Openhand Press

Training Log — Apr 13 to Jul 13

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Cycle

Apr to Jul 2026
Spring / Outdoor Season / Heel Hook Phase

Goals

Build a consistent routine while climbing outdoors more
Increase time on real rock without losing strength
Improve heel hook strength and control
Maintain grip strength on the Hand of God tools
Train with enough volume to allow steady improvement

Method

This phase keeps the routine from the previous cycle, but the off-the-wall work is more intentional.

Training Log — Nov 13 to Apr 13

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Cycle

Nov 13 to Apr 13
Winter / Board Season / Pre–Red Rocks

Goals

Build a sustainable, consistent routine
Balance on-the-wall and off-the-wall training for skin considerations
Build a strong base leading into the Red Rock trip

Method

I have always struggled with consistency in off-the-wall training.
I do not naturally find supplementary strength work fun, so I built this cycle around exercises I would actually do after climbing sessions, giving my fingers a break between climbing and grip training.

Grizzly Sessions

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Grizzly — Owl’s House, West Pennant, Nova Scotia

Lat/Lon: 44.47880, -63.63344
FA: Nick Sagar, 2006

Session Guide

Session 1 — Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Conditions: ~90% humidity, 1 / -4 °C, windy

It was cold. Bitter cold.
But the rock was dry.

About

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Open Hand Press is a climbing archive about the messy middle: board climbing, outdoor learning, training experiments, and the gap between getting stronger and actually climbing better.

I am not a pro. I am not a complete novice. I am somewhere in the messy middle.

The Philosophy

Openhand Press is built on a double meaning. On the rock, the open hand is my strongest grip. Off the rock, it represents the open-minded nature I try to bring to the sport.

Red Rocks 2025-2026

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

In December 2025, after spending the winter holidays with family in Oregon, I reconnected with my friend Adam—who I had met during my first climbing trip to Bishop—and drove down from Las Vegas. This time around, we set our sights on a week of bouldering in Red Rock Canyon.

I arrived carrying a quiet concern: between Bishop and this trip, I had started to feel like I was plateauing.

Bishop 2025

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

In March 2025, I made the impulsive decision to take my first climbing trip outside of Canada. I spent seven days bouldering in Bishop to connect with friends and get my first taste of Sierra granite.

Three Things That Defined the Trip

The Scale of the Landscape:

Coming from a region where boulders are sparse, the density of Bishop was hard to process. Standing under the Peabody Boulders for the first time, I didn’t pull on right away—I just walked the field, looking up at line after line stacked on the same formations.

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