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[patrickjames 0]

I'm in the middle of attempting to revolutionize climbing for the younger generation. I'm going abroad next summer to make a bunch of first ascents and put up some climbing routes in some of the most beautiful locations our earth has to offer.I will be climbing rock thats never been climbed, soaring 80-1000ft straight up out of the ocean, mountain cliffs that are thousands of ft tall, and blowing up the rock climbing scene in locations it is overlooked to climb. In production, a documentary DVD showing these locations, travel and scenic shots, and yes of course the climbing and educational lessons inside the DVD about climbing. I'm in the midst of building the rack of gear I'll need to pull this off as well as providing all funding for the expedition, I have hired 2 people to operate cameras while being suspended in a custom built perch out away from the cliff; using Sony wide angle professional cameras. I am working hard; looking at maps reading them, writing up plans for travel, working to fund the expedition, and training. I'm making sure I abuse my body everyday pushing things to the max so when time comes I will be at the top of my game. The DVD will be out around Fall2008.I love to climb, a lot of people don't understand it. It's about going to the place, places you have never been before so remote and beautifully untouched by mans wrath. It's about life and knowing you are alive, gaining a better perspective and value for life and the world we live in. Climbing is also a form of endurance, seeing what the body is capable of and just how far you can push the limits. Having the discipline to push on through pain and realizing your body is not made of glass, that it is possible to take a 60-100ft fall and not even twist an ankle. We all gotta die someday so I choose to die doing what I love to do the most, and thats being in the mountains just climbing and mountaineering. I love nature and animals and just being away from society and civilization. I'm very motivated, energized, and ambitious. These are my dreams that I turn to reality. I'm being highly innovative about how I'm going to tackle cliffs that rise straight up out of the ocean and get a camera crew on the wall in a safe manor. How to cut costs on travel and living so that our venture can last as long as possible giving our team a great view of the world seeing over 10 different countries, peering down on mountain villages from 500-13,000ft in the air. We will experience other cultures teaching us the way of life for these people.First Ascents, to be the first to ever climb something is an attraction that fades off as climbers find and setup new lines. most of our DVD will consist of first ascents that I'm setting up. Rock thats never been climbed, some of the hardest crags in the world!With our dreams and ambitions we will shed light drawing eyes of climbers to these locations. Our lines and routes will start to crop up in magazines and guide books giving hope to the youth below my generation that it is possible you just have to think outside of the box. I spent a long time thinking how I was going to revolutionize climbing, however, the lifestyle has been revolutionized so much by the generation above me. So I had to think of what I could do to move this lifestyle in a positive direction, something that would stand out and again get the generation below me to see that you just have to be creative on how, where, and what you climb.Lifestyle, I say lifestyle because I don't believe in climbing as a sport. The fact that it has gone sport and is competitive now has ruined it for the handful of us that are in it for the lifestyle. resulting in higher prices on gear, not being able to stay in national parks for months at a time and for free. I don't let this get to me because what I'm about to do will change the way people look at this lifestyle.If anyone has any questions feel free to ask. This is my life, I'm going to live it no mater what anyone says or does it wont bring me down because as long as you just do what you truly love to do your happiness can't be broken.

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[OneMinute 0]

Patrick James, though i have never done any rock-climbing before in real-cliffs, mountain and hill ranges, i have tried it out in indoor-theme-parks or recreational clubs where they have such facilities made of rubber and plastic hammered to a strong concrete wall, where we can climb on different patches (difficulty ranges on the different patches). Though my experience was not that Genuine, i could feel that rock-climbing is very similiar to success.In such, you reach the peak, you begin to hear from everyone (*claps and cheers): "Well done!". This is when you feel you have succeeded. This applies very much to reality where you need alot of determination and hardwork, putting aside all of the impossibilities, you start to climb, even though how rough and hard the surfaces are!

[patrickjames 0]

It's a lot of fun to get on real rock, it's a little different than the gym but the gym is a great training ground. I have been working on tossing a hard campus move I did it 3 times in a row the other dayCampus Move: Dynamic movement using only your armsThe move I was performing was to start off holding a ledge with my finger tips then pop up and spin a backwards 180 while holding on with just the one hand, twist my other arm around and catch the ledge with my finger tips. It puts a lot of stress on the shoulder of the arm that keeps you up so you can catch the hold and is helping twist your body around. I have also been doing a lot of Dyno moves.Dyno Move: Dynamic movement using legs and hands; leaping for a holdI've done some different variations of this type of movement in some interesting positions and caught some interesting holds.I have been climbing a lot of trees too all summer I hiked 60MI every 10D while working 8HR during the hikes. huge training step towards all of this.The only thing I don't like about the gym is its top rope or sport climbing, its great for training and a workout but the real drug is trad and lead climbing.Trad climbing is where you climb and place gear into the wall but all your gear comes out, it is the purest form of climbing because it uses leave no trace ethics to the max. you can end up taking some intense falls in trad climbing.Lead climbing is similar to trad but there are bolts already in the rock that you clip into using quick draws. So one would climb up and clip into the bolt then clip the rope in. Now you are protected the distance you will fall is the height you are above the last piece of clipped protection x2 once you get to the top of a pitch of lead climbing you can use a preexisting anchor if one was ever established or make a temporary one and clip into the wall then run the rope double back down through your anchor and belay someone from above as they now sport or top rope climb. The most you fall in sport / top rope is usually no more than a foot if your belay partner is good. If the person who's with you is not climbing they are just belaying for you they can just ascend the rope after you've climbed the pitch using aiders and ascenders that clip to the rope.Then you have bouldering and free soloing, bouldering is considered to be around 20ft in height without gear just you and the rock. You use crash pads for protection when you take a fall, however, once you get into free soloing you are in a whole new world. This is climbing any size cliff that most climbers would be using gear on, and climb it without gear and alone. Just you and the rock again but the steaks are higher there is no crash pad that can save you now. there are some climbers famous for being good at free soloing but they are also dead now.The climbs I'm doing will be protected unless bouldering. I wont know what I'm not going to use gear on until I can see it and assess the situation.