Climbing

One activity I continue to love to do more and more is the sport of climbing.

 

There are many physicists at Fermilab who love this sport and many more who are willing to give it a try. I think there is something to the challenge the sport represents that gives itself to the physics community. Maybe it is the problem solving of working through a route, or the community of cool and laid back people, or the love of self inflicted pain :-)

Luckily for those of us who spend our lives at Fermilab one of the best indoor climbing gyms I’ve ever been to is located very nearby. Vertical Endeavors in Warrenville offers a TON of top rope, sport lead, auto-belay, and bouldering. It is a great gym to train at, as well as having a laid back atmosphere for the very beginner climber.

One thing I would love to share with the world is the awesome experiences I’ve had traveling around the world in pursuit of climbing with great friends (some from the neighborhood). Additionally I think this will provide insight into how a person of science not only can break the mold of the ‘typical weakling’ scientist but how we also think about working through a problem be it climbing or science.