I'd Rather Be Climbing

Undergraduate at the University of Maine studying environment science and ecology, climbing anything and everything I can. Keep up up with my shenanigans elsewhere: Instagram: marvelous__misadventures

[justclimbit]

Hi my husband has this pectus excavatum, and its bothering him since he's having chest pain. Do you have any suggestion which hospital here in Maine are the best in this kind of situation?

Hi, I haven’t used this account in years, but I saw this come into my email and felt like I needed to answer. I’m sorry to hear that your husband is going through this. Honestly, my experience in Maine with PE was very poor. My surgery ended up failing, and I still live with chronic chest pain. Most places in Maine don’t have the expertise to help with PE. I had my surgery in Portland, and after multiple complications, the surgery failed, and the surgeon stop returning phone calls. I would be happy to talk with you and your husband about my experience and what the whole process of getting PE treatment looks like (It gets complicated with insurance!) I don’t really want to post my contact info, but if you shoot me a message that I can respond to privately, I’d be happy to give you my email. I know having an informal talk with someone else who had been through the process really helped me to feel like I knew what was going on.

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[mojagear]

firmly against any dynamic movement. 

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Night time bouldering session at the Steal Bridge Boulder Field in the Gunks

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Our Red River trip took a serious hit due to injuries, now it’s just me and one other friend driving down in my car. So, instead of killing ourselves to drive almost 18 hours in one day, we’re breaking the trip up into 2 parts. I’m picking him up in Mass, and then we’ll be staying at the Gunks for an undetermined amount of time (2ish days, idk, we’ll play it by weather), checking out the area and doing some bouldering. Then we’re heading down to the Red in another 10 hour stretch. Wish us luck!

[justclimbit]

Local Info?

Ss it looks like we will be taking on the 27 hour car ride from Maine to Kentucky the evening of the 4th, and staying at Red River until the 13th or later. Organization and planning are a bit of a mess, but what we are really going to be lacking in is any form of local knowledge. If anyone has any tips to through out, or even good guide book recommendations it would be much appreciated!

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Red River Gorge

There's been mutterings about doing a climbing trip over spring break between me and my friends for months now, but it's actually in the works now. In about 2 weeks 4 or 5 of us will be driving from Maine to Kentucky for a week or two (yes, these are very definitive numbers, I know) to visit the red. More details to follow!

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How Our Hormones Can Help Us Send

Ever notice that your strength, endurance, and power are effected by your hormones? Here's a simple guide to help you optimize your cycle for your climbing.

[tickthatpitch-blog]

After almost a year of nonstop hard work day in and day out we are almost there. We are gunna bring the climbing community the app it deserves. We are tired of seeing huge corporate companies launching apps that are half ass for climbers.

We are complete DIY. We are self funded. We are climbers. We are doing this.

-Tick That Pitch Knowledge is Power

www.tickthatpitch.com

[justclimbit]

Neat 

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In case your wondering what having 20 Credits, 2 jobs, and trying keep up with training on a schedule looks like.. This was a sample of my week this week.. 

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Tips for dealing with tendonitis?

My elbows aren't responding well to 2-5 hours of climbing and/or lifting a day, but there has to be something to do besides just not climb.

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Eating Right Can Save the World

The endless cascade of nutritional information—about localism, vegetarianism, veganism, organic food, the environmental impact of eating meat, poultry, or fish, and more—makes the simple goal of a healthy, sustainable diet seem hopelessly complex. We talked to scientists, chefs, and farmers to get the ultimate rundown on how you should fuel up.

Climate change is a growing concern today and many people look to the government and corporations to implement change. What most people don't realize is that our agricultural system is a key contributor, and with a change in demand comes a change in the agricultural practices. This shift is already starting with the "locavore" movement, and changing organic practices.

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Loving the natural light and hard wood floors in my new apartment

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So I see you go to umaine, I got accepted there for dietetics. I was just wondering what's the social atmosphere like there? Is it clique? I'm looking into joining a sorority to make friends you think that's a good way at this school? I'm not from Maine so I only know what the website tells me and I'm sure it doesn't have that kinda info on it. I'm sorry for all the questions and would greatly appreciate any advice/knowledge you have . Have a good day!

I have a friend (actually my future roommate) in that major, and she really likes the program. In my experience it isn't super clique but I also run in a very different social group than most of the school. Umaine is a big party school, I have one friend that thinks the parties are “part of the Umaine experience” (and also that I am lacking in that experience ahahah). Fraternities are pretty big as a result, there are a lot of houses, as well as a variety. As for sororities, there is some ordinance that prevents Umaine from having sorority houses. So sororities have rooms (often in dorm basements and shit like that) where they are allowed to meet, but it is very much a different vibe. Beyond the lack of sorority houses and the affiliation they have with certain frats, I know very little about sororities at Umaine, just because I never had any interest in them. 

I personally really just hang out with people that I know through climbing and through my major (with a few exceptions), just because those are the people that I really have common interest with. I know that I have found a good social group for me because I kind of had the built in niche, but I also know a lot of people from my high school that have really struggled with finding people that they connect with a UMO, and many (most of my friends are guys) that have found a place for themselves have done it through joining a fraternity. 

[justclimbit]

There’s noting better than a gym session when you’re really feeling yourself. Like, you’ve got your sports bra on, and you're jamming out to a good play list, and just killing it and feeling awesome about yourself. You’re outfitting both yourself from the day before, and a bunch of the other guys around you and you just fell like a powerful motherfucker.

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That’s great Gimli. Not like I’m working on something. Keep napping the the draws, no big deal you fluffy little fuck.