Getting in the first day of the season
So the summer snow hunt continues with the claim for the first riding day of the season on September 8th. Russel and I headed out to Mt. Hector to see if we could find any…
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My 14/15 Couloir Hit List
At the beginning of this last season I figured I needed a list of my ‘top’ couloirs in the area around YYC. A bunch of them I had ridden before, some were nothing more than…
Chephren Couloir: Jumping into a line
This was a rather amusing day. Check out the story over here if you want to see photos. Again, for those who want text and no photos… ““I know this is going to sound crazy”,…
Authenticity
Full Ascension edition, published 2019-02-17. The earlier recovered version is preserved below.Failure is a part of training.Failure is a part of training. Not flailing attempts at mediocrity, but legitimate work that pushes a person to…
Smuts
I yell for him to keep going past me to the boulder lower down the slope. He shakes his head, as if surprised at hearing my voice, a quick glance towards me, and a strange…
Lassitude
For the record, I am not an adrenaline junky. That is often what people seem to assume this is about. If it was that easy, well then it would be an easy fix. For the…
Fixing the Muscle-Up: Wrist Strength and Stronger Triceps
Full Ascension edition, published 2015-04-07. The earlier recovered version is preserved below.A muscle-up is a transition.Somehow a muscle-up went from being the way a gymnast got on top of the rings, to becoming an exercise…
Caldron Peak Couloir
So this past season I have been gunning to get in 200 days which has meant a lot fewer posts up here on Irrational Fitness. This of course means that cool things haven’t been happening.…
The Edge of Existence
Disclaimer: I don’t want a debate on safety. If you don’t like reading about people pushing their limits, or if you want to have an argument about doing things that are safe, that is fine;…
Sleep, Recovery, and Exceptional Performance
So our science around the miserable things that happen to our bodies without enough sleep is pretty good. I will proceed as I often do by not actually providing any real references to the material…