Hopefully I won't tail off afterwards this time.
Morning Warm-up
• #15 - Plank for 25 seconds, then stand on each foot for 25 seconds
• #17 - Do 25 squats, 25 jumping jacks, 25 push-ups, 25 pull-ups, and 25 sit-ups IAH.
• #20 - Side plank 25 seconds on each side, ditto for tree pose
• #65 - Do 25 air squats in a minute
• #169 - Farmer carry 50 lbs. for 25 feet
Meat of the day was at the climbing gym
• #34 - Boulder all the problems of one color in the gym in one visit. (Ok to "cheat" on some, WEIHFY)
• Did all of the green problems that were within the realm of my ability (roughly 15). Including this delicate slab project that I had not made any progress on previously.
• #35 - Boulder 25 different problems IAD
• #101 - Hang from only your hands for a minute
• #148 - Purchase and consume food or drink you’ve never had before
• Banana soda from a Honduran restaurant on the way home. Exactly what you’d expect.
Got home and did another 7 in the basement
• #16 - Bear crawl 25 feet forward, backward, left, and right
• #67 - Complete 10 Box Jumps at 10% your height or more, in one minute or less.
• #68 - Five reps of four different push-ups in a minute
• #104 - Sit still for two minutes and 25 seconds. (breathing acceptable.)
• #107 - Hit a bullseye 5 times or more on our dartboard
• #109 - Crab crawl 25 feet forward, backward, left, and right
• #110 - Kick your feet above your waist 25 times
Moved to my office for the reading and writing challenges
• #7 - Write down 7 things you enjoy about 7 different people
• #69 - Look up what happened on your birthday in 1925
• On March 25, 1925, Flannery O’Connor was born. Scottish inventor John Baird also demonstrated a precursor to TV with the transmission of moving silhouette images.
• #74 - Read 250 words about a strange religion
• The Church of Euthanasia is a trip. Give it a peek.
• #75 - Write a personal mission statement in less than 250 characters.
- Keeping this to myself
• #166 - Read at least 250 words about a living person who is from a different place in the community than you.
• Stacey Abrams - born in Madison but doing the important work in Georgia
• #170 - Write a Haiku about doing something that does not conform to the mainstream ethos.
• Beyond the mountains
More mountains. Remember to
Stay in perspective
• #203 - Look up a country you have not been to and post 250 words or more about it, along with a picture from/of the country.
- My next big foreign trip I think will be to Greece in 2027 for my 40th birthday. I’m not that into visiting central Europe, but the Mediterranean appeals to me for their lifestyle and natural beauty. It doesn’t hurt that Kalymnos is a world class climbing destination, with rock features that I’ve never experienced before. On that sleepy island, the sea is visible from nearly any route you are on. It looks like paradise. Greece is also a reasonably affordable place to enjoy a vacation with luxury rentals at very fair prices. I hope I don’t fall in love and convince myself to move there like I nearly did with New Zealand. It sounds like there are additional great climbing spots like Meteora. To climb all day and then experience delicious food and wine all night sounds like an ideal vacation compared to much of the sleeping in the dirt that I do for the majority of my trips. Also the weather in March around my birthday lands in the low to mid-60s, a vast improvement to the 30s and 40s that we typically see in Wisconsin around that time. Historical sites are not usually a huge draw for me when visiting a place, but I do think it would be cool to see some of the ancient structures and locations around Greece that make it such a bastion of philosophy, literature, and mythology. I just discovered there are also over 2,000 sport climbing routes in Athens itself, which is quite remarkable for a national capital. This is going to be a great way to spend a milestone birthday.
Final two
#1 - breathed and thanked my gf for her efforts around the house
#53 - Have someone else pick an object. Pick up that object from the floor 5 different ways without using your hands.
An enjoyable, big day.