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Name: Hans Florine Birthday: June 18, 1964 Occupation: Professional climber |
THE CHALLENGE 37 pitches in Yosemite 37 hours solo with daughter Marianna 37 oz. beer & wine 37 oz. ice cream 37 pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups 37 ab rollers 37 yoga poses held for .37 seconds each 37 kisses on Marianna |
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Hello to all.
Right to it....
June 29th Bob Banks, as part of
his www.birthdaychallenge.com
, climbed 30 pitches*, did 300 pull-ups, 30 boulder problems, and
ran/hiked 30 km- he did the Half Dome cable route. (*Royal
Arches, Bishop's Terrace, Munginella, Commitment, Nutcracker, and
two pitches on After Seven - all in under 5 hours) I'm sure
Bob consumed at least 30 ozs of Budwiser. and I might be missing
something. I know he got hoodwinked on the Deli closing early,
so he didn't make his 3 Old English 800s challenge. We had
hoped to have Bob care for my daughter solo for 30 minutes put she
didn't last 30 seconds.- oh well.
I joined Bob on the climbing portion,
but added on 7 pitches, and only did 37 pullups, and 3.7 miles of
hiking/running. Daddy duties called so the rest of the day I
was managing to whip up things indoors: 37 ab rollers- from
the knees, 37 situps, 37 push-ups, 37 ozs of ice-cream, 37
ounces of beer and wine, 37 kisses on my daughter Marianna, and 37
Yoga poses held for 37 seconds each. I recommend this last for all
Birthday challenges to finish off a day as a way to feel better
"the day after". ( my birthday was actually June
18th, but I hadn't been able to fit my challenge in then)
For pictures of Bob on his morning
kick off, and pointing to his 30th pitch. click on these
links: http://www.speedclimb.com/images/bdaybob1.JPG
(300+k)
Steve Edwards filmed some of the days
activities, check the www.birthdaychallenge.com
site for video bytes.
all the best on your challenges...
Hans Florine.
"Go Big or Go Home!" Hans and the almighty Big Daddy at Hans' Yosemite wedding. |
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