open gym!
Awesome Lache
This is going to be awesome in a route, Brian came up with it out of nowhere!
Under-che
This was weird to figure out! It's not really a lache to start - more of a strange brachiation. I think I can get both hands to switch though, just a weird direction to get power in.
In other news, magnetic gorillapod + suction cup, iPhone 4, iMovie and the updated PicPosterous rocks :) Download the full to check
Vaulty Step Step
Trying out ReelDirector this time on the iPhone 4 - slower than iMovie but a lot more control, wish I could get slow-motion though. Saved and uploaded through the phone via PicPosterous, should be close to HD quality. Gets compressed twice though which kills the motion, Apple needs to hurry up and allow better saving and exporting for photos and video!
Grr Rah Ug - Tricky cat to cat in the early days of the gym
Before the lab wall was resurfaced and the wall railing and extra ledge were added in I got the idea to try this horrendous cat to cat. It's a wider than 90 degree angle to a small 2x4 ledge and was the first really annoying challenge that took more than one day to get. Like most video I have it's been waiting around to be edited for awhile - enjoy.
Sound on :)
Back to training
A mix of injuries and an overload of computer work recently threw my training way out of whack. Still trying to stretch as much as I can while now working on gymnastics presses and simple jumps to get back into things.
First high-line practice
With the rope in the gym, about 9' up. Was working on different bailing scenarios, didn't realize how hard it actually is to grab the line when failing - it moves away! No pads beneath so just working on fear, balance, and catching the line. No steps yet.
Large one step and kong step cat
Video edit by Colin Macdonald
The big jump in this video was about 12' 6" but the hard part for me was getting the steps right for the running one at the end. I didn't realize that I needed to approach fairly slowly so that I would actually have time to take two steps and redirect the momentum.
Felt really good once I figured it out though.
Three rather scary jumps
The setup:
The jumps:
Each jump had a different scary element. The first goes diagonally to a railing 6'+ above the ground, the second you have to stay really low to not hit the I-beam, and the third was 12.5 of my feet long with about a 3' drop - big jump. Took awhile to build the courage for each but turned out to be not that bad. Will have to retry the jump at UW to see if my standing jump with a drop has really improved that much.
The next is from the lounge back down to the railing...which I am not looking forward to :( Still really wary of down railing precisions.
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