rock climbing! workin out, weight training, exercising, any type of fitness, the outdoors, the environment, being aware of and trying to prevent global warming, backpacking, hiking, camping, meteorology, storm chasing, tornadoes, astronomy, sunsets, sunrises, philosophy, geneticism
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Chris Sharma ALL ABOUT CLIMBING - THE SURVEY
Basics
Name:: Megan
Age:: 23
Location:: midwest
Type(s) of climbing you do:: sport and bouldering
Years you've been climbing:: 4
How often you climb:: about 1 or 2 times a week in the gym, and about every other weekend at RRG
Climbing Areas
Home crag(s):: Red River Gorge
Favorite crag(s):: Moab area and RRG
Areas been to:: RRG, Jackson Falls, Rock Town, Joe's Valley, Big Bend, Moab
Where you'd love to go climbing:: everwhere else...US: J-Tree,
Red Rocks,
Bishop,
HP-40
other countries: Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand to name a few
Home gym:: Climb Time Indy
Ever builder?:: only one place so far, and that was the front of my bowling alley
Routes/Problems
Rating you climb at (V_, 5._):: easy 5.10's and 11's, not sure what I boulder now
Hardest onsight (V_, 5._):: 5.11a (almost)
Hardest send (V_, 5._):: 5.11b
Favorite route & where:: Owl Rock Spire in Arches National Park
Favorite problem & where:: Ghetto Life at Jackson Falls and this sweet crimpy problem at Big Bend
Got any projects?:: i think its called Picasso in the Orb area at Rocktown, and Soap on a Rope at Rocktown, and all the ones I didn't get to climb at Big Bend cuz we didn't have time
Gear
Shoes you wear:: 5.10 Moc's
Favorite gear companies:: Black Diamond, Mad Rock, Metolius, Petzl
Favorite climbing clothes companies:: prAna, Patagonia, The North Face, Mountain Hardwear, Moosejaw
Any sponsors?:: no
Competitions
Do you compete?:: yes
If so, what series? (ABS, USAC, etc.):: ABS
Been to Nationals?: nope
Favorite comps:: I really like the comps at Vertical eXcape in Evansville and at Rockquest in Cincintti
Favorite comp moment:: after the Will Climb For Jeremy comp and Jeremy was there and then Chris Sharma showed up...that was sweet..I bet Jeremy was excited! I know I was! :)
Extras
Interesting experiences:: climbing at the Gorge for the very first time at 2am on Creature Feature
Any bad climbing injuries:: just some tendonitis in my elbow
Goal(s) you would like to achieve:: to get over my lead head and start leading easy 10's and TR hard 11's
Perfect pre-climbing food:: doesn't matter
Favorite jams to climb to:: Blue October, Fall Out Boy, OkGo, and the music to the Dosage videos :)
Do you train at all?:: yep
Favorite climbing movies:: Pilgramage, Dosage I, II, III, IV, First Ascent, The Australia Project
Anything else?:: I'm totally obsessed with climbing :-D
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Music:
Linkin Park No More Sorrow LyricsLinkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, Mindless Self Indulgence, Madina Lake, Buckcherry, Blue October, Oasis, Our Lady Peace, Lit, Reliant K, hoobastank, bowling for soup, 3 days grace, Evenescence, breaking benjamin, good charlotte, Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani, kanye west, simple plan, Green Day, OKGO, Justin Timberlake, Akon, Sean Paul, Fall Out Boy, Adema, T Pain, Sean Kingston
Movies:
An Inconvenient Truth - http://www.climatecrisis.net
http://gristmill.grist.org/skeptics
Television:
HEROES
Amazing Race
starting not to watch tv as much
You Should Try Base Jumping
One of the most dangerous extreme sports
Illegal, potentially legal - but totally worth the risk
What Extreme Sport Should You Try?
You Are Grass Green
Down to earth and a bit of a hippie, you are very into nature and the outdoors.
You accept the world and people as they are. You don't try to change things.
You are also very comfortable with yourself, flaws and all.
Optimistic about the future, you feel like life is always getting better.
What Color Green Are You?
You Belong in New Zealand
Good on ya, mate
You're the best looking one of the bunch
Though you're often forgotten...
You're quite proud of who you are
What English Speaking Country Are You?
Books:
Between a Rock and a Hard Place, The Rock Warrior's Way, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior
CURRENT MOON moon phases
Heroes:
Brain Lateralization Test Results
Right Brain (40.4%) The right hemisphere is the visual, figurative, artistic, and intuitive side of the brain.
Left Brain (59.6%) The left hemisphere is the logical, articulate, assertive, and practical side of the brain
Are You Right or Left Brained?(word pair test)
personality tests by similarminds.com
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