@ShawnCheatham » climbing http://shawncheatham.com/blog "It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:29:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Monkey’s @ Mission Cliffs http://shawncheatham.com/blog/health-fitness/monkeys-mission-cliffs/ http://shawncheatham.com/blog/health-fitness/monkeys-mission-cliffs/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:32:09 +0000 Shawn http://shawncheatham.com/blog/?p=491 Mission Cliffs climbing gym is one of the many reason’s I love San Francisco. I’ve dabbled with climbing since high-school but until recently the logistics of climbing just weren’t in my favor. Oddly enough, Beijing had a decent outdoor climbing wall at Ritan Gong Yun (Park) and a growing expat climbing community. I climbed there for a summer before moving to Shanghai which was sufficient time to plant the seed firmly in my head that it’s a very gratifying sport. The preparation, strategy, technique, hurdles and triumphs…for me it’s as mentally challenging as it is physical…save for surfing, I think it’s unlike any other sport I’ve tried.

Rina took the “Climber of the day award” when she ascended her first 5.10a, a feat was quite impressive!

Here’s a quick video of our day at Mission Cliffs…enjoy!

Monkey’s @ Mission Cliffs from Shawn Cheatham on Vimeo.


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