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Show AggieDivers ions Page 8 Friday, Sept. 23, 2011 Smitten with climbing in Logan Canyon I'm at the top of the comes from the Yosemite Climbing up Decimal System (YDS) "NCMO" climb on the Date Wall, at the mouth Logan Canyon with the easiest being of Logan canyon. It's about a 5.0 and ranges about 8 o'clock, and the up to a 5.15 — though I morning chill is working call of the don't personally know of on my once pink fingers, any 5.15-rated routes. The '5' in the rating is part of reducing them to that numbing pinch as I cona 1-6 scale. The 1 signifies tinue reaching for the that the individual is walkALLYN BERNKOPF ing on an even, breezy surnext best grab. The sun finally decides to breech face with very low chance the cool blue of the morning, just as I of injury and 6 implies there is extreme push up with my legs and tap the top. use of equipment aid to avoid death or I look down to my belayer, yelling severe injury. Rock climbing is in the 5 "Take!" He immediately jumps, simul- category, in which the individual must be taneously pulling the rope tight, so I attached to a safety rope and generally can straighten my legs and walk down needs some sort of skill in the technical the slick, grey side that I had just mon- moves to reach the desired position — keyed up. As my purple Evolvs touch the most likely, the top of the route. pebbled ground, the feelings of success Date Wall — also a great place for are in sway, even though the route is one dates — starts off with a 5.6 rating on of the easiest in the canyon with a rock "NCMO" and gradually moves up in difclimbing rating of 5.6. ficulty with the 5.1 Oa rated "Smitten." Many of my fellow classmates are The hill on the west face of the rocks skilled in climbing difficult routes farther is not very steep, creating an easy-to-topup the canyon, but as an individual suffer- rope route, though lead climbing it isn't ing from a mild case of acrophobia — fear that hard either for someone who is a of heights — who hasn't climbed in a long fairly skilled climber. Heed my warning while, I'll work on my faulty technique on these climbs though, they are graded and nerves to reach those harder routes. toward the lower end of the YDS, but the Date Wall is a great place to start out limestone has been climbed so much a for college students who really want to lot of good holds have become slick. get into the sport but don't necessarily If you are up for some more difficult want to indulge at the Rock Haus — the routes, head farther up the canyon past indoor climbing gym in Logan. Though the Stokes Nature Center but just before the Rock Haus is fairly inexpensive, I got Second Dam. This is where First and to the point where I could climb a 5.10 Second Practice Wall are closely located, indoor, though I found I could only scale which are both mostly top roping walls. If around a 5.7 or 5.8, outside. you see some older cars to the left, you The rating system of rock climbing have found the climbers. 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" <3 Mom only great deals 0 Entrepreneur Wanted. If you would like to run your own text marketing U) C/) business send your Ct resume and 3 reasons we should partner with you to: UtahStateCampusMom@gmail.com THE DATE WALL is a place for beginning climbers and is easily accessible. Just inside Logan Canyon, the Date Wall has five routes with a variety of difficulty levels. ALLYN BERNKOPF photo These routes and their ratings were found at http://www. rockclimbing.com . Information on the YDS can be found at http://climber.org/data/decimal.html. Just another plotless comedy I am "I Don't Know not a fan How She Does It" of Sarah Grade: BJessica Parker movies. I have nothing against her as a ANIKE PULLENS person, but she just doesn't do it for me. Her films are usually bland chick flicks with no real meaning or eye-catching concept. "I Don't Know How She Does It" falls right into that very category I try to avoid. Kate Reddy (Parker) is a full-time mother and wife. She also just happens to be a full-time account executive. "I Don't Know How She Does It" is a light-hearted comedy based on Kate's life and how, exactly, she manages to juggle everything. While taking care of two young children, Kate travels around the nation to busy cities for meetings and presentations. She strives to be perfect at both home and work life, saying "yes" to everything. This causes her to be pulled in two separate directions. Family, friends and co-workers constantly say, "I don't know how you do it." She loves her job, but frequent flyer