climbergirl 's blog

Birth Date: Sun, May 16 1965

Place of residence:
southwest southwest, United States (map)

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Tools Program Stats:
Member Since: 10/09/07
Last Login: 11/15/11
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Program Progress: Day 52

climbergirl's Challenges:

climbergirl's Participating:

PFR Challenge

The Boost Challenge

Stillness Speaks

Personal Interests:

Music:

pearl jam

Books:

guns germs and steel.

Favorite Places:

anywhere there's limestone to climb, jerusalem, spain

I Want To See:

tea estates of japan and china

Hobbies:

tea

Activities:

knitting

Sports:

rock climbing

Movies:

TV:

lost!

Heroes:

successful people who use their visibility to change the world.

I Want To Meet:

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Tools Goal List:

Areas In My Life I Want To Work On

I Suffer From

- Anxiety
- Depression

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climbergirl's Life List:

build a dry stone wall

redpoint 5.13a

visit a tea estate in asia and learn to cure teas

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the mind game

i've started to use one of the brain retraining techniques while out climbing. mostly, it goes like this: during the hike in, there's a sketch part that would be less frightening if i had a rope tied to me, but that's just not going to happen. after all, this is just the approach to the climbing area. rather than get all wrapped up in hating the dicey part and freaking out about it, i say out loud "i love this part of the approach!". and i try to mean it. and the fear goes away. and the girl coming down after me repeats this phrase. it's pretty cool.

i'm going to try using it while actually on climbs this weekend. no funky approach.