I’ve been back in NYC for a little while now after a short jump to Illinois to spend time with the family. A week after my crazy road trip, I started a new full time job and am currently attempting to settle into a life where I don’t leave all the time.
By a “long time” I mean to say that I’m buying plane tickets to Thailand in June after a short stop in Texas to see all of my favorite people. It I plan a trip, it makes me feel like all is well in the universe.
In NYC news, the weather is getting to the point where, when its not raining, I’ll be able to pedal my way in circles around Prospect Park to my heart’s content. I’ve not ridden my bike, any of my bikes, since I’ve arrived in NYC last November. I’ll have to dust off my toolbox to clean the chain and check the brakes and shifting before I head out into the streets.
Instead of cycling, I’ve been hitting up Brooklyn Boulders after work for a few hours three times a week. Its the largest indoor climbing gym in NYC and has the most densely set walls I’ve seen at any of the gyms I’ve visited across the country. The people are super nice and the problems are well thought out with several different kinds of inclines and overhangs to make everyone happy. As for top rope climbing, though, its a bit lacking in comparison to some of the gyms out west with a lack of ceiling and long overhanging routes. Nothing like Rock’n and Jam’n in Denver, but, really, a place like that is a gem, as far as I know, when it comes to indoor lead climbing.