IAN HOLMES

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(p)Rehab: Shoulder Rehab 101

This post came out of the Irrational Fitness archives, having first been published on May 10, 2010.  It and a number of other posts seemed worth salvaging from the archives, so here it is. Shoulder…

August 15th, 2018

It is an irony that impermanence makes us enjoy a simple thing all the more. I doubt that one could possibly find a way to stay in that cusp of uncertainty for a prolonged time,…

Loss

Loss I keep losing people to the mountains. This morning I skimmed a list of high profile climbers that we as a tribe lost in 2017. I had had the opportunity to meet about a…

Eternity

Eternity There is perhaps some irony, that prior to my long hiatus from posting anything, the last thing I posted about was this very line. If you want to give a read to my last…

Climbing Training

This post came out of the Irrational Fitness archives, having first been published on April 28th, 2012.  I updated it and modified it a little, but on the whole I believe the statements still hold…

Chasing Eternity

Two years ago I went out to try and ride a line I had been looking at for a few seasons.  In the end, I ‘failed’ at getting my objective, but instead ended up riding…

#puckerfactor

(As always, click on the image, sit with it for a while.  It has a lot more value if you do that.)   I am a firm believer in the rather idiomatic expression that you…

Telling a better story.

I want to tell you a better story.  More than just a single photo which is looked at then quickly forgotten.  This is the problem today, we are deluged with noise.  Images aren’t given the…

Reflections: Living with consequence

Yesterday was the first one of the back country days this season where I spent a lot of time in the no fall zone. I ended my riding last season with the 3/4 couloir, and…

Reflections: The Abyss

So a quick side note: this wasn’t written with any intended audience. However, some experiences fill me with an urge to write. This is the result. Some of my friends have offered me a mix…