miles do not make up for missing her son's first haircut or her family's Thanksgiving dinner. Equipped with briefcases, stained shirts and lice, Kate realizes she cannot enjoy both work and home life, equally. She stands up to her boss, leaves work early and makes a snowman. The end. I literally got home from the movie and could not remember anything that important in this movie — or even a climax — at all. Sadly, this Sarah Jessica Parker movie is one giant plateau of scenes. Review USU CAMPUS, ECCLES SCIENCE LEARNING CTR., RM. 130 • - Allyn Bernkopf is a senior at USU, majoring in English with an emphasis in creative writing. She writes, reads and hangs out with Mother Nature. She can be reached at ally.bemkopf@aggiemaiL usu.edu movie Oct. 5, Oct. 12, Oct. 19 & Oct. 26 • "Beginner's Luck" is generally the first route I go to at Second Practice Wall. After you harness up with your belayer, there's an easy step up to head toward the white, spider-infested crack that you will most likely hug. The first three-quarters of the climb aren't too bad, with a few technical grabs here and there, but then you come to this slight roof that has hardly anything to grab or anchor your feet into. If you're over my impressive 5-foot-4, then you probably won't have any issues; but being my height, this is an obstacle I have yet to overcome. This is when I tend to look down to my belay and realize the earthy green-yellows of the leaves are under my eye level, and the grey-black rocks suddenly become more ripping and death calling. Game over. Farther up the canyon are more difficult routes. Fucoidal quartzite is located at mile marker 383.2, to the left, with routes like "Hand Me Down a Hold," rated at 5.7, to "Man and Woman," rated at 5.13a. If this still isn't enough for your adrenaline rush, continue to mile marker 383.4. On the left will be the infamous "China Cave Wall," which has some of the hardest climbs in North America. Here, you can scale above the raging Logan River on "Super Tweak" and "White Out," both rated at 5.14b. Happy climbing! Honestly, the best part about this movie had nothing to do with the plot. The one-liners of Seth Meyers' character, Chris Bunce, and Olivia Munn's character, Momo Hahn, were hilarious. They were sarcastic, witty, nonchalant and unexpected — just my kind of humor. The acting was fine. The story was fine. The movie as a whole was just fine, but that is the problem. Nothing about "I Don't Know How She Does It" was memorable. I left the theater shrugging my shoulders and only half satisfied. I did not want more. I would not recommend this movie to anyone except my mom. And maybe that's just it, I do not appreciate the plot, because I cannot relate. Despite the fact that I do not like the roles or projects she is cast in, Parker portrayed a hectic mother and executive, accurately. She stayed true to her character and was even funny at parts. Unfortunately, she will only ever be a personality actor. She probably will never play roles outside of her comfort zone or beyond her own lifestyle. That also goes for Greg Kinnear, who played Kate's husband Richard — he just plays himself. Dear Pierce Brosnan, please stop acting and retire. It seems that after James Bond, his career went down hill. Remember "Mama Mia"? Boy, was that a disaster on his part. I think Brosnan continues to find work because he is good looking — for an old guy — and has an accent. Americans love accents. Maybe he should do radio. On the other hand, the two younglings playing Kate's children were impeccable, but their job is easy. They just get to sit there and look cute. "I Don't Know How She Does It" is a family friendly film that did have its moments of warm, fuzzy feelings. If you think loud action and impressive graphics are overrated, and you are a mother, this movie is perfect for you. If you are anything like me, "I Don't Know How She Does It" makes some really good background noise. - Anike Pullens is a senior majoring in public relations and minoring in theater and speech. Her reviews run every other Friday. She enjoys every genre of movies any day of the week, of any genre. Contact her at anike.pullens@ aggiemaiLusu.edu Everyone's aCritic What USU students are saying about "I Don't Know How She Does It," which opened Sept. 16. "I think it accurately "It's a movie for my mom "I don't know how I feel depicted a mother in those that captures the work about it, it was weird." situations." ethic of a mother." — Stacy Hansen, — Alexandria Namijhn, — Ian Blotter, homemaker, freshman, freshman, Cache Valley mechanical engineering international studies |