Luke crushing

Cousin Luke (littlegent) came into town on Thursday and took some problems down on the wall. He's strong, and only getting stronger.





Luke, thanks for showing us old Gentrys how its done.

Wall Update

The wall is filling in with holds, and there's more to be added. Training has been steady of late, despite the heat. Having a wall in the backyard makes a huge difference in motivation.

Colter, you are the man!

La Muralita lives on

It may be raining, but the view from my porch just got a lot better. Yes, thats a climbing wall you see there. In fact, its a fairly legendary climbing wall. My good friend Colter, was the progenitor of said wall--known as La Muralita, after a climbing gym in Uruguay he frequented during his time studying abroad. La Muralita resided in Colter's back yard for many years, until recently when he graduated and moved back to Montana.

As you may remember my wall was wrecked in a crazy windstrom a year ago, and since then my training has dwindled. So when Colter offered me his wall, I gladly accepted. He even threw in his holds, which has really improved the variety of training options.



Tyler and I went in together and bought some more lumber and added another plywood panel to the wall to increase the climbing surface to 12' x 8'. A few days ago we completed the work, raised the wall and started adding holds. We've also ordered a hundred more T-Nuts and plan to cover it in holds.



The wall is 45 degrees and stays fairly dry unless the rain is really coming down.



I'm pumped to have a wall back in action, and especially one that's so close to home. With school and work its often difficult to travel to climb. Hopefully this wall will help friends and me stay in shape for those trips when they do come.

Colter, while you are off backcountry ski-mountaineering, dont forget the little people who are in Texas slaving away in 100 degree heat, on a steep wall with greasy holds. Our time will come...

And thanks again for the wall buddy.