The DaxMindMapper Reloaded

Workflow is one of the new core capabilities (along with WPF aka Avalon and WCF aka Indigo) being added in the .NET Framework 3.0 release later this year.

MSDN Cutting Edge: Discussion on ASP.NET workflow applications and the ability to expose a workflow as a Web service and invoke a Web service from a workflow

.. a very interesting idea on a way to improve yourself. Choosing, and sticking to, a Project

Damn and blast if I cant get my weight down any quicker .. I’m still over 13 st and it dont look like it’ll be dropping below that before my climbing trip to Spain in October.

I’m not going to get too hung up on it (’cos this year I’m more interested in getting fit for climbing than reaching any kind of arbituary weight) but its bugging me becuase my body fat percentage is still too high.

Having a go at using http://www.fitday.com to monitor what I’m eating and, hopefully to try and understand whats going on with my body as I train for climbing.

Overhanging Rock

Problem:
Your upside down and you’ve just made a long reach, with your hand, for a hold.

Unfortunately you now can’t let go with other hand becuase your going to swing like a monkey.

Reason:
Your unable to maintain sufficient body tension as you make the move.

Solution:
Well maybe you should’nt have reached quite so far with that first move

But lets assume you’ve done that for a very good reason.

You’ve got two avenues of attack:

• Increase body tension - either push tension through your toes into the holds or pull tension via foot hook or similar, and/or
• Move your centre of gravity - move your feet closer to your first hand hold. Your body will move closer to the hold and the angle of your arm will change .. you’ll feel your centre of gravity move.

For anyone interested in rock climbing this is the bleeding edge of trad climbing:

Dave Mcleod’s E11 Trailer

Never had the requisite strengh to even start on this form of training, today I managed my first attempt.

Feet on, largest holds and only up and down the first 3 rungs x 3.

Oh well, gotta to start somewhere

Links:
What are Campus Boards?
Neil Gresham’s Guide to Campus Boarding - Better find out how I’m supposed to train on em

New Free Climbing Magazine

David McCleod has written the first in a series of articles on training. It goes into the very issue that I’ve been pondering over the last week or so .. why should you want to get better at climbing?

Theres also a pretty cool gallery of climbing pics.

Went climbing last night at the Warehouse and put in a whole bunch of routes .. mostly leading 6a, 6a+ and a few 6b’s .. over about 3 hours.

Thought I felt knackered before I started .. now I feel like I’ve been beaten up and left out to dry.