The Motorola University

     Ever since I "sent the mega-rig", I've been trying to figure out how I want to express my experience. I have multiple unfinished articles. Despite the name of my blog, I don't want to spray too much (only a little bit). It gets old when someone describes every hold on the route in 4K. You know the pros in movies? "I take this Gaston, it's pretty bad. Two fingers and a thumb, then I drop into this crimp, it's like 10mm" (Jokes on me those are the crux holds). It felt great to climb, but the experience I'm left with feels to be more about overcoming something in my mind. I began trying Queen Bee full of doubt, but I finished it with a renewed belief in myself as a climber. (Tim Banfield)     I had heard of the route from friends, and knew coming into this season that I wanted to hop on it. The first day at Paradise Wall, I found myself surrounded by climbers I knew to be very accomplished. It was intimidating, to say the least. Someone helped ...