Well, I imagine that most of you have never even heard of this drivel. Partially due to the fact that this particular blog only ran for roughly two months. Slated to run for much longer this effort was truncated due to complications beyond my control. This project slammed to a halt in February of 2010 due to my being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes while climbing in Hueco Tanks, TX. As a result of this misadventure I found myself living in Eastern, NC with my mother. To add insult to injury the next ten weeks were spent working in a chemical packaging plant. Spare you the details, right? Anyways, long story short, the mountains are now my home again, most likely forever. The desire to continue the blog never struck me until Erich Purpur relocated to Reno, NV leaving quite the gaping void in Western NC climbing propaganda. So, here we are again for better or worse. The idea is to fill said void and give some idea of what is going on in our local climbing community.
Let's get down to business, shall we? In 2011 Erich realized that we were both nearing a milestone in our personal climbing. What was that, you may wonder? 5.13? V10? Laughable I say. What Erich and I were questing for was the holy grail of mediocrity... 100 V5 boulder problems. Long story short, Erich narrowly defeated me while living in the bastion of soft V5's, Chattanooga, TN. (see www.erichpurpur.blogspot.com for more details) Now that Erich and I are both approaching the 200 mark we have re-ignited the competition on the road to this next milestone.
Today marked number 177 for myself meaning that Mr. Purpur is now trailing by one. I'm coming for you purp....
